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Can There Be a Discipline of Philosophy? And Can It Be Founded on Intuitions?
Author(s) -
SOSA ERNEST
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
mind and language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.905
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1468-0017
pISSN - 0268-1064
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2011.01426.x
Subject(s) - sophistication , epistemology , experimental philosophy , argument (complex analysis) , philosophy , psychology , sociology , western philosophy , social science , biochemistry , chemistry
This paper takes up the critique of armchair philosophy drawn by some experimental philosophers from survey results. It also takes up a more recent development with increased methodological sophistication. The argument based on disagreement among respondents suggests a much more serious problem for armchair philosophy and puts in question the standing of our would‐be discipline.