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36Ethics, X-Phi, and the Expanded Methodological Toolbox: How the Think Aloud Method and Interview Reveal People’s Judgments on Issues in Ethics and BeyondDissertation, Claremont Graduate University. 2019.Ethics isn’t a conversation exclusive to philosophers. There is value, then, in not only understanding how laypeople think about issues in ethics, but also bringing their judgments into dialogue with those of philosophers in order to make sense of agreement, disagreement, and the consequences of each. Experimental philosophers facilitate this dialogue uniquely by capturing laypeople’s judgments and analyzing them in light of philosophical theory. They have done so almost exclusively by using fac…Read more
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120Qualitative methods show that surveys misrepresent “ought implies can” judgmentsPhilosophical Psychology 36 (1): 29-57. 2023.Experimental philosophers rely almost exclusively on quantitative surveys that potentially misrepresent participants’ multifarious judgments. To assess the efficacy of qualitative methods in experimental philosophy and reveal limitations with quantitative surveys, a study was conducted on the Kantian principle that ‘ought implies can’, which limits moral obligation to actions that agents can do. Specifically, the think aloud method and a follow-up interview were employed in a modified version of…Read more
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Harvey Mudd CollegeVisiting assistant professor
Claremont Graduate University
PhD, 2019
Claremont, California, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Experimental Philosophy |