Title
Experimental philosophy 2.0
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Thought: A Journal of Philosophy
Publication Date
9-2016
Volume
5
Issue
3
First Page
159
Last Page
168
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Keywords
experimental philosophy, intuition, methodology, centrality, metaphilosophy
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.
DOI
10.1002/tht3.206
E-ISSN
21612234
Funding Information
The work described in this paper was fully supported by a grant fr om the ResearchGrants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No.LU 359613). {LU 359613}
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc and the Northern Institute of Philosophy. Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.
Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Nado, J. (2016). Experimental philosophy 2.0. Thought: A Journal of Philosophy, 5(3), 159-168. doi: 10.1002/tht3.206
