Experimental Philosophy

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-532325-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 555 g

Experimental philosophy is a new movement that seeks to return the discipline of philosophy to a focus on questions about how people actually think and feel. Departing from a long-standing tradition, experimental philosophers go out and conduct systematic experiments to reach a better understanding of people's ordinary intuitions about philosophically significant questions. Although the movement is only a few years old, it has already sparked an explosion of new research, challenging a number of cherished assumptions in both philosophy and cognitive science.

The present volume provides an introduction to the major themes of work in experimental philosophy, bringing together some of the most influential articles in the field along with a collection of new papers that explore the theoretical significance of this new research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knobe, Joshua

Nichols, Shaun

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols: An Experimental Philosophy Manifesto

- 2: Jonathan Weinberg, Shaun Nichols and Stephen Stich: Normativity and Epistemic Institutions

- 3: Edouard Macher, Ron Mallon, Shaun Nichols, and Stephen Stich: Semantics, Cross-Cultural Style

- 4: Rob Woolfolk, John Doris, and John Darley: Identification, Situational Constraint, and Social Cognition: Studies in the Attribution of Moral Responsibility

- 5: Eddy Nahmias, Stephen Morris, Thomas Nadelhoffer, and Jason Turner: Is Incompatibilism Intuitive?

- 6: Shaun Nichols and Joshua Knobe: Moral Responsibility and Determinism: The Cognitive Science of Folk Intuitions

- 7: Joshua Knobe: The Concept of Intentional Action: A Case Study in the Uses of Folk Psychology

- 8: Thomas Nadelhoffer: Bad Acts, Blameworthy Agents, and Inentional actions: Some Problems for Juror Impartiality

- 9: Fiery Cushman and Alfred Mele: Intentional Action: Two-and-a-Half Folk Concepts?

- 10: Jesse Prinz: Empirical Philosophy and Experimental Philosophy

- 11: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: Abstract + Concrete=Paradox

- 12: Ernest Sosa: How Are Experiments Relevant to Intuitions?

Über Autor(innen)

Joshua Knobe is an assistant professor in the philosophy department at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He has published widely in both psychology (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science) and philosophy (Nous, Analysis).
Shaun Nichols is in the Philosophy Department and Cognitive Science Program at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Sentimental Rules (OUP) and co-author (with Stephen Stich) of Mindreading.