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Online Articles and Encyclopedia Entries

Below, you can find a chronologically ordered selection of popular articles and encyclopedia entries that are available online.

Popular Articles

• Stephanie Wykstra (2018): “Out of the Armchair,” Aeon.
• Paul Thagard (2017): “Experimental Philosophy. Strengths and Limitations,” Psychology Today.
• Tania Lombrozo (2013): “The Ironic Success of Experimental Philosophy,” National Public Radio.
• Vlad Chituc (2012): “We Started the Fire,” The New Journal.
• Joshua Knobe (2011): “Experimental Philosophy. Thoughts Become the New Lab Rats,” Scientific American.
• David Menconi (2011): “Putting Philosophy to the Test. A New Breed of Thinkers Takes the Search for Wisdom to the Street,” Stanford Magazine.
• Joshua Knobe (2010): “Experiments in Philosophy,” The Stone.
• Christopher Shea (2008): “Against Intuition,” The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Encyclopedia Entries

• Kevin Tobia, Guilherme Almeida, Karolina Prochownik, and Ivar Hannikainen (2025): “Experimental Jurisprudence,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė, Ryan Doran, and Shen-yi Liao (2024): “Experimental Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Edouard Machery (2024): “Experimental Philosophy,” Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science.
• Mark Alfano, Edouard Machery, Alexandra Plakias, and Don Loeb (2022): “Experimental Moral Philosophy,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Justin Sytsma, Kevin Reuter, and Pascale Willemsen (2026): “Experimental Philosophy,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols (2017): “Experimental Philosophy,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Alexandra Plakias (2015): “Experimental Philosophy,” The Oxford Handbook of Topics in Philosophy.

Research Articles

A rather comprehensive list of research articles from X-Phi can be found at PhilPapers. The Experimental Philosophy category currently contains roughly 3,000 entries. It is divided into the following subcategories:

• Experimental Aesthetics
• Experimental Philosophy of Action
• Experimental Philosophy of Language
• Experimental Philosophy of Law
• Experimental Philosophy of Mind
• Experimental Philosophy of Religion
• Experimental Philosophy of Science
• Experimental Ethics
• Experimental Epistemology
• Experimental Metaphysics
• Foundations of Experimental Philosophy
• Miscellaneous

Monographs and Edited Volumes

The following provides an incomplete and unordered collection of relevant monographs and edited volumes. If you are missing an entry, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

• Andrew Aberdein and Matthew Inglis (eds.) (2021): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Joshua Alexander (2012): Experimental Philosophy. An Introduction, Cambridge: Polity.
• Fritz Allhoff, Ron Mallon, and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2012): Philosophy. Traditional and Experimental Readings, New York: Oxford University Press.
• Kwame Anthony Appiah (2008): Experiments in Ethics, Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
• Alexander Max Bauer (2024): Empirische Studien zu Fragen der Bedarfsgerechtigkeit, Oldenburg: University of Oldenburg Press.
• Alexander Max Bauer and Malte Ingo Meyerhuber (eds.) (2019): Philosophie zwischen Sein und Sollen. Normative Theorie und empirische Forschung im Spannungsfeld, Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter.
• Alexander Max Bauer and Malte Ingo Meyerhuber (eds.) (2020): Empirical Research and Normative Theory. Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Two Methodical Traditions Between Separation and Interdependence, Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter.
• Alexander Max Bauer and Stephan Kornmesser (eds.) (2023): The Compact Compendium of Experimental Philosophy, Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter.
• James R. Beebe (ed.) (2015): Advances in Experimental Epistemology, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Anthony Robert Booth and Darrell P. Rowbottom (eds.) (2014): Intuitions, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• David Bordonaba-Plou (ed.) (2023): Experimental Philosophy of Language. Perspectives, Methods, and Prospects, Cham: Springer.
• Herman Cappelen (2012): Philosophy Without Intuitions, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Florian Cova (2011): Qu’en pensez-vous? Introduction à la philosophie expérimentale, Paris: Germina.
• Florian Cova and Sébastien Réhault (eds.) (2020): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Aesthetics, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Helen De Cruz and Ryan Nichols (eds.) (2017): Advances in Religion, Cognitive Science, and Experimental Philosophy, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Max Deutsch (2015): The Myth of the Intuitive. Experimental Philosophy and Philosophical Method, Cambridge: MIT Press.
• Eugen Fischer and John Collins (eds.) (2015): Experimental Philosophy, Rationalism, and Naturalism. Rethinking Philosophical Method, London and New York: Routledge.
• Eugen Fischer and Mark Curtis (eds.) (2020): Methodological Advances in Experimental Philosophy, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Thomas Grundmann, Joachim Horvath, and Jens Kipper (eds.) (2014): Die experimentelle Philosophie in der Diskussion, Berlin: Suhrkamp.
• Matthew C. Haug (ed.) (2014): Philosophical Methodology. The Armchair or the Laboratory?, London and New York: Routledge.
• Jussi Haukioja (ed.) (2016): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Language, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Nora Heinzelmann (ed.) (2024): Advances in Neurophilosophy, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Paul Henne and Samuel Murray (eds.) (2024): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Action, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Kristien Hens and Andreas De Block (eds.) (2023): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Medicine, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Joachim Horvath and Thomas Grundmann (eds.) (2012): Experimental Philosophy and Its Critics, London and New York: Routledge.
• Petr Jedlička, Jitka Paitlová, Marek Malůš, Filip Tylš, František Kalvas, Lucie Kubínová, Blanka Vlasáková, Petr Petřík, and Simon Kos (2023): Experimental Philosophy and the Problem of Objectivity, Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart.
• Günther Kebeck and Henning Schroll (2011): Experimentelle Ästhetik, Vienna: facultas.wuv.
• Bernhard Kittel and Stefan Traub (eds.) (2024): Priority of Needs? An Informed Theory of Need-Based Justice, Cham: Springer.
• Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2008): Experimental Philosophy, New York: Oxford University Press.
• Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2013): Experimental Philosophy, vol. 2, New York: Oxford University Press.
• Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2024): Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy, vol. 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Stephan Kornmesser, Alexander Max Bauer, Mark Alfano, Aurélien Allard, Lucien Baumgartner, Florian Cova, Paul Engelhardt, Eugen Fischer, Henrike Meyer, Kevin Reuter, Justin Sytsma, Kyle Thompson, and Marc Wyszynski(2024): Experimental Philosophy for Beginners. A Gentle Introduction to Methods and Tools, Cham: Springer.
• Andrew J. Latham (2025): Indirect Freedom, London and New York: Routledge.
• Stefan Liebig and Holger Lengfeld (eds.) (2002): Interdisziplinäre Gerechtigkeitsforschung. Zur Verknüpfung empirischer und normativer Perspektiven, Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus.
• Matthew Lindauer (ed.) (2023): Advances in Experimental Political Philosophy, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Matthew Lindauer (2025): The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts, New York: Oxford University Press.
• Tania Lombrozo, Joshua Knobe, and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2014): Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy, vol. 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Tania Lombrozo, Joshua Knobe, and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2018): Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy, vol. 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Tania Lombrozo, Joshua Knobe, and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2020): Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy, vol. 3, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Tania Lombrozo, Joshua Knobe, and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2021): Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy, vol. 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Edouard Machery (2017): Philosophy Within Its Proper Bounds, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Edouard Machery and Elizabeth O’Neill (eds.) (2014): Current Controversies in Experimental Philosophy, London and New York: Routledge.
• Kristie Miller (2024): The Normative Status of Time Bias. An Empirically Led Investigation, London and New York: Routledge.
• Nikil Mukerji (2016): Einführung in die experimentelle Philosophie, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink.
• Thomas Nadelhoffer and Andrew Monroe (eds.) (2023): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Free Will and Responsibility, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Thomas Nadelhoffer, Eddy Nahmias, and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2010): Moral Psychology. Historical and Contemporary Readings, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Jennifer Nado (ed.) (2017): Advances in Experimental Philosophy and Philosophical Methodology, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Shaun Nichols (2004): Sentimental Rules. On the Natural Foundations of Moral Judgment, New York: Oxford University Press.
• Ruwen Ogien (2011): L’influence de l’odeur des croissants chauds sur la bonté humaine. Et autres questions de philosophie morale expérimentale, Paris: Grasset.
• Norbert Paulo and Jan Christoph Bublitz (eds.) (2020): Empirische Ethik. Grundlagentexte aus Psychologie und Philosophie, Berlin: Suhrkamp.
• Karolina Prochownik and Stefan Magen (eds.) (2023): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Law, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Johannes Rohbeck (ed.) (2015): Experimentelle Philosophie und Philosophiedidaktik, Dresden: Thelem.
• David Rose (ed.) (2018): Experimental Metaphysics, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Hagop Sarkissian and Jennifer Cole Wright (eds.) (2015): Advances in Experimental Moral Psychology, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (ed.) (2007): Moral Psychology, vol. 1: The Evolution of Morality. Adaptations and Innateness, Cambridge: MIT Press.
• Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (ed.) (2007): Moral Psychology, vol. 2: The Cognitive Science of Morality. Intuition and Diversity, Cambridge: MIT Press.
• Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (ed.) (2007): Moral Psychology, vol. 3: The Neuroscience of Morality. Emotion, Brain Disorders, and Development, Cambridge: MIT Press.
• Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (ed.) (2014): Moral Psychology, vol. 4: Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Cambridge: MIT Press.
• Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Christian B. Miller (eds.) (2017): Moral Psychology, vol. 5: Virtue and Character, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Justin Sytsma (ed.) (2015): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Mind, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Justin Sytsma and Jonathan Livengood (2015): The Theory and Practice of Experimental Philosophy, Peterborough: Broadview Press.
• Justin Sytsma and Wesley Buckwalter (eds.) (2016): A Companion to Experimental Philosophy, Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
• Kevin Tobia (ed.) (2024): Experimental Philosophy of Identity and the Self, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Kevin Tobia (ed.) (2025): The Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Jurisprudence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Stefan Traub and Bernhard Kittel (eds.) (2020): Need-Based Distributive Justice. An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Cham: Springer.
• Joseph Ulatowski (2026): The Identities of Action. How the Normative Valence of Consequences Matters for Act Evaluation, Lanham: Lexington Books.
• Somogy Varga, Andrew J. Latham, and Edouard Machery (2026): Health and Disease. Experimental Philosophy of Medicine, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Hugo Viciana, Antonio Gaitán, and Fernando Aguiar (eds.) (2024): Experiments in Moral and Political Philosophy, London and New York: Routledge.
• Alex Wiegmann (ed.) (2024): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Lying, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Daniel A. Wilkenfeld and Richard Samuels (eds.) (2021): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Science, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Pascale Willemsen and Alex Wiegmann (eds.) (2024): Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Causation, London: Bloomsbury Academic.