| Description |
1 online resource |
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Advances in experimental philosophy |
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Advances in experimental philosophy.
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| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Experimental Evidence Supporting Anti-intellectualism About Knowledge; 1 Introduction; 2 General methodology; 3 Our hypothesis and Anti-intellectualism about knowledge; 4 Prior work; 5 Our studies; 6 Study 2: Agreement/disagreement with knowledge ascriptions; 7 Study 3: Knowledge reason principle; 8 Buckwalter and Schaffer objection; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Winners and Losers in the Folk Epistemology of Lotteries1; 1 Introduction |
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2 Experiment 1: Skeptical judgment in basic lottery cases and the justification account's demise3 Experiment 2: Nonskeptical judgment in testimonial lottery cases and the chance account's demise; 4 Experiment 3: Skeptical judgment in other statistical cases and the statistical account's demise; 5 Experiment 4: Relenting skeptical judgment in nonstereotypical cases and the formulaic account's promise; 6 Experiment 5: Relenting skeptical judgment in qualitatively comparative cases; 7 General discussion; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Contrasting Cases1; 1 Background: Experiments and context |
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2 DeRose on joint versus separate evaluation of contexts3 Experimenting with separate and joint evaluation; 4 Why is contrast a problem?; 5 Further case studies on separate and joint evaluation; 6 Which type of evaluation generates better evidence for contextualism and anti-intellectualism?; 7 Conclusion: Two explanatory projects; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Salience and Epistemic Egocentrism: An Empirical Study; 1 Introduction; 2 Philosophical and psychological background; 3 Our studies; 4 Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Semantic Integration as a Method for Investigating Concepts |
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1 Introduction2 The methods of experimental philosophy; 3 Semantic integration; 4 Pragmatic considerations and demand characteristics; 5 Caveats; 6 Alternate experimental designs and surveys; 7 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; Chapter 6 The Mystery of Stakes and Error in Ascriber Intuitions; 1 Professional intuitions and experimental data; 2 Bank experiments and epistemic contextualism; 3 Evidence-seeking experiments and IRI; 4 Toward solving the mystery; 5 Implications and philosophical importance; 6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References |
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Chapter 7 Is Justification Necessary for Knowledge?1 Sartwell's argument; 2 Objections to Sartwell; 3 Empirical studies; 4 Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 8 The Promise of Experimental Philosophy and the Inference to Signal1; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Experimental epistemology uses experimental methods of the cognitive sciences to shed light on debates within epistemology, the philosophical study of knowledge and rationally justified belief. In this first critical collection on this exciting new subfield, leading researchers tackle key questions pertaining to knowledge, evidence, and rationally justified belief. Advances in Experimental Epistemology addresses central epistemological issues such as whether subjects in high stakes situations need to possess stronger evidence in order to have knowledge;whether and in what respects knowing that |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Theory of -- Research
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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beebe, James R., editor
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| ISBN |
9781472512390 |
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1472512391 |
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1472507371 |
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9781472507372 |
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9781472505316 |
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147250531X |
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9781472594143 |
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1472594142 |
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