Abstract
According to Knobe’s own explanation of the side-effect findings, folk beliefs about the moral status of a behavior have an influence on their intuitions about whether or not the behavior was performed intentionally (Knobe 2006). I challenge this view. I show that the side-effect effect occurs also in cases where the action is described with a non-existing word or a word that does not make any sense in the context of the action description. I conclude that we should look for alternative explanations of the side-effect effects that would not assume that they are generated by folk understanding of the concept of intentionality as intimately bound up with moral considerations.
| Translated title of the contribution | Does the Side-Effect Effect Concern Concepts? |
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| Original language | Polish |
| Title of host publication | Efekt Knobe'a w świetle rozważań językoznawczych i metodologicznych |
| Subtitle of host publication | Studium teoretyczne i eksperymentalne efektu Knobe'a i problemu Butlera |
| Place of Publication | Warsaw |
| Publisher | Wydawnictwo Naukowe Semper |
| Chapter | 5 |
| Pages | 113-122 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Volume | 2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-83-7507-272-3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- side-effect effect
- Knobe effect
- intentionality ascription