2015/03/18 by Min-Sun Kim, Yuan Yuan · 3 citations
Neuroscience · Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Cultural Differences and Values
paper · doi:10.1017/epi.2015.17
openalex publication_date 2015/03/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Abstract In “Normativity and Epistemic Intuitions” (NEI), Weinberg, Nichols and Stich famously argue from empirical data that East Asians and Westerners have different intuitions about Gettier-style cases. We attempted to replicate their study about the Gettier Car Case. Our study used the same methods and case taken verbatim, but sampled an East Asian population 2.5 times greater than NEI's 23 participants. We found no evidence supporting the existence of cross-cultural difference about the intuition concerning the case. Taken together with the failures of both of the existing replication studies (Nagel et al . 2013; Seyedsayamdost 2014), our data provide strong evidence that the purported cross-cultural difference in intuitions about Gettier-style cases does not exist.