Cultural Affiliation and Language Methodological Problems in Cross-Cultural Experimental Philosophy

• Authors: Krzysztof Sękowski

Title variants

PL

Przynależność kulturowa i język. O metodologicznych problemach międzykulturowej filozofii eksperymentalnej

EN

Cultural Affiliation and Language Methodological Problems in Cross-Cultural Experimental Philosophy

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The aim of this paper is to analyze methodological problems of cross-cultural research in experimental philosophy. By studying five research projects, representing two distinct approaches to the examination of cross-cultural differences in philosophical intuitions, I point out the difficulties related to the content validity that appear in the choice of some cultural affiliation indicators. I criticize various indicators of cultural affiliation that are used in experimental philosophy (selfidentification, language) and suggest which indicators, and how, should be chosen in that kind of research. I also argue that some problems related to bilingualism, translation, and the possible influence of language on the owned or reported philosophical intuitions may be impossible to transcend in cross-cultural research in experimental philosophy. It may be impossible to assess the differences between cultural philosophical intuitions. 

• Publisher: University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy
• Journal: Filozofia Nauki
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 44-66

Dates

published

2018-03-25

Contributors

author

Krzysztof Sękowski

Identifiers

DOI

10.14394/filnau.2018.0003