Experimental philosophy 2.0

Jennifer Ellen NADO

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Abstract

I recommend three revisions to experimental philosophy's ‘self-image’ which I suggest will enable experimentalist critics of intuition to evade several important objections to the 'negative' strand of the experimental philosophy research project. First, experimentalists should avoid broad criticisms of ‘intuition’ as a whole, instead drawing a variety of conclusions about a variety of much narrower categories of mental state. Second, experimentalists should state said conclusions in terms of epistemic norms particular to philosophical inquiry, rather than attempting to, for example, deny that intuitions produce justified belief. Third, experimentalists should acknowledge the limitations of the ‘method of cases’ model of philosophical inquiry, and expand their experimental work accordingly.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)159-168
Number of pages10
JournalThought: A Journal of Philosophy
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2016

Keywords

  • centrality
  • experimental philosophy
  • intuition
  • metaphilosophy
  • methodology

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