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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.

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People with search engines have questions.

Category: Passing thoughts • Philosophy
Posted on: November 5, 2009 2:10 PM, by Janet D. Stemwedel

Including this question which, apparently, led a popular search engine to direct someone to this very blog:

Is philosophy tested on animals?

No. No, it isn't.

(Actually, it's not clear to me that all of it is tested on humans, either.)

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Google suggestions = love

"is"
"is lady gaga a man?"

"is p"
"is pluto a planet?"

"is ph"
"is pho healthy?"

"is phi"
"is philosophy a science?"

"is phil"
"is philosophy dangerous?"

I, for one, would like to know the answer to each of these questions.

Sadly, "Does Philosophy test on animals?" is on Yahoo! Answers, and appears to refer to a Philosophy Skin Care company. That is much less fun. However, teh internets (specifically, Answers.com) does tell me in response to the last question "it kills you" (source unknown).

Posted by: becca | November 5, 2009 2:35 PM

but natural philosophy was (vivisection experiments in the 1600's, for example). so when did `natural philosophy' stop being `philosophy'?

Posted by: --bill | November 5, 2009 2:41 PM

There's always someone putting Descartes before the horse... Tested on animals? it's even practiced by them..
Surely you've heard of the Spinozazoans. And pigs?--Baconians all. Then there's the famous bactrian existentialist Albert Camel. Also, there are some tasty philosophical dishes directly resulting from the testing of philosophy on animals. Chicken Parmenides, and Braised Pascal come to mind.

Posted by: tbell1 | November 5, 2009 2:48 PM

I tested philosophy on animals many times. It just makes them testy. The animals in question were human though. :-)

Posted by: arvind | November 5, 2009 4:00 PM

My cat ignores me when I start talking philosophy. Does that mean it's test on him? Of course he tends to ignore talking if you are not petting him.

Posted by: katydid13 | November 5, 2009 4:49 PM

Is Pho healthy? I sure hope so! Oh, and if anyone knows a good place for Pho near Pasadena, let me know!

Posted by: PalMD | November 5, 2009 7:36 PM

There's no need to test philosophy on animals, it has been tested for years on another lesser species -- students.

Philosophy, in theory, is mostly harmless; in application, it may lead to revolutions or other forms of dizziness. May cause drowsiness.

Posted by: chezjake | November 5, 2009 9:18 PM