A Companion to Experimental Philosophy

This is a comprehensive collection of essays that explores cutting-edge work in experimental philosophy, a radical new movement that applies quantitative and empirical methods to traditional topics of philosophical inquiry.

• Situates the discipline within Western philosophy and then surveys the work of experimental philosophers by sub-discipline
• Contains 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
• Edited by two rising scholars who take a broad and inclusive approach to the field
• Offers a complete introduction for non-specialists and students to the central approaches, findings, challenges, and controversies in experimental philosophy

Keywords: Quantitative methods; empirical methods; x-phi; philosophical research; history of philosophy; philosophical tradition; metaphilosophy; logic; reasoning; metaphysics; philosophy of action