Advances in experimental philosophy of science
By: edited by Richard Samuels and Daniel A. Wilkenfeld
Series: Advances in Experimental Philosophy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781350068896; 9781350068872
Subjects: Philosophy; Science
Description: "This volume gathers together leading philosophers of science and cognitive scientists from around the world to provide one of the first book-length studies of this important and emerging field. Specific topics considered include learning and the nature of scientific knowledge, the cognitive consequences of exposure to explanations, climate change, and mechanistic reasoning and abstraction. Chapters explore how experimental methods can be applied to questions about the nature of science and show how to fruitfully theorize about the nature and role of science with well-grounded empirical research. Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Science presents a new direction in the philosophical exploration of science and paves a path for those who might seek to pursue research in experimental philosophy of science."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction, Richard Samuels and Daniel A. Wilkenfeld; title: Part I: Explanation and Understanding; title: 2. Scientific Understanding and the Human Drive to Explain, Elizabeth Kon and Tania Lombrozo; title: 3. The Challenges and Benefits of Mechanistic Explanation in Folk Scientific Understanding, Frank Keil; title: Part II: Theories and Theory Change; title: 4. Information That Boosts Normative Global Warming Acceptance Without Polarization: Toward J. S. Mill's Political Ethology of National Character, Michael Ranney, Matthew Shonman, Kyle Fricke, Lee Nevo Lamprey, and Paras Kumar; title: 5. Science in Vivo: Addressing Philosophical Questions About Science Through the Psychology of Scientific Thought, Andrew Shtulman; title: 6. Intuitive Epistemology: Children's Theory of Evidence, Mark Fedyk, Tamar Kushnir, and Fei Xu; title: Part III: Special Sciences; title: 7. Applying Experimental Philosophy to Investigate Economic Concepts: Choice, Preference, and Nudge, Michiru Nagatsu; title: 8. Scientists' Concepts of Innateness: Evolution or Attraction?, Edouard Machery, Paul Griffiths, Stefan Linquist, and Karola Stotz; title: Part IV: General Considerations; title: 9. Causal Judgment: What Can Philosophy Learn from Experiment?  What Can It Contribute to Experiment?, James Woodward; title: Index.