ink or electronic) should not argue as antagonists, or even as advocates, as this can sour the atmosphere and lead to mere adversarial point scoring. ‘In quarrelling the truth is always lost’1. It is better to argue more as judges do, aiming to be fair, slowly edging towards as much agreement as possible, rather than each fighting his or her own corner. Trust each other’s sincerity. There is no...

Abstract We investigate the impact of informal arguments on judgments about thought experiment cases in light Deutsch and Cappelen’s mischaracterization view, which claims that philosophers’ case are primarily based not intuitions. If had no influence judgments, this would seriously challenge whether they are, or should be, at all—and other cognitive sources instead, such as intuition. In Exper...