Advances in Experimental Epistemology

by James R. Beebe (Editor), Justin Sytsma (Editor)

Overview

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 p depends upon what actions one undertakes in light of p; how philosophers should respond to deep and pervasive disagreement about particular cases of knowledge and belief and the methodological challenges to epistemology that are presented by disagreement in epistemic intuitions.As well as moving research in epistemology forward, this cutting-edge volume helps define the future course of research in experimental philosophy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474257053
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/24/2015
Series:	Advances in Experimental Philosophy
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

James R. Beebe is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, USA.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Introduction, James R. Beebe
1. Experimental Evidence in Support of Anti-Intellectualism About Knowledge, N. Ángel Pinillos and Shawn Simpson
2. Winners and Losers in the Folk Epistemology of Lotteries, John Turri and Ori Friedman
Why It Matters That We Disagree, Joshua Alexander, Chad Gonnerman, and John Waterman
3. Contrasting Cases, Nat Hansen
4. Salience and Epistemic Egocentrism: An Empirical Study, Joshua Alexander, Chad Gonnerman, and John Waterman.
5. Semantic Integration as a Method for Investigating Concepts, Derek Powell, Zachary Horne, and N. Ángel Pinillos.
6. The Mystery of Stakes and Error in Ascriber Intuitions, Wesley Buckwalter
7. Is Justification Necessary for Knowledge?, David Sackris and James R. Beebe
8. The Promise of Experimental Philosophy and the Inference, Jonathan Weinberg

Index

Editorial Reviews

"Experimental epistemology is perhaps the most thriving part of experimental philosophy, and it is making its mark on epistemology. Beebe has brought together some of the most innovative experimental epistemologists, and the resulting volume is an essential contribution to epistemology that will be debated by traditional and experimental epistemologists alike." --Edouard Machery, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA

"James Beebe's is the first anthology devoted exclusively to experimental philosophy of knowledge. It is essential reading for scholars interested in the role that stakes and the possibility of error play in the attribution of knowledge." --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

From the Publisher

James Beebe's is the first anthology devoted exclusively to experimental philosophy of knowledge. It is essential reading for scholars interested in the role that stakes and the possibility of error play in the attribution of knowledge.

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews