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 second volume in the series is divided into three sections that explore epistemology, moral and political philosophy, and metaphysics and mind.
Tania Lombrozo, Joshua Knobe, and Shaun Nichols: Introduction Part I: Epistemology 1: Zachary Horne and Andrei Cimpian: Subtle Syntactic Cues Affect Intuitions about Knowledge: Methodological and Theoretical Implications for Epistemology 2: James R. Beebe and Jake Monaghan: Epistemic Closure in Folk Epistemology 3: Tim Kraft and Alex Wiegmann: Folk Epistemology and Epistemic Closure 4: Chad Gonnerman, Kaija Mortensen, and Jacob Robbins: The Ordinary Concept of Knowledge-How Part II: Moral and Political Philosophy 5: Jen Cole Wright: The Fact and Function of Meta-Ethical Pluralism: Exploring the Evidence 6: Derek Leben: In Defense of 'Ought Implies Can' 7: Justin P. Bruner: Decisions behind the Veil: An Experimental Approach Part III: Metaphysics and Mind 8: Alexis Wellwood, Susan J. Hespos, and Lance J. Rips: The Object : Substance :: Event : Process Analogy 9: Sarah Weaver and John Turri: Personal Identity and Persisting as Many 10: Christian Mott: Statutes of Limitations and Personal Identity 11: Brian P. McLaughlin and David Rose: On the Matter of Robot Minds
Tania Lombrozo is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. 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 a professor at Yale University, appointed both in the Program in Cognitive Science and in the Department of Philosophy. 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 the University of Arizona. 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.
Reviews for Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy, Volume 2
There is no doubt that this collection of papers is one of the best sources for readers to familiarize themselves with the current developments in experimental philosophy and with the newest results of very thoughtfully designed studies. * Elze Sigute Mikalonyte, Metapsychology Online Reviews *
