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The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophical Methods

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    1. University of Manchester, UK

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This Handbook contains twenty-six original and substantive papers examining a wide selection of philosophical methods. Drawing upon an international range of leading contributors, it will help shape future debates about how philosophy should be done. The papers will be of particular interest to researchers and high-level undergraduates.

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction and Historical Overview

    1. Introduction and Historical Overview

      • Chris Daly
      Pages 1-30

  3. Philosophical Inquiry: Problems and Prospects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. A Priori Analysis and the Methodological A Posteriori

      • David Braddon-Mitchell
      Pages 33-50

    3. The Failure of Analysis and the Nature of Concepts

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 51-76

    4. Singular Ontology: How To

      • Alexis Burgess
      Pages 77-111

    5. Paradigms and Philosophical Progress

      • M. B. Willard
      Pages 112-132

    6. Disagreement in Philosophy

      • Jason Decker
      Pages 133-157

    7. Agnosticism about Ontology

      • Chris Daly, David Liggins
      Pages 158-175

  4. Philosophical Explanation and Methodology in Metaphysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Modality, Metaphysics, and Method

      • Boris Kment
      Pages 179-207

    3. Explanation and Explication

      • Paul Audi
      Pages 208-230

    4. Empirically Grounded Philosophical Theorizing

      • Otávio Bueno, Scott A. Shalkowski
      Pages 231-257

    5. Et Tu, Brute?

      • Sam Baron
      Pages 258-281

    6. Properties are Potatoes? An Essay on Ontological Parsimony

      • Nikk Effingham
      Pages 282-305

    7. Advice for Eleatics

      • Sam Cowling
      Pages 306-330

    8. Pragmatism without Idealism

      • Robert Kraut, Kevin Scharp
      Pages 331-360

  5. Intuition, Psychology, and Experimental Philosophy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 361-361
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    2. Intuitions, Conceptual Engineering, and Conceptual Fixed Points

      • Matti Eklund
      Pages 363-385

    3. Thought Experiments and Experimental Philosophy

      • Joachim Horvath
      Pages 386-418
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Manchester, UK

    Chris Daly

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Paul Audi, University of Nebraska, USA Samuel Baron, University of Western Australia and University of Sydney, Australia David Braddon-Mitchell, Sydney University, Australia Otávio Bueno, University of Miami, USA Alexis Burgess, Stanford University, USA Yuri Cath, University of East Anglia, UK Sam Cowling, Denison University, USA Adrian Currie, Calgary University, Canada Chris Daly, University of Manchester, UK Jason Decker, Carleton College, USA Paul Dicken, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany Nikk Effingham, University of Birmingham, UK Matti Eklund, Uppsala University, Sweden Joachim Horvath, University of Cologne, Germany Michael Huemer, University of Colorado, USA Jens Johansson, Uppsala University, Sweden Boris Kment, Princeton University, USA Robert Kraut , The Ohio State University, USA James Lenman, University of Sheffield, UK Janet Levin, University of Southern California, USA David Liggins, University of Manchester, UK Tristram McPherson, Virginia Tech, USA Howard Nye, University of Alberta, Canada Jonas Olson, Stockholm University, Sweden T. Parent, Virginia Tech, USA Kevin Scharp, The Ohio State University, USA François Schroeter, University of Melbourne, Australia Laura Schroeter, University of Melbourne, Australia Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, UK Kelly Trogdon, Virginia Tech, USA M. B. Willard, Weber State University, USA

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