A companion to experimental philosophy / edited by Justin Sytsma and Wesley Buckwalter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sytsma, Justin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Research.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 621 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, [2016]

Summary:

This is a comprehensive collection of essays that explores cutting-edge work in experimental philosophy, a radical new movement that applies quantitative and empirical methods to traditional topics of philosophical inquiry. It situates the discipline within Western philosophy and then surveys the work of experimental philosophers by sub-discipline and contains insights for a diverse range of fields, including linguistics, cognitive science, anthropology, economics, and psychology, as well as almost every area of professional philosophy today. Edited by two rising scholars who take a broad and inclusive approach to the field, it offers a complete introduction for non-specialists and students to the central approaches, findings, challenges, and controversies in experimental philosophy.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I : Experimental philosophy : past, present, and future. Experimental philosophy and the philosophical tradition / Stephen Stich and Kevin P. Tobia

Philosophical criticisms of experimental philosophy / Timothy Williamson

Experimental philosophy is cognitive science / Joshua Knobe

Armchair-friendly experimental philosophy / Kaija Moretnsen and Jennifer Nagel

Going positive by going negative : on keeping X-Phi relevant and dangerous / Jonathan M. Weinberg

Early modern experimental philosophy / Peter R. Anstey and Alberto Vanzo

Nietzsche and moral psychology / Daniel Telech and Brian Leiter

Part II : Areas of research. A. Free will and philosophy of action. The folk concept of intentional action : empirical approaches / Florian Cova

Traditional and experimental approaches to free will and moral responsibility / Gunnar Björnsson and Derk Pereboom

Free will and experimental philosophy / Hoi-Yee Chan, Max Deutsch, and Shaun Nichols

B. Moral and political philosophy. Solving the trolley problem / Joshua D. Greene

The adaptive logic of moral luck / Justin W. Martin and Fiery Cushman

Metaethics : traditional and empirical approaches / Alexandra Plakias

Aspects of folk morality : objectivism and relativism / Hagop Sarkissian

The behavior of ethicists / Eric Schwitzgebel and Joshua Rust

Experimental or empirical political philosophy / Nicole Hassoun

Ownership rights / Shaylene E. Nancekivell [and 3 others]

C. Philosophy of mind. Attributions of consciousness / Justin Sytsma

A unified versus componential view of understanding minds / Lily Tsoi

The group mind : in commonsense psychology / Bryce Huebner

Synesthesia as a challenge for representationalism / Berit Brogaard

Naturalistic approaches to creativity / Dustin Stokes and Elliot Samuel Paul

D. Epistemology. Knowledge judgments in "gettier" cases / John Turri

Experiments on contextualism and interest relative invariantism / Angel Pinillos

Evaluative effects on knowledge atttributions / James R. Beebe

E. Philosophy of language. Reference / Mike Dacey and Ron Mallon

Experimental pragmatics in linguistics and philosophy / Mark Phelan

Generics and experimental philosophy / Adam Lerner and Sarah-Jane Leslie

E. Metaphysics. Experience, metaphysics, and cognitive science / L.A. Paul

Experimental philosophy and causal attribution / Jonathan Livengood and David Rose

Causal models and screening-off / Juhwa Park and Steven A. Sloman

Causal search, causal modeling, and the folk / David Danks

G. Philosophy of science. Experimental philosophy of science / Edouard Machery

Explanation / Tania Lombrozo

The concept of innateness as an object of empirical enquiry / Richard Samuels

H. Logic and reasoning. Experimental philosophical logic / David Ripley

Experimental philosophy meets formal epistemology / Jonah N. Schupbach

Experimental approaches to the study of conditionals / Igor Douven

I. Metaphilosophy and individual differences. Philosophical expertise / Joshua Alexander

Intuitional stability / Jennifer Cole Wright

Personality and philosophical bias / Adam Feltz and Edward T. Cokely

Experimental philosophy and the underrepresentation of women / Carrie Figdor and Matt L. Drabek.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781118661703

1118661702

OCLC:

939597145

Publisher Number:

99971866795