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Scientists and the folk have the same concepts

Authors :
Levy, Neil
Source :
Behavioral and Brain Sciences. August, 2010, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p344, 1 p.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

If Knobe is right that ordinary judgments are normatively suffused, how do scientists free themselves from these influences? I suggest that because science is distributed and externalized, its claims can be manipulated in ways that allow normative influences to be hived off. This allows scientists to deploy concepts which are not normatively suffused. I suggest that there are good reasons to identify these normatively neutral concepts with the folk concepts. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X10001809

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0140525X
Volume :
33
Issue :
4
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.242668398