How Different Are Philosophers? (guest post)

“Do philosophers really think differently than non-philosophers?” That’s the question taken up by a team of researchers in a recent study published in Philosophical Psychology. Focusing on differences between philosophers and non-philosophers in regard to neurodivergent traits and responses to thought experiments, the researchers found some support, in the aggregate, for a “yes” answer to that question. The following guest post is by Thomas Nadelhoffer (College of Charleston), and is based on the article, “Thinking Differently: Neurodivergent Traits and Responses to Thought Experiments in Philosophers and the General Population,” co-authored with Paul McKee (Duke), Khaoula Boulhadi (Southern Connecticut State), and Helena Weymouth (College of Charleston). Yayoi Kusama, “The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Eternally Cover the Universe” How Different Are Philosophers? by Thomas Nadelhoffer “The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human…