Experimental Turn in Philosophy

The research serves as an introduction to experimental philosophy and introduces a special journal issue on this topic. We trace a brief history of experimental philosophy and consider different variants of its interpretation. Building upon this, we propose the interpretation of experimental philoso...

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Main Authors: Natalia V. Zaitseva, Dmitry V. Zaitsev
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Language:deu
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2024-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Philosophy
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Online Access:https://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/viewFile/42149/24224
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description The research serves as an introduction to experimental philosophy and introduces a special journal issue on this topic. We trace a brief history of experimental philosophy and consider different variants of its interpretation. Building upon this, we propose the interpretation of experimental philosophy not as a particular direction or stage in the development of philosophical thought but rather as a radical change in the method of philosophical inquiries, involving the synthesis of traditional philosophical research methods and methodology of empirical (primarily cognitive) science to solve philosophical problems. An important characteristic feature of experimental philosophy, so defined, is its interdisciplinarity. The philosopher does not just use the results of empirical research but can participate in research at all stages, starting with constructing a model of the phenomenon or process under study and hypothesizing, consistently going through the selection of stimulus material and the design of the experiment towards the interpretation of the results and their philosophical understanding. This interpretation of experimental philosophy opens up the possibility of experimental philosophical research in any field, from epistemology or ontology to logic and philosophy of language, without a far-fetched division into analytical and experimental versions. At the same time, the authors emphasize the remarkable fruitfulness of (neuro)phenomenology, which, due to its appeal to direct subjective experience, turns out to be methodologically close to the natural sciences. The final part provides a brief overview of the studies in the thematic issue.
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spelling doaj-art-e3ca42306dbd41d1ad90a161f28a83202025-01-09T07:53:07ZdeuPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of Philosophy2313-23022408-89002024-12-0128493194410.22363/2313-2302-2024-28-4-931-94420982Experimental Turn in PhilosophyNatalia V. Zaitseva0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1691-1402Dmitry V. Zaitsev1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9076-4658Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityLomonosov Moscow State UniversityThe research serves as an introduction to experimental philosophy and introduces a special journal issue on this topic. We trace a brief history of experimental philosophy and consider different variants of its interpretation. Building upon this, we propose the interpretation of experimental philosophy not as a particular direction or stage in the development of philosophical thought but rather as a radical change in the method of philosophical inquiries, involving the synthesis of traditional philosophical research methods and methodology of empirical (primarily cognitive) science to solve philosophical problems. An important characteristic feature of experimental philosophy, so defined, is its interdisciplinarity. The philosopher does not just use the results of empirical research but can participate in research at all stages, starting with constructing a model of the phenomenon or process under study and hypothesizing, consistently going through the selection of stimulus material and the design of the experiment towards the interpretation of the results and their philosophical understanding. This interpretation of experimental philosophy opens up the possibility of experimental philosophical research in any field, from epistemology or ontology to logic and philosophy of language, without a far-fetched division into analytical and experimental versions. At the same time, the authors emphasize the remarkable fruitfulness of (neuro)phenomenology, which, due to its appeal to direct subjective experience, turns out to be methodologically close to the natural sciences. The final part provides a brief overview of the studies in the thematic issue.https://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/viewFile/42149/24224experimental philosophycognitive turnneurophenomenologycognitive science
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