Estimating the Reproducibility of Experimental Philosophy

Responding to recent concerns about the reliability of the published literature in psychology and other disciplines, we formed the X-Phi Replicability Project (XRP) to estimate the reproducibility of experimental philosophy (). Drawing on a representative sample of 40 x-phi studies published between 2003 and 2015, we enlisted 20 research teams across 8 countries to conduct a high-quality replication of each study in order to compare the results to the original published findings. We found that x-phi studies - as represented in our sample - successfully replicated about 70% of the time. We discuss possible reasons for this relatively high replication rate in the field of experimental philosophy and offer suggestions for best research practices going forward.

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In response to concerns about the reliability of published literature in psychology and other disciplines, the X-Phi Replicability Project (XRP) was formed to assess the reproducibility of experimental philosophy. The project found that x-phi studies successfully replicated about 70% of the time, and discussed possible reasons for this relatively high replication rate in the field of experimental philosophy, as well as provided suggestions for best research practices going forward.