Experiments in Philosophy
Journal title PARADIGMI
Author/s Massimo Marraffa
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/3 Language Italian
Pages 19 P. 153-171 File size 634 KB
DOI 10.3280/PARA2011-003011
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"Experimental Philosophy" is the use of the methods of cognitive sciences to answer empirical questions that are relevant to philosophical debates. In this article some important work in experimental philosophy is reviewed and two different interpretations of its metaphilosophical implications are discussed. The "reformists" see the findings of experimental philosophy as an essential completion of the method that consists in using intuitions about possible cases (thought experiments) as evidence in the evaluation of philosophical claims. In contrast, the "eliminativists" view the data from experimental philosophy as a death knell for the practice of the appeal to intuitions in philosophy. In both cases, it is argued, experimental philosophy is to be praised for making a further step in the establishment of the sort of naturalistic, scientifically engaged approach to philosophy that Quine promoted.
Keywords: Conceptual analysis, Cultural psychology, Experimental philosophy, Intuitions, Thought experiments
Massimo Marraffa, Esperimenti in filosofia in "PARADIGMI" 3/2011, pp 153-171, DOI: 10.3280/PARA2011-003011