experimental philosophy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexperimentalandphilosophy
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experimental
adjective
uk/ɪkˌsper.ɪˈmen.təl/us/ɪkˌsper.əˈmen.t̬əl/
using new methods, ideas, substances, etc. that have not been tried before, usually in order to find out what effect ...
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philosophy
noun
uk/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fi/us/fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
the use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the principles of ...
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Observers, not the observed, were the incomplete aspects of thisexperimentalphilosophy.
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Here the bounds ofexperimentalphilosophywere marked and the role of the experimenters denned.
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The second dealt with the problem of access, or who could participate in theexperimentalphilosophy.
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The two doctrines together formed the foundations for transfor ming natural philosophy intoexperimentalphilosophy.
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And the role of gentility was therefore going to be central to the fortunes ofexperimentalphilosophy.
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So spirit possession and fascination, hitherto the preserve of faith healers and enthusiast sectaries, could be managed withinexperimentalphilosophy.
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For the practitioners themselves, however, theexperimentalphilosophyseemed a universal langue transcending ideological and metaphysical controversies.
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In this respect,experimentalphilosophydid not differ from other trades that involved the transformation of resources into goods.
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Spirits were to be shown through the practical technology ofexperimentalphilosophy, and the authority of that technology relied on the authority of instrumental work.
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He was a specialist inexperimentalphilosophy—that was his subject.
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Disagreement about whatexperimentalphilosophycan accomplish is widespread.
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In the same year, he became professor ofexperimentalphilosophy.
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However, disagreement about whatexperimentalphilosophycan accomplish is widespread and several philosophers have offered criticisms.
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Recently, theexperimentalphilosophymovement has sought to reappraise philosophical problems through social science research techniques.
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These subjects include physiognomy, physical exercise, botany, chemistry, mineralogy, andexperimentalphilosophy.
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However,experimentalphilosophyhas continued to expand to new areas of research.
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Here he held the position of principal of the department of natural andexperimentalphilosophytill 1855.
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Subsequently, he became a leading contributor toexperimentalphilosophyand was awarded the by the in 2005.
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Lectures remained in house, though their content was gradually broadening, includingexperimentalphilosophy in addition to the more classical education students had received previously.
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In 1847, a curriculum was adopted which had nine main fields: mathematics, history, language, literature, drawing, natural philosophy,experimentalphilosophy, law, and political economy.
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Other researchers applying empirical methods to traditionally philosophical questions have noted thatexperimentalphilosophyoften fails to meet basic standards of experimental social science.
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He was one of the first to defend the idea of a systematic study of nave physics, and a precursor ofexperimentalphilosophy.
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In recent years, research inexperimentalphilosophyhas explored whether people's untutored intuitions about determinism and moral responsibility are compatibilist or incompatibilist.
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Experimentalphilosophyis a form of philosophical inquiry that makes at least partial use of empirical researchespecially "opinion polling" in order to address persistent philosophical questions.
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Experimentalphilosophyinitially began by focusing on philosophical questions related to intentional action, the putative conflict between free will and determinism, and causal vs. descriptive theories of linguistic reference.
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