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Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy: Volume 1 by Tania Lombrozo (editor), Joshua Knobe (editor), Shaun Nichols (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

The new field of experimental philosophy has emerged as the methods of psychological science have been brought to bear on traditional philosophical issues. Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy will be the place to go to see outstanding new work in the field. It will feature papers by philosophers, papers by psychologists, and papers co-authored by people in both disciplines. The series heralds the emergence of a truly interdisciplinary field in which people from different disciplines are working together to address a shared set of questions. The inaugural volume is roughly structured into four sections. The first three papers focus on recent developments in moral psychology, a topic that has seen lively debate and a great deal of progress over the last decade. The second section highlights three contributions that bring new methods to moral psychology: formal modeling and special populations. The third section brings together four papers that adopt an experimental philosophy approach to novel topics, including intuitive dualism, generics, joint action, and happiness. And the last two papers provide critical and historical context to the development of experimental philosop

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Author
Tania Lombrozo (editor), Joshua Knobe (editor), Shaun Nichols (editor)
Publisher
IRL Press at Oxford University Press
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9780191803123
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Philosophy, Psychology, Humanities