In the same year, he became professor of experimental philosophy.
However, experimental philosophy has continued to expand to new areas of research.
Recent research in experimental philosophy has shown that other factors may also matter for whether or not an action is counted as intentional.
Its application areas lie in movement arts, speculative architecture, and experimental philosophy.
Nichols's current research projects are in experimental philosophy, moral psychology, cultural evolution, free will, and the self.
Disagreement about what experimental philosophy can accomplish is widespread.
A prominent topic in experimental philosophy is intentional action.
This Newtonian tradition of experimental natural philosophy was different from the one based on mathematical deductions.
Does experimental philosophy offer new horizons for the field, which has come under attack for being impractical?
However, disagreement about what experimental philosophy can accomplish is widespread and several philosophers have offered criticisms.