Explanations of the Knobe Effect in the Context of a Conflict of Norms

• Authors: Bartosz Maćkiewicz , Katarzyna Kuś

Title variants

PL

Wyjaśnienie efektu Knobe’a w kontekście konfliktu norm

EN

Explanations of the Knobe Effect in the Context of a Conflict of Norms

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

In a famous study, Joshua Knobe (2003) found an asymmetry in the way people ascribe intentional action. We discuss two explanations of this phenomenon: a psychological one formulated by Knobe himself and the so-called Omissions Account proposed by Katarzyna Paprzycka (2016a), and then describe an empirical study we have conducted into lay judgments of the intentionality of actions performed by agents facing a conflict of norms. While neither account in its present form explains our data, we argue that a modification of Paprzycka’s solution has the conceptual resources to deal with them. By contrast, a similar modification of Knobe’s proposal is highly implausible.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Filozofii
• Journal: Filozofia Nauki
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 57-85

Dates

published

2017-12-01

Contributors

author

Bartosz Maćkiewicz

author

Katarzyna Kuś