Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
10-2014
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Program
Philosophy
Advisor
Jesse Prinz
Subject Categories
Cognitive Psychology | Philosophy | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
Cognitive science, Experimental philosophy, Metaethics, Metaphilosophy, Moral psychology, Neuroethics
Abstract
This project addresses the question of why philosophical disputes persist, and tackles the problem of how we might better approach them. I demonstrate empirically several ways in which personality, gender, and other factors are associated with specific philosophical beliefs. Typically, one might assume that these individual difference factors are irrelevant to philosophy, and can only serve to bias philosophical disputants. Against this view, I present four case studies, which collectively highlight the different ways in which individual differences in lived experience may be inseparable from philosophical concepts themselves.
Recommended Citation
Holtzman, Geoffrey Scott, "Factlessness & Faultlessness: Individual Differences & Dimensions of Philosophical Dispute" (2014). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/431