A Companion to Experimental Philosophy

A Companion to Experimental Philosophy is an unprecedented survey of one of the most exciting and radical topics in western academic philosophy- a new movement that applies quantitative and empirical methods to traditional topics of philosophical inquiry. Edited by two rising scholars who take a broad and inclusive approach to experimental philosophy, the collection is broken into two sections. The first situates the discipline within Western philosophy and the second surveys the work of experimental philosophers by sub-discipline, discussing all major branches of philosophical inquiry. The essays contain insights for a diverse range of fields including linguistics, cognitive science, anthropology, economics, and psychology, as well as almost every area of professional philosophy today. Taken together, they offer a complete introduction for non-specialists and upper-level students to the central approaches, findings, challenges, and controversies in experimental philosophy.