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Skepticism about moral responsibility, or what is more commonly referred to as moral
responsibility skepticism, refers to a family of views that all take seriously the possibility that …

In her engaging book, The referential mechanism of proper names, Li presents empirical
studies involving American and Chinese laypeople. Li interprets her results as supporting an …

The present research examines whether identity essentialism, an important component of
psychological essentialism, is a fundamental feature of human cognition. Across three …

The Twin Earth thought experiment invites us to consider a liquid that has all of the
superficial properties associated with water (clear, potable, etc.) but has entirely different …

The problem of free will arises from ordinary, commonsense reflection. Shaun Nichols
examines these ordinary attitudes from a naturalistic perspective. He offers a psychological …

Experiments on theories of reference have mostly tested referential intuitions. We think that
experiments should rather be testing linguistic usage. Substantive Aim (I): to test classical …

According to the expertise defense, practitioners of the method of cases need not worry
about findings that ordinary people's philosophical intuitions depend on epistemically …

Machery and Elizabeth O'Neill have brought together twelve leading philosophers to debate
four topics central to recent research in experimental philosophy. The result is an important …

Recent experimental work on “natural” kind terms has shown evidence of both descriptive
and nondescriptive reference determination. This has led some to propose ambiguity or …