A Companion to Experimental Philosophy

This is a comprehensive collection of essays that explores cutting-edge work in experimental philosophy, a radical new movement that applies quantitative and empirical methods to traditional topics of philosophical inquiry. * Situates the discipline within Western philosophy and then surveys the wor [...]
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This is a comprehensive collection of essays that explores cutting-edge work in experimental philosophy, a radical new movement that applies quantitative and empirical methods to traditional topics of philosophical inquiry. * Situates the discipline within Western philosophy and then surveys the work of experimental philosophers by sub-discipline * Contains insights for a diverse range of fields, including linguistics, cognitive science, anthropology, economics, and psychology, as well as almost every area of professional philosophy today * Edited by two rising scholars who take a broad and inclusive approach to the field * Offers a complete introduction for non-specialists and students to the central approaches, findings, challenges, and controversies in experimental philosophy