A Companion to Experimental Philosophy |
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Editor:
| Sytsma, Justin Buckwalter, Wesley |
Series title: | Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-118-66169-7 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Book Format: | Digital download |
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Book Description:
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This is a comprehensive collection of essays that explores cutting-edge work in experimental philosophy, a radical new movement that applies quantitative and empirical methods to traditional topics of philosophical inquiry.
- Situates the discipline within Western philosophy and then surveys the work of experimental philosophers by sub-discipline
- Contains insights for a diverse range of fields, including linguistics, cognitive science, anthropology, economics,...
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This is a comprehensive collection of essays that explores cutting-edge work in experimental philosophy, a radical new movement that applies quantitative and empirical methods to traditional topics of philosophical inquiry.
- Situates the discipline within Western philosophy and then surveys the work of experimental philosophers by sub-discipline
- Contains insights for a diverse range of fields, including linguistics, cognitive science, anthropology, economics, and psychology, as well as almost every area of professional philosophy today
- Edited by two rising scholars who take a broad and inclusive approach to the field
- Offers a complete introduction for non-specialists and students to the central approaches, findings, challenges, and controversies in experimental philosophy