Experimental philosophy is an emerging field of philosophical inquiryLackman, Jon. The X-Philes Philosophy meets the real world, Slate, March 2, 2006.Appiah, Anthony. The New New Philosophy, The New York Times, December 9, 2007.Appiah, Anthony. The 'Next Big Thing' in Ideas, National Public Radio, January 3, 2008.Shea, Christopher. Against Intuition , Chronicle of Higher Education, October 3, 2008.Edmonds, David and Warburton, Nigel. Philosophy’s great experiment , Prospect, March 1, 2009 that makes use of empirical data—often gathered through surveys which probe the intuitions of ordinary people—in order to inform research on philosophical questions.The Experimental Philosophy Page Prinz, J. Experimental Philosophy, YouTube September 17, 2007. This use of empirical data is widely seen as opposed to a philosophical methodology that relies mainly on a priori justification, sometimes called "armchair" philosophy, by experimental philosophers.Knobe, Joshua. What is Experimental Philosophy?. The Philosophers' Magazine, (28) 2004.Knobe, Joshua. Experimental Philosophy , Philosophy Compass (2) 2007.Knobe, Joshua. Experimental Philosophy and Philosophical Significance, Philosophical Explorations (10) 2007.
