In Philosophy Within Its Proper Bounds, Edouard Machery argues that resolving many
traditional and contemporary philosophical issues is beyond our epistemic reach and that …

Claims about people's intuitions have long played an important role in philosophical
debates. The new field of experimental philosophy seeks to subject such claims to rigorous …

We examined the effects of order of presentation on the moral judgments of professional
philosophers and two comparison groups. All groups showed similar‐sized order effects on …

We examined the effects of framing and order of presentation on professional philosophers'
judgments about a moral puzzle case (the “trolley problem”) and a version of the Tversky & …

Experimental philosophy uses experimental research methods from psychology and
cognitive science in order to investigate both philosophical and metaphilosophical …

Some proponents of “experimental philosophy” criticize philosophers' use of thought
experiments on the basis of evidence that the verdicts vary with truth‐independent factors …

Psychologists and experimental philosophers have reported findings showing that in some
cases ordinary people's moral intuitions are affected by factors of dubious relevance to the …

How do people decide which claims should be considered mere beliefs and which count as
knowledge? Although little is known about how people attribute knowledge to others …

Many philosophers appeal to intuitions to support some philosophical views. However, there
is reason to be concerned about this practice as scientific evidence has documented …

Experimental philosophers have empirically challenged the connection between intuition
and philosophical expertise. This paper reviews these challenges alongside other research …