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Author Deutsch, Max, 1971- author.

Title The myth of the intuitive : experimental philosophy and philosophical method / Max Deutsch.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : A Bradford Book, The MIT Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (xx, 194 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Bradford Book
Bradford book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
Contents Varieties of Xphi, pragmatic distortion, and the no-theory theory of intuitions -- Intuitions and counterexamples -- Relocation problem and Williamson on "judgment skepticism" -- Evidence for the evidence : arguing for gettier judgments -- More evidence for the evidence and the relocation problem redux -- Other replies to Xphi : the expertise and multiple concepts replies -- Conclusion : armchairs vs. lab-coats?
Summary "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"--MIT CogNet.
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Subject Methodology.
Methodology.
Philosophy -- Research.
Philosophy -- Research.
Philosophy.
Intuition.
Intuition.
Indexed Term PHILOSOPHY/General
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Mind/General
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Deutsch, Max, 1971- Myth of the intuitive 9780262028950 (DLC) 2014034368 (OCoLC)897401884
ISBN 9780262327374 (electronic book)
0262327376 (electronic book)
9780262028950 (print)