Philosophy and WEIRD intuition.
From Plato to the present, philosophers have relied on intuitive judgments as evidence for or against philosophical theories. Most philosophers are WEIRD, highly educated, and male. The literature reviewed in the target article suggests that such people might have intuitions that differ from those of people in other groups. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that they do.
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Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1107, USA. sstich@ruccs.rutgers.edu
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