Experimental Philosophy: Natural Kinds and Identity (X-Phi)

We will have the first meeting on Monday November 14th from 3pm to 5 pm.
After that we meet (approximately) every other week till June.
Meetings are online.

Nov 14th 2022  
J. Haukioja, M. Nyquist & J. Jylkkä (2021): 'Reports from Twin Earth. Both deep structure and appearance determine the reference of natural kind terms'. Mind & Language, 36: 377-403

Nov 28th 2022
Presentation and discussion of work in progress by F. Domaneschi, M. Vignolo and N. D'Agruma.

Dec 19 2022
M. Johnson & M. Deutsch (2021) : 'Fake gnus!  (Or: there is no experimental evidence for the lazy person's approach to philosophy)'. Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2021.1977995

Jan 23 2023
Häggqvist S. & Wikforss Å. (2015), “Experimental Semantics. The Case of Natural Kind Terms”. Experimental Philosophy of Language, ed. J. Haukioja, London: Bloomsbury

Feb 6 2023
Discussion of Soria, A. & Franzén, N (in press): 'Moral and Moorean Incoherencies'. Ergo.
(the authors will lead the discussion).

Feb 20 2023
Cella, F.; Marchak, K.A.;  Bianchi, C.; Gelman, S.A. (2022): 'Generic language for social and animal kinds. Examination of the asymmetry between acceptance and inferences'. Cognitive Science, 46 e13209. (Federico Cella will lead the discussion).

March 6 2023
Roversi, C; Borghi, A.M.; Tummolini, L. (2013): 'A Marriage is an Artefact and not a Walk that We Take Together:  An Experimental Study on the Categorization of Artefacts'. Rev.Phil.Psych, 4: 527-542.

April 17 2023
Scholl, B.J. (2007): 'Object Persistence in Philosophy and Psychology'. Mind & Language, 22: 563-591.

May 8 and 22 2023
Hall, D.G. (1998): 'Continuity and the persistence of objects'. Cognitive Psychology 37:28-59

June 12 2023
Toorman, J. and Haukioja, J (manuscript). 'Semantics, cross-category style'. Toorman and Haukioja will join the discussion of their paper.

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