What is a philosophical effect? Models of data in experimental philosophy.

Papers in experimental philosophy rarely offer an account of what it would take to reveal a philosophically significant effect. In part, this is because experimental philosophers tend to pay insufficient attention to the hierarchy of models that would be required to justify interpretations of their...

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Published in:Philosophical Studies Vol. 172; no. 12; pp. 3273 - 3293
Main Author: Huebner, Bryce
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Published: Springer Nature Dec2015
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