If philosophical expertise existed, it would look something like this.
If philosophical expertise existed, it would look something like this.
Intuition Fail: Philosophical Activity and the Limits of Expertise
Buckwalter, W. (2016). Intuition fail: philosophical activity and the limits of expertise. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 92(2), 378-410.
Abstract
Experimental philosophers have empirically challenged the connection between intuition and philosophical expertise. This paper reviews these challenges alongside other research findings in cognitive science on expert performance and argues for three claims. First, evidence taken to challenge philosophical expertise may also be explained by the well- researched failures and limitations of genuine expertise. Second, studying the failures and limitations of experts across many fields provides a promising research program upon which to base a new model of philosophical expertise. Third, a model of philosophical expertise based on the limitations of genuine experts may suggest a series of constraints on the reliability of professional philosophical intuition.
Topic
Cognition
