Bach, Theodore (2022) On the Limitations and Criticism of Experimental Philosophy. [Preprint]
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Experimental philosophy involves subjecting philosophical methods and judgments to empirical scrutiny. I begin by exploring conceptual, confirmational, and empirical factors that limit the significance of experiment-based and survey-based approaches to the evaluation of philosophical epistemic activities. I then consider specific criticisms of experimental philosophy: its experimental conditions lack ecological validity; it wrongly assumes that philosophers rely on psychologized data; it overlooks the reflective and social elements of philosophical case analysis; it misconstrues the importance of both procedural and evaluative forms of philosophical expertise; it incorrectly views psychological bias as incompatible with reliability; and it generalizes to a global, self-defeating skepticism about case judgment. I explain why these criticisms should be understood as converging and interdependent. I also set out a three-level model of philosophical case judgment that frames the criticisms.
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| Additional Information: | To appear in: M. Bauer & S. Kornmesser (Eds.), The Compact Compendium of Experimental Philosophy. Berlin: de Gruyter | ||||||
| Keywords: | Experimental Philosophy ; Critiques of Experimental Philosophy ; Expertise ; Metaphilosophy ; Intuition ; Expertise Defense ; Thought experiment ; Philosophical Method ; Verificationism | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation Specific Sciences > Psychology > Judgment and Decision Making General Issues > Thought Experiments |
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| Depositing User: | Theodore Bach | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2022 22:51 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2022 22:51 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 20818 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation Specific Sciences > Psychology > Judgment and Decision Making General Issues > Thought Experiments |
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| Date: | 2022 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20818 |
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