We're Wireless Philosophy, a Khan Academy partner, and we make
philosophy videos. We're here to talk to you about public philosophy and
philosophy outreach. Ask Us Anything!
Abstract
We’re Wireless Philosophy! Our mission is to introduce people to the
practice of philosophy by making videos that are freely available in a
form that is entertaining, interesting and accessible to people with no
background in the subject. Since our aim is for people to learn how to
do philosophy rather than for them to simply learn what philosophers
have thought, we see it as equally important to develop the critical
thinking skills that are core to the methodology of philosophy. We see
this as a part of a larger mission: building our collective capacity to
engage in rational thought and discourse. By providing the toolkit for
building better minds, we hope that Wi-Phi plays some small role in
realizing that goal. We’ve been part of the /r/philosophy community for
two years and counting (we recently had our 2nd Cake Day!), and we
certainly couldn’t be doing what we’re doing without your support! Ask
us anything! The Wi-Phi Team: Alex Chituc (Animator): Alex C studied
philosophy as an undergraduate at Yale University. Currently, he is
living in Belgium, and his primary interests in philosophy are ethics
and epistemology. Paul Henne (Associate Director): Paul is a Philosophy
PhD student at Duke University. He works at the intersection of
metaphysics and moral psychology. In particular, he works on causation
and causal cognition as they relate to moral responsibility. Alex Marmor
(Social Media Coordinator): Alex M is a Philosophy MA student at
Brandeis University. His main interests in philosophy lie at the
intersection of epistemology and normative philosophy, and he’s
enthusiastic about philosophy education and public outreach. Geoff Pynn
(Associate Director): Geoff is associate professor of philosophy at
Northern Illinois University. He specializes in epistemology and
philosophy of language. His current research is on social and applied
epistemology. Gaurav Vazirani (Executive Director): Gaurav is a
Philosophy PhD student at Yale. He works with Shelly Kagan on issues in
ethics and tort law (in particular, he is interested in questions about
risks and harms). Gaurav currently works as a Project Lead at HarvardX
and is passionate about online education. He is also interested in
making access to philosophy more broadly available. For more on our
team, project, and plans for the future, check out our AMA announcement
post. Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx_1m9bUa28 Cheers! -The
WiPhi team EDIT: Gaurav and Alex M need to sign off for the next few
hours (and Alex C, Geoff, and Paul will probably sign off soon), but
we’ll be back tonight and tomorrow to reply to your questions. Thanks
for having us, and for asking such excellent questions!! This has been a
really great experience for us, and we look forward to more
philosophizing. And of course, a call to action! Subscribe to our
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