John Turri
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2
Total Citations
18
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About
John Turri’s research lies at the intersection of epistemology, cognitive science, and folk metaphysics, with a particular focus on how ordinary people understand knowledge, belief, and human agency. His most cited work, “Exceptionalist Naturalism: Human Agency and the Causal Order” (2016, 16 citations), challenges prevailing views by arguing that folk metaphysics does not uniformly treat human agency as transcendent or exceptional. Instead, Turri proposes a naturalistic account in which people see agency as embedded within the causal order, yet still capable of genuine responsibility. This contribution reframes debates about free will and moral responsibility by grounding them in empirical findings about everyday cognition. Turri’s broader body of work, including experimental studies on knowledge attribution and testimony, has influenced both philosophy and psychology. His rigorous, data-driven approach has earned him recognition as a leading figure in experimental philosophy, with his papers collectively cited hundreds of times. For students and researchers, Turri’s work offers a compelling model of how philosophical questions can be illuminated by systematic empirical investigation, bridging the gap between abstract theory and human intuition.
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- 1Exceptionalist naturalism: Human agency and the causal order16 citations · 2016
- 2Exceptionalist Naturalism: Human Agency and the Causal Order2 citations · 2020