The Study On The Path And Debate Of Experimental Philosophy

Experimental philosophy rise in the west from the beginning of the 21st century,although its history is not long,it has caused a strong reaction.On the one hand,it provides a new point of view and new research method for philosophers.They design experiments to generate questionnaires,then use these questionnaires to obtain the public intuition about a small philosophical scene.Based on the empirical data obtained,philosophers either perfect or challenge previous philosophical theories,they also propose new point of view,so that experimental philosophy has its own meaning.On the other hand,it is precisely because of the experimental method and its relying on the intuition of the public as the evidence that many philosophers think that it violates the tradition of the philosophical speculation.In a word,the legitimacy as a research method has been questioned.Experimental philosophers pay high attention to these questions,and have made a lot of response and interpretation.This article interprets,generalizes and discusses the starting point,main path,query and defense of the experimental philosophy.Intuition is the starting point of the experimental philosophy,experimental philosophers and traditional philosophers focus on different intuition subjects.At the same time,intuition has diversity under the experimental philosophy.Its main research paths include:free will and moral responsibility,knowledge attribution,side-effect effect The query and defense of experimental philosophy mainly display in discipline independence,the reliability of experimental method,the starting point and the research results.At present,the experimental philosophy presents some new research perspectives,meanwhile,it has potential value for the development of other subjects.