Experimental Philosophy
Investigate philosophical judgments empirically instead of assuming what people intuit.
What it claims
Experimental philosophy studies judgments that philosophers have sometimes treated as shared intuitions. It questions assuming special epistemic authority for an individual philosopher's response without examining that assumption. Using methods drawn from psychology, researchers present scenarios and investigate response patterns.
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Joshua Knobe · Shaun Nichols · Stephen Stich · Edouard Machery · Jonathan Weinberg