The Myth of the Intuitive: Experimental Philosophy and Philosophical Method - Rilegato

Deutsch, Max Emil

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ISBN 10: 0262028956 ISBN 13: 9780262028950

Casa editrice: Bradford Books, 2015

Riassunto

A defense of traditional philosophical method against challenges from practitioners of “experimental philosophy.”

In The Myth of the Intuitive, Max Deutsch defends the methods of analytic philosophy against a recent empirical challenge mounted by the practitioners of experimental philosophy (xphi). This challenge concerns the extent to which analytic philosophy relies on intuition—in particular, the extent to which analytic philosophers treat intuitions as evidence in arguing for philosophical conclusions. Experimental philosophers say that analytic philosophers place a great deal of evidential weight on people's intuitions about hypothetical cases and thought experiments. Deutsch argues forcefully that this view of traditional philosophical method is a myth, part of “metaphilosophical folklore,” and he supports his argument with close examinations of results from xphi and of a number of influential arguments in analytic philosophy.

Analytic philosophy makes regular use of hypothetical examples and thought experiments, but, Deutsch writes, philosophers argue for their claims about what is true or not true in these examples and thought experiments. It is these arguments, not intuitions, that are treated as evidence for the claims.

Deutsch discusses xphi and some recent xphi studies; critiques a variety of other metaphilosophical claims; examines such famous arguments as Gettier's refutation of the JTB (justified true belief) theory and Kripke's Gödel Case argument against descriptivism about proper names, and shows that they rely on reasoning rather than intuition; and finds existing critiques of xphi, the “Multiple Concepts” and “Expertise” replies, to be severely lacking.

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L'autore:

Max Deutsch is Associate Professor and Head of Department in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong.

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• Editore: Bradford Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0262028956
• ISBN 13: 9780262028950
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 216