Deborah KantPérez Escobar, José AntonioDeniz Sarikaya2024-12-102024-12-102021-11-02Kant, D., Pérez-Escobar, J. & Sarikaya, D. (2021). Three Roles of Empirical Information in Philosophy: Intuitions on Mathematics do Not Come for Free. KRITERION – Journal of Philosophy, 35(3), 247-278. https://doi.org/10.1515/krt-2021-00252750-977Xhttps://doi.org/10.1515/krt-2021-0025https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/24793The registered version of this article, first published in KRITERION – Journal of Philosophy, is available online at the publisher's website: De Gruyter, https://doi.org/10.1515/krt-2021-0025La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en KRITERION – Journal of Philosophy, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: De Gruyter, https://doi.org/10.1515/krt-2021-0025This work gives a new argument for ‘Empirical Philosophy of Mathematical Practice’. It analyses different modalities on how empirical information can influence philosophical endeavours. We evoke the classical dichotomy between “armchair” philosophy and empirical/experimental philosophy, and claim that the latter should in turn be subdivided in three distinct styles: Apostate speculator, Informed analyst, and Freeway explorer. This is a shift of focus from the source of the information towards its use by philosophers. We present several examples from philosophy of mind/science and ethics on one side and a case study from philosophy of mathematics on the other. We argue that empirically informed philosophy of mathematics is different from the rest in a way that encourages a Freeway explorer approach, because intuitions about mathematical objects are often unavailable for non-mathematicians (since they are sometimes hard to grasp even for mathematicians). This consideration is supported by a case study in set theory.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess11 Lógica72 Filosofía::7205 Filosofía de la Cienciaartículoempirically informed philosophyphilosophy of mathematical practiceempirical philosophy of mindempirical ethicslarge cardinalsstudy of cultures and practices