Philosophical Studies 140 (2):247 - 262 (2008)
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Radical experimentalists argue that we should give up using intuitions as evidence in philosophy. In this paper, I first argue that the studies presented by the radical experimentalists in fact suggest that some intuitions are reliable. I next consider and reject a different way of handling the radical experimentalists' challenge, what I call the Argument from Robust Intuitions. I then propose a way of understanding why some intuitions can be unreliable and how intuitions can conflict, and I argue that on this understanding, both moderate experimentalism and the standard philosophical practice of using intuitions as evidence can help resolve these conflicts
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Keywords | Intuitions Experimental philosophy Experimentalism Intuitionism Empirical psychology |
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DOI | 10.1007/s11098-007-9140-x |
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