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Investigating the Folk Concept of Pain: Implication & Projection ...
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Are Thick Concepts Action-Guiding? Exp 1 ...
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In this project, we investigate the use of thick concepts in ordinary language. More specifically, we investigate whether statements containing thick terms provide reasons for action and motivate speakers and addressees of a moral statement to change their behaviour or stick to it. According to authors such as Bernard Williams or Simon Kirchin, thick concepts are practical concepts which are both world-guided and action-guiding. They are world-guided in the sense that for an action to count as cruel, certain objective features need to be given, such as inflicting unnecessary pain or pleasure from the suffering of others. They are action-guiding in these sense that by calling an action cruel, we provide a reason not to perform this action. While this is a quite plausible and seldomly disputed assumption, no empirical evidence has been offered in its support. The first aim of this project is, thus, to investigate whether laypeople understand statements containing thick terms as motivating, reason-giving, and ...
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Evaluative language; Experimental Philosophy; FOS Languages and literature; FOS Psychology; Linguistics; Moral Psychology; Philosophy of Action; Psychology; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Thick Concepts
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URL: https://osf.io/qhe5x/ https://dx.doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/qhe5x
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I must although I can't!? Suggestions for a two-level theory of ‘ought implies can’ ...
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