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- Title
Experimental Explication.
- Authors
Schupbach, Jonah N.
- Abstract
Two recently popular metaphilosophical movements, formal philosophy and experimental philosophy, promote what seem to be conflicting methodologies. Nonetheless, I argue that the two can be mutually supportive. I propose an experimentally-informed variation on explication, a powerful formal philosophical tool introduced by Carnap. The resulting method, which I call 'experimental explication,' provides the formalist with a means of responding to explication's gravest criticism. Moreover, this method introduces a philosophically salient, positive role for survey-style experiments while steering clear of several objections that critics of 'positive experimental philosophy' raise. Thus, it provides the experimentalist with a more defensible example of how empirical work can have positive philosophical import. For these reasons, experimental explication should appeal to experimental philosophers (at least those working within the positive program) and formal philosophers alike.
- Subjects
EXPERIMENTAL philosophy; CARNAP, Rudolf, 1891-1970; EMPIRICAL research; PHILOSOPHERS; LITERARY explication
- Publication
Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, 2017, Vol 94, Issue 3, p672
- ISSN
0031-8205
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/phpr.12207