Are philosophers expert intuiters?

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-355

  Weinberg, Jonathan M ^a   Gonnerman, Chad ^a   Buckner, Cameron ^a   Alexander, Joshua ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armchair Philosophy; Conceptual Schemata; Configural Rules; Experimental Philosophy; Expertise; Intuitions; Restrictionist Challenge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954119135     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2010.490944     Document Type: Article

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