The replication crisis and philosophy
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Keywords

Replication crisis
Methods
Cognitive science
Thought experiments
Incentives
Collaboration

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Buckwalter, W. (2022). The replication crisis and philosophy. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences, 3. https://doi.org/10.33735/phimisci.2022.9193

Abstract

The replication crisis is perceived by many as one of the most significant threats to the reliability of research. Though reporting of the crisis has emphasized social science, all signs indicate that it extends to many other fields. This paper investigates the possibility that the crisis and related challenges to conducting research also extend to philosophy. According to one possibility, philosophy inherits a crisis similar to the one in science because philosophers rely on unreplicated or unreplicable findings from science when conducting philosophical research. According to another possibility, the crisis likely extends to philosophy because philosophers engage in similar research practices and face similar structural issues when conducting research that have been implicated by the crisis in science. Proposals for improving philosophical research are offered in light of these possibilities.

https://doi.org/10.33735/phimisci.2022.9193
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