Experimental philosophy is one of the most recent and controversial developments in philosophy. Its basic idea is rather simple: to test philosophical thought experiments and philosophers' intuitions about them with scientific methods, mostly taken from psychology and the social sciences. The ensuing experimental results, such as the cultural relativity of certain philosophical intuitions, has engaged - and at times infuriated - many more traditionally minded "armchair" philosophers since then. In this volume, the metaphilosophical reflection on experimental philosophy is brought yet another...
Experimental philosophy is one of the most recent and controversial developments in philosophy. Its basic idea is rather simple: to test philosophical...
How do you do philosophy? Do you believe according to the evidence? Make inferences? Or conduct a scientific-based thought experiment?
Methods in Analytic Philosophy: A Contemporary Reader introduces the core methods at the centre of analytic philosophy today. From armchair conceptual analysis and the role of scientific evidence, to the resurgence of interest in the nature of rational intuitions, it brings together the readings responsible for the recent explosion of methodological work in philosophy.
This up-to-date and easy to navigate...
How do you do philosophy? Do you believe according to the evidence? Make inferences? Or conduct a scientific-based thought experiment?
How do you do philosophy? Do you believe according to the evidence? Make inferences? Or conduct a scientific-based thought experiment?
Methods in Analytic Philosophy: A Contemporary Reader introduces the core methods at the centre of analytic philosophy today. From armchair conceptual analysis and the role of scientific evidence, to the resurgence of interest in the nature of rational intuitions, it brings together the readings responsible for the recent explosion of methodological work in philosophy.
This up-to-date and easy to navigate...
How do you do philosophy? Do you believe according to the evidence? Make inferences? Or conduct a scientific-based thought experiment?
