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> [The kind of approach I take is different from much of experimental philosophy. Although the experimental philosophers and I are certainly in agreement about the relevance of empirical work to philosophy, a good deal of their work is devoted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-kornblith/the-kind-of-approach-i-take-is-different-from-much-of-experimental/)

[Hilary Kornblith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-kornblith/)

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> [The experimentalists think that we can only get at our concepts by way of empirical investigation, while the armchair philosophers think that we can skip the experiments and figure things out from our armchairs. What they have in common, however,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-kornblith/the-experimentalists-think-that-we-can-only-get-at-our-concepts-by/)

[Hilary Kornblith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-kornblith/)

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