Questions tagged [experimental-philosophy]
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Current research on experimental philosophy and the philosophy of technology?
X-Phi, the practice of performing philosophy based on experimental measures from the "real world" tends to concern itself with moral philosophy testing. As I'm finishing up my thesis on the philosophy of data, I am wondering if there are other…
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Is experimental philosophy considered legitimate?
I recently heard a science podcast in which Josh Knobe was interviewed about experimental philosophy. It seemed like a pretty cool field. Is experimental philosophy considered legitimate by the philosophy community or at least a decent number of…
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What is the distinction between "experimental philosophy" and Anthropology?
My first thought is simply 'time frame', but then Anthropology isn't exactly bound to the past...
A second look makes me wonder if "experimental philosophy" is not simply some area of overlap between Psychology, Sociology and of course Anthropology.…
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What are the formal semantics of the word "really"?
(This question involves semantics, epistemology, and empirical studies of speaker judgements - wasn't sure if I should post in philosophy or linguistics, hope this is an OK place for it.)
I've been researching Allan Hazlitt's claim that knowledge…
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Can AI image generators be used as an aide to conceptual analysis?
Within the last few months, AI image generators such as craiyon (the one I've been using) have proliferated and then been used to generate all sorts of sometimes funny, sometimes compelling imagery. Usually, if my input is fairly "abstract" (or:…
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What is a hypothesis in this context?
Though I know what is a hypothesis, I'm not sure to fully really understand it and thus outlines the hypothesis in my context. I am abstracting my real problem in a common world problem.
Suppose I have a bag full of marbles of different colors and…
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