Methodological Advances in Experimental Philosophy
Eugen Fischer & Mark Curtis (eds.)
London: Bloomsbury Press (2019)
Abstract
Until recently, experimental philosophy has been associated with the questionnaire-based study of intuitions; however, experimental philosophers now adapt a wide range of empirical methods for new philosophical purposes. New methods include paradigms for behavioural experiments from across the social sciences as well as computational methods from the digital humanities that can process large bodies of text and evidence. This book offers an accessible overview of these exciting innovations.
The volume brings together established and emerging research leaders from several areas of experimental philosophy to explore how new empirical methods can contribute to philosophical debates. Each chapter presents one or several methods new to experimental philosophy, demonstrating their application in a key area of philosophy and discussing their strengths and limitations. Methods covered include eye tracking, virtual reality technology, neuroimaging, statistical learning, and experimental economics as well as corpus linguistics, visualisation techniques and data and text mining. The volume explores their use in moral philosophy and moral psychology, epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and the history of ideas.
Methodological Advances in Experimental Philosophy is essential reading for undergraduates, graduate students and researchers working in experimental philosophy.
Keywords
Categories
(categorize this paper)
ISBN(s)
135019039X 1350068993
PhilPapers/Archive ID
FISMAI-4
Upload history
Archival date: 2018-08-22
View other versions
View other versions

Natural Language Processing and Semantic Network Visualization for Philosophers.Mark Alfano & Andrew Higgins
History of Philosophy in Ones and Zeros.Arianna Betti, Hein Van Den Berg, Yvette Oortwijn & Caspar Treijtel
Eyes as Windows to Minds: Psycholinguistics for Experimental Philosophy.Eugen Fischer & Paul E. Engelhardt
Using Corpus Linguistics to Investigate Mathematical Explanation.Juan Pablo Mejía Ramos, Lara Alcock, Kristen Lew, Paolo Rago, Chris Sangwin & Matthew Inglis
Causal Attributions and Corpus Analysis.Sytsma Justin, Bluhm Roland, Willemsen Pascale & Reuter Kevin
Added to PP index
2018-01-18
Total views
169 ( #28,326 of 55,780 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
22 ( #32,674 of 55,780 )
2018-01-18
Total views
169 ( #28,326 of 55,780 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
22 ( #32,674 of 55,780 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads since first upload
This graph includes both downloads from PhilArchive and clicks on external links on PhilPapers.