Scientists and the folk have the same concepts

Neil Levy

doi:10.1017/S0140525X10001809

Scientists and the folk have the same concepts

Neil Levy^*

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If Knobe is right that ordinary judgments are normatively suffused, how do scientists free themselves from these influences? I suggest that because science is distributed and externalized, its claims can be manipulated in ways that allow normative influences to be hived off. This allows scientists to deploy concepts which are not normatively suffused. I suggest that there are good reasons to identify these normatively neutral concepts with the folk concepts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	344
Number of pages	1
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X10001809
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Scientists and the folk have the same concepts

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