Faculty members and students interested in the possibility of research collaboration between philosophers and psychologists, in experiments that bring together two exciting disciplines, are cordially invited to an informal workshop with our visitor from Baruch College, City University of New York. Associate Professor Hagop Sarkissian has interest and expertise in experimental philosophy, and has been collaborating with psychologists on various experimental projects, on intentionality, free will, group minds, moral relativism, and conceptions of the self, amongst others. He will share his experience in such research and his current projects. Colleagues from NUS philosophy and psychology departments will also be sharing their ideas and participating in the discussions.

Read more about our visitor at http://www.hagopsarkissian.com/

Philosophy Workshop
Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: AS3 #05-23
Speaker: Associate Professor Hagop Sarkissian
Moderator: A/P Tan Sor Hoon

About the Speaker:

Hagop Sarkissian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Baruch College, City University of New York, where he teaches classes in ethics, moral psychology, Chinese philosophy, philosophy of religion, and experimental philosophy. Most of his research is in moral psychology, broadly construed. He is a methodological pluralist, and use resources from other relevant disciplines to inform his work, such as evolutionary biology and experimental psychology. He also draw extensively from the history of Chinese philosophy, especially the classical period (ca. 6th to 2nd century BCE).He is a faculty advisor to the Metro Experimental Research Group, co-chair of the Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy, and Core Project Member of the Oneness in Philosophy and Psychology project.