Interview on Experimental Philosophy with Joshua Knobe

Authors

  • Pendaran S. Roberts University of Warwick
  • Joshua Knobe Yale University; Program in Cognitive Science & Department of Philosophy
  • Pendaran Roberts Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick
  • Joshua Knobe Program in Cognitive Science & Department of Philosophy, Yale University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v4i1.144

Keywords:

Philosophy, experimental philosophy, Joshua Knobe, interview

Abstract

This conversation piece contains an interview with Joshua Knobe. It provides a useful introduction to what experimental philosophy is and the interdisciplinary collaborations it encourages. Pendaran Roberts and Joshua Knobe collaboratively developed this conversation piece via email. Joshua Knobe is a renowned experimental philosopher, who works on a range of philosophical issues, including philosophy of mind, action and ethics. He is a professor in the Program in Cognitive Science and the Department of Philosophy at Yale University. He is most known for what is now called the ‘Knobe effect’.

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  • Pendaran S. Roberts, University of Warwick

    Philosophy

    Color, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, etc.

    Research Fellow

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Published

2016-10-31

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016): October

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