Overview
The new field of experimental philosophy has emerged as the methods of psychological science have been brought to bear on traditional philosophical issues. Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy is the place to go to see outstanding new work in the field. It features papers by philosophers, papers by psychologists, and papers co-authored by people in both disciplines. The series heralds the emergence of a truly interdisciplinary field in which people from different disciplines are working together to address a shared set of questions. This fourth volume showcases the growing depth and breadth of the field. Epistemology and moral psychology have been important foci of past work in experimental philosophy, and the contributions in this volume attest to the ways in which empirical methods are being used to add nuance to previous claims, both theoretical and empirical. Alongside this progress on familiar topics, we see an expansion to new areas in mind and metaphysics, with studies exploring how people typically conceptualize different aspects of mind and different kinds of minds, including the extension of agentive modes of thinking well beyond the mental. The volume concludes where the field began: with explicit attention to philosophical methodology, and the ways in which empirical results can inform philosophical debates.
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Author: Tania Lombrozo (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, Princeton University) ,
Joshua Knobe (Professor of Cognitive Science and Philosophy, Professor of Cognitive Science and Philosophy, Yale University) ,
Shaun Nichols (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Cornell University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Volume: 4
Dimensions:
Width: 14.40cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.20cm
Weight: 0.490kg
ISBN: 9780192856890
ISBN 10: 0192856898
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 23 December 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Tania Lombrozo is Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. Her research combines methods and insights from philosophy and psychology to address questions about explanation and understanding, learning, causal reasoning, conceptual representation, and social cognition. She is also a regular blogger for NPR's 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. Joshua Knobe is Professor of Cognitive Science and Philosophy at Yale University. Much of his research is concerned with the impact of moral judgments on people's intuitions about matters that might at first appear to be entirely non-moral in nature. Shaun Nichols is Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University. His books include Sentimental Rules (2004), Bound (2014) and, co-authored with Stephen Stich, Mindreading (2003). His current research focuses on the psychological underpinnings of philosophical problems.
