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Lyu Zhou

Columbia University
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Cornell University
PhD
CV
New York, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Religion
Areas of Interest
Immanuel Kant
17th/18th Century Philosophy
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Philosophy of Action

My Survey Responses

Survey Prompt Response
A priori knowledge Accept: yes
Abstract objects Accept: Platonism
Aesthetic value Accept: objective
Aim of philosophy Accept: understanding
Analytic-synthetic distinction Accept: yes
Epistemic justification Accept: internalism
Experience machine Accept: no
External world Accept: idealism
Free will Accept: libertarianism
God Accept: theism
Kant Accept: one world
Knowledge Accept a combination of answers:
  • Accept Empiricism
  • Accept Rationalism
Knowledge claims Lean towards: contextualism
Laws of nature Accept: non-Humean
Logic Accept: classical
Meaning of life Accept: objective
Mental content Lean towards: externalism
Meta-ethics Accept: moral realism
Mind Accept: non-physicalism
Moral judgment Accept: cognitivism
Moral motivation Accept: internalism
Newcomb's problem Lean towards: two boxes
Normative ethics Accept: deontology
Ought implies can Accept: yes
Perceptual experience Lean towards: sense-datum theory
Personal identity Accept a combination of answers:
  • Reject Biological views of personal identity
  • Lean towards Psychological views of personal identity
  • Lean towards Further-fact views of personal identity
Philosophical methods Accept a combination of answers:
  • Lean towards Conceptual analysis is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Neutral towards conceptual engineering is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Lean towards Empirical philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Reject Experimental philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Lean against Formal philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Neutral towards Intuition-based philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Lean against Linguistic philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
Philosophical progress Accept: none
Quantum mechanics Lean towards: collapse
Science Accept: scientific anti-realism
Spacetime Accept: substantivalism
Time Accept: B-theory
Zombies Accept: metaphysically possible