| paper_id | wundfolkspuristspragmatic |
|---|---|
| short_label | Wu 2025 |
| citation | Wu, S. (2025). Are Folks Purists or Pragmatic Encroachers? New Discoveries of Relation between Knowledge and Action from Experimental Philosophy. Episteme, 22, 304–332. https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2023.56 |
| doi | 10.1017/epi.2023.56 |
| year | 2025 |
| published | Yes |
| language | English |
| language_other | — |
| research_objective | Report three experiments with Chinese participants using modified DeRose bank, Cohen airport, and Pinillos spelling/typo cases to test whether practical stakes affect knowledge attributions and whether knowledge and action judgments co-vary as predicted by pragmatic encroachment. |
| data_available_online | Yes |
| data_url | https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2023.56 |
| notes | — |
| study_id | 1 |
|---|---|
| label | Experiment 1 |
| objective | Test whether stakes affect knowledge attributions and action judgments by having participants choose one of four response options that jointly characterize the protagonist’s epistemic state (knows vs does not know) and action requirement (needs to recheck vs not) across three classic vignette families. |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | 3 (scenario: Bank/Airport/Spelling) × 2 (stakes: low vs high) between-subjects; each participant read one scenario and selected one of four options (A–D) combining knowledge attribution and action requirement. |
| manipulated_factors | Stakes (low vs high); Scenario (Bank vs Airport vs Spelling) |
| paradigm | Other |
| paradigm_other | Forced-choice (4 options) combining knowledge attribution (knows vs does not know) and action requirement (needs to recheck vs not). |
| notes | — |
| n_final | 272 |
|---|---|
| recruitment | other |
| recruitment_other | Wenjuanxing (online Chinese survey platform). |
| compensation | — |
| compensation_other | — |
| characteristics | Effective sample aged 18–58 (M=29.69, SD=7.16); 59.6% female; materials delivered in Chinese; average completion ~2.5 minutes. |
| mean_age | 29.69 |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| label | nominal |
|---|---|
| points | 4 |
| anchors | A: Knows + needs to recheck; B: Knows + does not need to recheck; C: Does not know + needs to recheck; D: Does not know + does not need to recheck. |
| direction | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| knowledge_question_text | Choose which of four options (A–D) best describes the protagonist’s situation (joint knowledge×action characterization). Knowledge attribution is operationalized as selecting A or B (vs C or D). |
|---|---|
| knowledge_question_first | — |
| additional_question_text | — |
bank · DeRose-style bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (modified).| scenario_code | bank |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | DeRose-style bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (modified). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
airport · Cohen-style airport/flight vignette (modified; organ courier vs vacation).| scenario_code | airport |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Cohen-style airport/flight vignette (modified; organ courier vs vacation). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
typos · Pinillos-style spelling/typo vignette (modified; coursework).| scenario_code | typos |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Pinillos-style spelling/typo vignette (modified; coursework). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s1_e1 · Experiment 1 — Bank (knowledge attribution) · Between-Subjects · d=0.171770099335 · v=0.042887625809| effect_id | s1_e1 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Experiment 1 — Bank (knowledge attribution) |
| subgroup_desc | Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Bank case) |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.171770099335 |
| v | 0.042887625809 |
| computed_from | other |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | bank |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | Yes |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | First Person |
| attribution_person | Other |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | high_stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | low_stakes |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | bank | Vignette is explicitly a bank deposit/bank-hours scenario. | Provenance
“Today is Friday… John intends to deposit this money in the bank…” | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | Yes | The vignette explicitly introduces an alternative possibility (bank may be closed on Saturday). | Provenance
“Many banks are closed on Saturdays…” | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake). | Provenance
“If he fails to deposit this money in the bank by Monday… he will be evicted immediately.” | ||||||
evidence | First Person | The evidence is the agent’s own memory/experience (first-person evidence). | Provenance
“John remembers that he came to the bank on a Saturday morning half a year ago and found it open.” | ||||||
attribution_person | Other | Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows. | Provenance
“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.” | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null. | Provenance
“John remembers that he came to the bank… half a year ago and found it open.” |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low_stakes | Low stakes | 50 | 0.8 | — | — | Provenance
The Bank cases,Count,40,32,10,,12 | ||||||
high_stakes | High stakes | 44 | 0.7272727272727273 | — | — | Provenance
The Bank cases,Count,40,32,10,,12 |
| test | — |
|---|---|
| t | — |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | — |
| df2 | — |
| p | — |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
s1_e2 · Experiment 1 — Airport (knowledge attribution) · Between-Subjects · d=-0.132839425488 · v=0.044060489247| effect_id | s1_e2 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Experiment 1 — Airport (knowledge attribution) |
| subgroup_desc | Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Airport case) |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | -0.132839425488 |
| v | 0.044060489247 |
| computed_from | other |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | — |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | — |
| attribution_person | Other |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | high_stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | low_stakes |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | Scenario is an airport/flight vignette (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
“In the Airport cases, the protagonist is an organ courier… transport a liver to Chicago…” | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | — | The extracted outputs do not specify an explicit skeptical-pressure prompt or counterconsideration for this scenario. | Provenance
“In the Airport cases, the protagonist is an organ courier… a direct flight is necessary…” | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake). | Provenance
“In the high-stake case, he needs to transport a liver to Chicago, and a direct flight is necessary to prevent organ spoilage.” | ||||||
evidence | — | The extracted outputs do not specify whether the protagonist’s evidence is first-person or external (e.g., ticket/itinerary/testimony). | Provenance
“In the Airport cases… [description of stakes only; evidence source not specified].” | ||||||
attribution_person | Other | Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows. | Provenance
“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.” | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null. | Provenance
“In the Airport cases… [evidence reliability not specified].” |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low_stakes | Low stakes | 46 | 0.8695652173913043 | — | — | Provenance
The Airport cases,Count,40,41,6,,4 | ||||||
high_stakes | High stakes | 45 | 0.9111111111111111 | — | — | Provenance
The Airport cases,Count,40,41,6,,4 |
| test | — |
|---|---|
| t | — |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | — |
| df2 | — |
| p | — |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
s1_e3 · Experiment 1 — Spelling/Typos (knowledge attribution) · Between-Subjects · d=-0.184044351052 · v=0.046673607934| effect_id | s1_e3 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Experiment 1 — Spelling/Typos (knowledge attribution) |
| subgroup_desc | Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Spelling/typos case) |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | -0.184044351052 |
| v | 0.046673607934 |
| computed_from | other |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | typos |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | — |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | — |
| attribution_person | Other |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | high_stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | low_stakes |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | typos | Scenario concerns typos/spelling in coursework (Pinillos-style), matching the typos vignette family. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… any typo in his coursework could lead him to get expelled from school.” | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | — | The extracted outputs do not specify an explicit skeptical-pressure prompt or counterconsideration for this scenario. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… [stakes description only].” | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake). | Provenance
“In the high-stake case, any typo… could lead him to get expelled from school.” | ||||||
evidence | — | The extracted outputs do not specify whether the protagonist’s evidence is first-person or external. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… [evidence source not specified in extracted outputs].” | ||||||
attribution_person | Other | Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows. | Provenance
“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.” | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… [evidence reliability not specified].” |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low_stakes | Low stakes | 48 | 0.6041666666666666 | — | — | Provenance
The Spelling cases,Count,29,27,19,,12 | ||||||
high_stakes | High stakes | 39 | 0.6923076923076923 | — | — | Provenance
The Spelling cases,Count,29,27,19,,12 |
| test | — |
|---|---|
| t | — |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | — |
| df2 | — |
| p | — |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
| study_id | 2 |
|---|---|
| label | Experiment 2 |
| objective | Replicate Experiment 1 with modified options intended to remove a potential ambiguity (need for extra information beyond whether p) and test whether stakes affect knowledge attributions and action judgments. |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | Same 3×2 between-subjects design as Experiment 1; participants select one of four modified options (A–D) combining knowledge attribution and action requirement. |
| manipulated_factors | Stakes (low vs high); Scenario (Bank vs Airport vs Spelling) |
| paradigm | Other |
| paradigm_other | Forced-choice (4 options) combining knowledge attribution (knows vs does not know) and action requirement (needs to recheck vs not); option wording modified relative to Experiment 1. |
| notes | — |
| n_final | 272 |
|---|---|
| recruitment | other |
| recruitment_other | Wenjuanxing (online Chinese survey platform). |
| compensation | — |
| compensation_other | — |
| characteristics | Effective sample aged 18–62 (M=30.62, SD=7.50); 65.1% female; materials delivered in Chinese; average completion ~3 minutes. |
| mean_age | 30.62 |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| label | nominal |
|---|---|
| points | 4 |
| anchors | A: Knows + needs to recheck; B: Knows + does not need to recheck; C: Does not know + needs to recheck; D: Does not know + does not need to recheck (modified wording; Bank option A uses 'check whether the bank is open on Saturday'). |
| direction | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| knowledge_question_text | Choose which of four modified options (A–D) best describes the protagonist’s situation (joint knowledge×action characterization). Knowledge attribution is operationalized as selecting A or B (vs C or D). |
|---|---|
| knowledge_question_first | — |
| additional_question_text | — |
bank · DeRose-style bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (modified).| scenario_code | bank |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | DeRose-style bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (modified). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
airport · Cohen-style airport/flight vignette (modified; organ courier vs vacation).| scenario_code | airport |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Cohen-style airport/flight vignette (modified; organ courier vs vacation). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
typos · Pinillos-style spelling/typo vignette (modified; coursework).| scenario_code | typos |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Pinillos-style spelling/typo vignette (modified; coursework). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s2_e1 · Experiment 2 — Bank (knowledge attribution) · Between-Subjects · d=0.267857142857 · v=0.045050513103| effect_id | s2_e1 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Experiment 2 — Bank (knowledge attribution) |
| subgroup_desc | Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Bank case; modified options) |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.267857142857 |
| v | 0.045050513103 |
| computed_from | other |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | bank |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | Yes |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | First Person |
| attribution_person | Other |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | high_stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | low_stakes |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | bank | Vignette is explicitly a bank deposit/bank-hours scenario. | Provenance
“Today is Friday… John intends to deposit this money in the bank…” | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | Yes | The vignette explicitly introduces an alternative possibility (bank may be closed on Saturday). | Provenance
“Many banks are closed on Saturdays…” | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake). | Provenance
“If he fails to deposit this money in the bank by Monday… he will be evicted immediately.” | ||||||
evidence | First Person | The evidence is the agent’s own memory/experience (first-person evidence). | Provenance
“John remembers that he came to the bank on a Saturday morning half a year ago and found it open.” | ||||||
attribution_person | Other | Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows. | Provenance
“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.” | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null. | Provenance
“John remembers that he came to the bank… half a year ago and found it open.” |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low_stakes | Low stakes | 42 | 0.8571428571428571 | — | — | Provenance
The Bank cases,Count,36,36,6,,12 | ||||||
high_stakes | High stakes | 48 | 0.75 | — | — | Provenance
The Bank cases,Count,36,36,6,,12 |
| test | — |
|---|---|
| t | — |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | — |
| df2 | — |
| p | — |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
s2_e2 · Experiment 2 — Airport (knowledge attribution) · Between-Subjects · d=-0.259506319418 · v=0.041596538797| effect_id | s2_e2 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Experiment 2 — Airport (knowledge attribution) |
| subgroup_desc | Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Airport case; modified options) |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | -0.259506319418 |
| v | 0.041596538797 |
| computed_from | other |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | — |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | — |
| attribution_person | Other |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | high_stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | low_stakes |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | Scenario is an airport/flight vignette (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
“In the Airport cases, the protagonist is an organ courier… transport a liver to Chicago…” | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | — | The extracted outputs do not specify an explicit skeptical-pressure prompt or counterconsideration for this scenario. | Provenance
“In the Airport cases, the protagonist is an organ courier… a direct flight is necessary…” | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake). | Provenance
“In the high-stake case, he needs to transport a liver to Chicago, and a direct flight is necessary to prevent organ spoilage.” | ||||||
evidence | — | The extracted outputs do not specify whether the protagonist’s evidence is first-person or external (e.g., ticket/itinerary/testimony). | Provenance
“In the Airport cases… [description of stakes only; evidence source not specified].” | ||||||
attribution_person | Other | Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows. | Provenance
“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.” | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null. | Provenance
“In the Airport cases… [evidence reliability not specified].” |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low_stakes | Low stakes | 44 | 0.7954545454545454 | — | — | Provenance
The Airport cases,Count,35,48,9,,6 | ||||||
high_stakes | High stakes | 54 | 0.8888888888888888 | — | — | Provenance
The Airport cases,Count,35,48,9,,6 |
| test | — |
|---|---|
| t | — |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | — |
| df2 | — |
| p | — |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
s2_e3 · Experiment 2 — Spelling/Typos (knowledge attribution) · Between-Subjects · d=-0.341260464593 · v=0.048329161672| effect_id | s2_e3 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Experiment 2 — Spelling/Typos (knowledge attribution) |
| subgroup_desc | Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Spelling/typos case; modified options) |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | -0.341260464593 |
| v | 0.048329161672 |
| computed_from | other |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | typos |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | — |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | — |
| attribution_person | Other |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | high_stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | low_stakes |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | typos | Scenario concerns typos/spelling in coursework (Pinillos-style), matching the typos vignette family. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… any typo in his coursework could lead him to get expelled from school.” | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | — | The extracted outputs do not specify an explicit skeptical-pressure prompt or counterconsideration for this scenario. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… [stakes description only].” | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake). | Provenance
“In the high-stake case, any typo… could lead him to get expelled from school.” | ||||||
evidence | — | The extracted outputs do not specify whether the protagonist’s evidence is first-person or external. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… [evidence source not specified in extracted outputs].” | ||||||
attribution_person | Other | Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows. | Provenance
“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.” | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… [evidence reliability not specified].” |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low_stakes | Low stakes | 42 | 0.5238095238095238 | — | — | Provenance
The Spelling cases,Count,22,29,20,,13 | ||||||
high_stakes | High stakes | 42 | 0.6904761904761905 | — | — | Provenance
The Spelling cases,Count,22,29,20,,13 |
| test | — |
|---|---|
| t | — |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | — |
| df2 | — |
| p | — |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
| study_id | 3 |
|---|---|
| label | Experiment 3 |
| objective | Test whether knowledge attributions in high-stakes conditions might be driven by a presumption that protagonists had (or would) recheck, by asking participants to choose between two knowledge-attribution options explicitly conditioned on ‘without checking’. |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | Same 3×2 between-subjects design as Experiments 1–2; participants choose between two options (knows without checking vs does not know without checking). |
| manipulated_factors | Stakes (low vs high); Scenario (Bank vs Airport vs Spelling) |
| paradigm | Other |
| paradigm_other | Binary forced-choice knowledge attribution (knows without checking vs does not know without checking). |
| notes | — |
| n_final | 346 |
|---|---|
| recruitment | other |
| recruitment_other | Wenjuanxing (online Chinese survey platform). |
| compensation | — |
| compensation_other | — |
| characteristics | Effective sample aged 17–60 (M=30.91, SD=7.54); 58.7% female; materials delivered in Chinese; average completion ~2 minutes. |
| mean_age | 30.91 |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| label | binary |
|---|---|
| points | 2 |
| anchors | A: Knows without checking; B: Does not know without checking. |
| direction | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| knowledge_question_text | Choose between two statements describing the protagonist’s epistemic state ‘without checking’ (A: knows vs B: does not know). |
|---|---|
| knowledge_question_first | — |
| additional_question_text | — |
bank · DeRose-style bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (modified).| scenario_code | bank |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | DeRose-style bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (modified). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
airport · Cohen-style airport/flight vignette (modified; organ courier vs vacation).| scenario_code | airport |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Cohen-style airport/flight vignette (modified; organ courier vs vacation). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
typos · Pinillos-style spelling/typo vignette (modified; coursework).| scenario_code | typos |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Pinillos-style spelling/typo vignette (modified; coursework). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s3_e1 · Experiment 3 — Bank (knows without checking) · Between-Subjects · d=0.130380622945 · v=0.035613773172| effect_id | s3_e1 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Experiment 3 — Bank (knows without checking) |
| subgroup_desc | Binary: Option A (knows without checking) vs option B (does not know without checking); Bank case |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.130380622945 |
| v | 0.035613773172 |
| computed_from | other |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from 2×2 table counts (option A vs B) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | bank |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | Yes |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | First Person |
| attribution_person | Other |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | high_stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | low_stakes |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Outcome mean = proportion choosing option A (knows without checking). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | bank | Vignette is explicitly a bank deposit/bank-hours scenario. | Provenance
“Today is Friday… John intends to deposit this money in the bank…” | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | Yes | The vignette explicitly introduces an alternative possibility (bank may be closed on Saturday). | Provenance
“Many banks are closed on Saturdays…” | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake). | Provenance
“If he fails to deposit this money in the bank by Monday… he will be evicted immediately.” | ||||||
evidence | First Person | The evidence is the agent’s own memory/experience (first-person evidence). | Provenance
“John remembers that he came to the bank on a Saturday morning half a year ago and found it open.” | ||||||
attribution_person | Other | Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows. | Provenance
“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.” | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null. | Provenance
“John remembers that he came to the bank… half a year ago and found it open.” |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low_stakes | Low stakes | 48 | 0.75 | — | — | Provenance
The Bank cases,Count,36,47,12,21 | ||||||
high_stakes | High stakes | 68 | 0.6911764705882353 | — | — | Provenance
The Bank cases,Count,36,47,12,21 |
| test | — |
|---|---|
| t | — |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | — |
| df2 | — |
| p | — |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
s3_e2 · Experiment 3 — Airport (knows without checking) · Between-Subjects · d=0.070628835359 · v=0.037530226656| effect_id | s3_e2 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Experiment 3 — Airport (knows without checking) |
| subgroup_desc | Binary: Option A (knows without checking) vs option B (does not know without checking); Airport case |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.070628835359 |
| v | 0.037530226656 |
| computed_from | other |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from 2×2 table counts (option A vs B) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | — |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | — |
| attribution_person | Other |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | high_stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | low_stakes |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Outcome mean = proportion choosing option A (knows without checking). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | Scenario is an airport/flight vignette (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
“In the Airport cases, the protagonist is an organ courier… transport a liver to Chicago…” | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | — | The extracted outputs do not specify an explicit skeptical-pressure prompt or counterconsideration for this scenario. | Provenance
“In the Airport cases, the protagonist is an organ courier… a direct flight is necessary…” | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake). | Provenance
“In the high-stake case, he needs to transport a liver to Chicago, and a direct flight is necessary to prevent organ spoilage.” | ||||||
evidence | — | The extracted outputs do not specify whether the protagonist’s evidence is first-person or external (e.g., ticket/itinerary/testimony). | Provenance
“In the Airport cases… [description of stakes only; evidence source not specified].” | ||||||
attribution_person | Other | Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows. | Provenance
“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.” | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null. | Provenance
“In the Airport cases… [evidence reliability not specified].” |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low_stakes | Low stakes | 42 | 0.8095238095238095 | — | — | Provenance
The Airport cases,Count,34,57,8,16 | ||||||
high_stakes | High stakes | 73 | 0.7808219178082192 | — | — | Provenance
The Airport cases,Count,34,57,8,16 |
| test | — |
|---|---|
| t | — |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | — |
| df2 | — |
| p | — |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
s3_e3 · Experiment 3 — Spelling/Typos (knows without checking) · Between-Subjects · d=0.050859766038 · v=0.035244288782| effect_id | s3_e3 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Experiment 3 — Spelling/Typos (knows without checking) |
| subgroup_desc | Binary: Option A (knows without checking) vs option B (does not know without checking); Spelling/typos case |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.050859766038 |
| v | 0.035244288782 |
| computed_from | other |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from 2×2 table counts (option A vs B) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | typos |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | — |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | — |
| attribution_person | Other |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | high_stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | low_stakes |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Outcome mean = proportion choosing option A (knows without checking). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | typos | Scenario concerns typos/spelling in coursework (Pinillos-style), matching the typos vignette family. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… any typo in his coursework could lead him to get expelled from school.” | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | — | The extracted outputs do not specify an explicit skeptical-pressure prompt or counterconsideration for this scenario. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… [stakes description only].” | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake). | Provenance
“In the high-stake case, any typo… could lead him to get expelled from school.” | ||||||
evidence | — | The extracted outputs do not specify whether the protagonist’s evidence is first-person or external. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… [evidence source not specified in extracted outputs].” | ||||||
attribution_person | Other | Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows. | Provenance
“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.” | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null. | Provenance
“In the Spelling cases… [evidence reliability not specified].” |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low_stakes | Low stakes | 64 | 0.515625 | — | — | Provenance
The Spelling cases,Count,33,25,31,26 | ||||||
high_stakes | High stakes | 51 | 0.49019607843137253 | — | — | Provenance
The Spelling cases,Count,33,25,31,26 |
| test | — |
|---|---|
| t | — |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | — |
| df2 | — |
| p | — |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
schema_version: "1.1"
paper:
paper_id: wundfolkspuristspragmatic
citation: "Wu, S. (2025). Are Folks Purists or Pragmatic Encroachers? New Discoveries of Relation between Knowledge and Action from Experimental Philosophy. Episteme, 22, 304–332. https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2023.56"
short_label: "Wu 2025"
doi: "10.1017/epi.2023.56"
published: "Yes"
year: 2025
language: "English"
language_other: null
research_objective: "Report three experiments with Chinese participants using modified DeRose bank, Cohen airport, and Pinillos spelling/typo cases to test whether practical stakes affect knowledge attributions and whether knowledge and action judgments co-vary as predicted by pragmatic encroachment."
data_availability:
data_available_online: "Yes"
url: "https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2023.56"
notes: "Paper states: “A comprehensive dataset is accessible in supplementary materials provided on CJO.”"
notes: null
studies:
- study_id: 1
label: "Experiment 1"
objective: "Test whether stakes affect knowledge attributions and action judgments by having participants choose one of four response options that jointly characterize the protagonist’s epistemic state (knows vs does not know) and action requirement (needs to recheck vs not) across three classic vignette families."
sample:
n_final: 272
recruitment: other
recruitment_other: "Wenjuanxing (online Chinese survey platform)."
compensation: null
compensation_other: null
characteristics: "Effective sample aged 18–58 (M=29.69, SD=7.16); 59.6% female; materials delivered in Chinese; average completion ~2.5 minutes."
mean_age: 29.69
mean_age_prov:
page: null
quote: "The effective sample ranged from 18 to 58 years old (M = 29.69, SD = 7.16), with females comprising 59.6%."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Four hundred twenty-five questionnaires were collected in total, and 272 were deemed effective… The experiments were conducted via the online survey platform Wenjuanxing (http://www.wjx.cn), with all materials delivered in Chinese."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: "3 (scenario: Bank/Airport/Spelling) × 2 (stakes: low vs high) between-subjects; each participant read one scenario and selected one of four options (A–D) combining knowledge attribution and action requirement."
manipulated_factors:
- "Stakes (low vs high)"
- "Scenario (Bank vs Airport vs Spelling)"
paradigm: "Other"
paradigm_other: "Forced-choice (4 options) combining knowledge attribution (knows vs does not know) and action requirement (needs to recheck vs not)."
scale:
label: nominal
points: 4
anchors: "A: Knows + needs to recheck; B: Knows + does not need to recheck; C: Does not know + needs to recheck; D: Does not know + does not need to recheck."
direction: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "After reading the material, participants were asked to choose the best description of the protagonist's situation from the following four options…"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
measures:
knowledge_question_text: "Choose which of four options (A–D) best describes the protagonist’s situation (joint knowledge×action characterization). Knowledge attribution is operationalized as selecting A or B (vs C or D)."
knowledge_question_first: null
additional_question_text: null
scenarios:
- scenario_code: bank
scenario_type: "DeRose-style bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (modified)."
high_stakes_text: "High stakes: John must deposit cash by Monday to avoid eviction (rent transfer); many banks are closed on Saturdays; John remembers coming on a Saturday half a year ago."
low_stakes_text: "Low stakes: depositing the cash is not important; can deposit early or later."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "High-stake: “If he fails to deposit this money in the bank by Monday… he will be evicted immediately.” Low-stake: “this money does not require to be deposited these days… it makes no difference to deposit it early or later.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- scenario_code: airport
scenario_type: "Cohen-style airport/flight vignette (modified; organ courier vs vacation)."
high_stakes_text: "High stakes: organ courier transporting a liver to Chicago; a direct flight is necessary to prevent organ spoilage."
low_stakes_text: "Low stakes: on vacation flying to Chicago for a basketball game; missing the game would not matter."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Airport cases, the protagonist is an organ courier… transport a liver to Chicago… Conversely, in the low-stake case, the protagonist is on vacation… basketball game.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- scenario_code: typos
scenario_type: "Pinillos-style spelling/typo vignette (modified; coursework)."
high_stakes_text: "High stakes: any typo in coursework could lead to expulsion from school."
low_stakes_text: "Low stakes: typos in coursework bear no consequence or significance."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Spelling cases… In the high-stake case, any typo in his coursework could lead him to get expelled from school… in the low-stake case, typos… bear no consequence or significance.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effects:
- effect_id: s1_e1
subgroup: "Experiment 1 — Bank (knowledge attribution)"
subgroup_desc: "Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Bank case)"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators: &mods_bank
scenario: bank
skeptical_pressure: "Yes"
awareness: "Yes"
evidence: "First Person"
attribution_person: "Other"
evidence_reliability: null
moderators_coding: &mods_coding_bank
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“Today is Friday… John intends to deposit this money in the bank…”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Vignette is explicitly a bank deposit/bank-hours scenario."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“Many banks are closed on Saturdays…”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The vignette explicitly introduces an alternative possibility (bank may be closed on Saturday)."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“If he fails to deposit this money in the bank by Monday… he will be evicted immediately.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake)."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“John remembers that he came to the bank on a Saturday morning half a year ago and found it open.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The evidence is the agent’s own memory/experience (first-person evidence)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“John remembers that he came to the bank… half a year ago and found it open.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null."
contrast:
group_high: high_stakes
group_low: low_stakes
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B)."
groups:
- group_id: low_stakes
label: "Low stakes"
n: 50
mean: 0.8
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 12
quote: "The Bank cases,Count,40,32,10,,12"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p12_t2.csv"
- group_id: high_stakes
label: "High stakes"
n: 44
mean: 0.7272727272727273
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 12
quote: "The Bank cases,Count,40,32,10,,12"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p12_t2.csv"
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.171770099335
v: 0.042887625809
computed_from: other
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s1_e2
subgroup: "Experiment 1 — Airport (knowledge attribution)"
subgroup_desc: "Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Airport case)"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators: &mods_airport
scenario: other
skeptical_pressure: null
awareness: "Yes"
evidence: null
attribution_person: "Other"
evidence_reliability: null
moderators_coding: &mods_coding_airport
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Airport cases, the protagonist is an organ courier… transport a liver to Chicago…”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Scenario is an airport/flight vignette (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos)."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Airport cases, the protagonist is an organ courier… a direct flight is necessary…”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The extracted outputs do not specify an explicit skeptical-pressure prompt or counterconsideration for this scenario."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the high-stake case, he needs to transport a liver to Chicago, and a direct flight is necessary to prevent organ spoilage.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake)."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Airport cases… [description of stakes only; evidence source not specified].”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The extracted outputs do not specify whether the protagonist’s evidence is first-person or external (e.g., ticket/itinerary/testimony)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Airport cases… [evidence reliability not specified].”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null."
contrast:
group_high: high_stakes
group_low: low_stakes
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B)."
groups:
- group_id: low_stakes
label: "Low stakes"
n: 46
mean: 0.8695652173913043
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 12
quote: "The Airport cases,Count,40,41,6,,4"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p12_t2.csv"
- group_id: high_stakes
label: "High stakes"
n: 45
mean: 0.9111111111111111
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 12
quote: "The Airport cases,Count,40,41,6,,4"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p12_t2.csv"
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: -0.132839425488
v: 0.044060489247
computed_from: other
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s1_e3
subgroup: "Experiment 1 — Spelling/Typos (knowledge attribution)"
subgroup_desc: "Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Spelling/typos case)"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators: &mods_typos
scenario: typos
skeptical_pressure: null
awareness: "Yes"
evidence: null
attribution_person: "Other"
evidence_reliability: null
moderators_coding: &mods_coding_typos
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Spelling cases… any typo in his coursework could lead him to get expelled from school.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Scenario concerns typos/spelling in coursework (Pinillos-style), matching the typos vignette family."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Spelling cases… [stakes description only].”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The extracted outputs do not specify an explicit skeptical-pressure prompt or counterconsideration for this scenario."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the high-stake case, any typo… could lead him to get expelled from school.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Stakes are described as part of the protagonist’s situation (so the agent is aware of what is at stake)."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Spelling cases… [evidence source not specified in extracted outputs].”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The extracted outputs do not specify whether the protagonist’s evidence is first-person or external."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“…participants were directly prompted to decide whether the protagonists had knowledge.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Participants make a third-person attribution about whether the protagonist knows."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“In the Spelling cases… [evidence reliability not specified].”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Evidence source reliability is not meaningfully specified/manipulated; coded null."
contrast:
group_high: high_stakes
group_low: low_stakes
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B)."
groups:
- group_id: low_stakes
label: "Low stakes"
n: 48
mean: 0.6041666666666666
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 12
quote: "The Spelling cases,Count,29,27,19,,12"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p12_t2.csv"
- group_id: high_stakes
label: "High stakes"
n: 39
mean: 0.6923076923076923
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 12
quote: "The Spelling cases,Count,29,27,19,,12"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p12_t2.csv"
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: -0.184044351052
v: 0.046673607934
computed_from: other
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
notes: null
- study_id: 2
label: "Experiment 2"
objective: "Replicate Experiment 1 with modified options intended to remove a potential ambiguity (need for extra information beyond whether p) and test whether stakes affect knowledge attributions and action judgments."
sample:
n_final: 272
recruitment: other
recruitment_other: "Wenjuanxing (online Chinese survey platform)."
compensation: null
compensation_other: null
characteristics: "Effective sample aged 18–62 (M=30.62, SD=7.50); 65.1% female; materials delivered in Chinese; average completion ~3 minutes."
mean_age: 30.62
mean_age_prov:
page: null
quote: "The effective sample ranged from 18 to 62 years old (M = 30.62, SD = 7.50), with females comprising 65.1%."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Four hundred two questionnaires were collected in total, and 272 were deemed effective… The experiments were conducted via the online survey platform Wenjuanxing (http://www.wjx.cn), with all materials delivered in Chinese."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: "Same 3×2 between-subjects design as Experiment 1; participants select one of four modified options (A–D) combining knowledge attribution and action requirement."
manipulated_factors:
- "Stakes (low vs high)"
- "Scenario (Bank vs Airport vs Spelling)"
paradigm: "Other"
paradigm_other: "Forced-choice (4 options) combining knowledge attribution (knows vs does not know) and action requirement (needs to recheck vs not); option wording modified relative to Experiment 1."
scale:
label: nominal
points: 4
anchors: "A: Knows + needs to recheck; B: Knows + does not need to recheck; C: Does not know + needs to recheck; D: Does not know + does not need to recheck (modified wording; Bank option A uses 'check whether the bank is open on Saturday')."
direction: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“Take the Bank cases… the four modified options were as follows: A. John knows the bank is open on Saturday. It is necessary… B.… C.… D.… ”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
measures:
knowledge_question_text: "Choose which of four modified options (A–D) best describes the protagonist’s situation (joint knowledge×action characterization). Knowledge attribution is operationalized as selecting A or B (vs C or D)."
knowledge_question_first: null
additional_question_text: null
scenarios:
- scenario_code: bank
scenario_type: "DeRose-style bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (modified)."
high_stakes_text: "High stakes: John must deposit cash by Monday to avoid eviction."
low_stakes_text: "Low stakes: depositing the cash is not important."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Experiment 2 took the same materials and between-subject design as Experiment 1."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- scenario_code: airport
scenario_type: "Cohen-style airport/flight vignette (modified; organ courier vs vacation)."
high_stakes_text: "High stakes: organ courier transporting a liver to Chicago; direct flight needed."
low_stakes_text: "Low stakes: on vacation flying to a basketball game."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Experiment 2 took the same materials and between-subject design as Experiment 1."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- scenario_code: typos
scenario_type: "Pinillos-style spelling/typo vignette (modified; coursework)."
high_stakes_text: "High stakes: any typo could lead to expulsion."
low_stakes_text: "Low stakes: typos have no consequence."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Experiment 2 took the same materials and between-subject design as Experiment 1."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effects:
- effect_id: s2_e1
subgroup: "Experiment 2 — Bank (knowledge attribution)"
subgroup_desc: "Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Bank case; modified options)"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators: *mods_bank
moderators_coding: *mods_coding_bank
contrast:
group_high: high_stakes
group_low: low_stakes
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B)."
groups:
- group_id: low_stakes
label: "Low stakes"
n: 42
mean: 0.8571428571428571
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 18
quote: "The Bank cases,Count,36,36,6,,12"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p18_t5.csv"
- group_id: high_stakes
label: "High stakes"
n: 48
mean: 0.75
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 18
quote: "The Bank cases,Count,36,36,6,,12"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p18_t5.csv"
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.267857142857
v: 0.045050513103
computed_from: other
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s2_e2
subgroup: "Experiment 2 — Airport (knowledge attribution)"
subgroup_desc: "Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Airport case; modified options)"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators: *mods_airport
moderators_coding: *mods_coding_airport
contrast:
group_high: high_stakes
group_low: low_stakes
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B)."
groups:
- group_id: low_stakes
label: "Low stakes"
n: 44
mean: 0.7954545454545454
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 18
quote: "The Airport cases,Count,35,48,9,,6"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p18_t5.csv"
- group_id: high_stakes
label: "High stakes"
n: 54
mean: 0.8888888888888888
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 18
quote: "The Airport cases,Count,35,48,9,,6"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p18_t5.csv"
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: -0.259506319418
v: 0.041596538797
computed_from: other
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s2_e3
subgroup: "Experiment 2 — Spelling/Typos (knowledge attribution)"
subgroup_desc: "Binary: A&B = attributes knowledge vs C&D = does not attribute knowledge (Spelling/typos case; modified options)"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators: *mods_typos
moderators_coding: *mods_coding_typos
contrast:
group_high: high_stakes
group_low: low_stakes
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Outcome mean = proportion attributing knowledge (A&B)."
groups:
- group_id: low_stakes
label: "Low stakes"
n: 42
mean: 0.5238095238095238
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 18
quote: "The Spelling cases,Count,22,29,20,,13"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p18_t5.csv"
- group_id: high_stakes
label: "High stakes"
n: 42
mean: 0.6904761904761905
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 18
quote: "The Spelling cases,Count,22,29,20,,13"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p18_t5.csv"
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: -0.341260464593
v: 0.048329161672
computed_from: other
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from 2×2 table counts (A&B vs C&D) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
notes: null
- study_id: 3
label: "Experiment 3"
objective: "Test whether knowledge attributions in high-stakes conditions might be driven by a presumption that protagonists had (or would) recheck, by asking participants to choose between two knowledge-attribution options explicitly conditioned on ‘without checking’."
sample:
n_final: 346
recruitment: other
recruitment_other: "Wenjuanxing (online Chinese survey platform)."
compensation: null
compensation_other: null
characteristics: "Effective sample aged 17–60 (M=30.91, SD=7.54); 58.7% female; materials delivered in Chinese; average completion ~2 minutes."
mean_age: 30.91
mean_age_prov:
page: null
quote: "The effective sample ranged from 17 to 60 years old (M = 30.91, SD = 7.54), with females comprising 58.7%."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Four hundred fifty questionnaires were collected in total, and 346 were deemed effective… The experiments were conducted via the online survey platform Wenjuanxing (http://www.wjx.cn), with all materials delivered in Chinese."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: "Same 3×2 between-subjects design as Experiments 1–2; participants choose between two options (knows without checking vs does not know without checking)."
manipulated_factors:
- "Stakes (low vs high)"
- "Scenario (Bank vs Airport vs Spelling)"
paradigm: "Other"
paradigm_other: "Binary forced-choice knowledge attribution (knows without checking vs does not know without checking)."
scale:
label: binary
points: 2
anchors: "A: Knows without checking; B: Does not know without checking."
direction: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "“…participants needed to decide whether ‘John knows… without checking…’ or ‘John does not know… without checking…’.”"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
measures:
knowledge_question_text: "Choose between two statements describing the protagonist’s epistemic state ‘without checking’ (A: knows vs B: does not know)."
knowledge_question_first: null
additional_question_text: null
scenarios:
- scenario_code: bank
scenario_type: "DeRose-style bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (modified)."
high_stakes_text: "High stakes: John must deposit cash by Monday to avoid eviction."
low_stakes_text: "Low stakes: depositing the cash is not important."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "The materials in Experiment 3 were primarily the same as those in experiments 1 and 2…"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- scenario_code: airport
scenario_type: "Cohen-style airport/flight vignette (modified; organ courier vs vacation)."
high_stakes_text: "High stakes: organ courier transporting a liver to Chicago; direct flight needed."
low_stakes_text: "Low stakes: on vacation flying to a basketball game."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "There were no such phrasing issues in the Airport cases and the Spelling cases, therefore the materials of these two cases were identical to those in experiments 1 and 2."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- scenario_code: typos
scenario_type: "Pinillos-style spelling/typo vignette (modified; coursework)."
high_stakes_text: "High stakes: any typo could lead to expulsion."
low_stakes_text: "Low stakes: typos have no consequence."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "There were no such phrasing issues in the Airport cases and the Spelling cases, therefore the materials of these two cases were identical to those in experiments 1 and 2."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effects:
- effect_id: s3_e1
subgroup: "Experiment 3 — Bank (knows without checking)"
subgroup_desc: "Binary: Option A (knows without checking) vs option B (does not know without checking); Bank case"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators: *mods_bank
moderators_coding: *mods_coding_bank
contrast:
group_high: high_stakes
group_low: low_stakes
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Outcome mean = proportion choosing option A (knows without checking)."
groups:
- group_id: low_stakes
label: "Low stakes"
n: 48
mean: 0.75
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 23
quote: "The Bank cases,Count,36,47,12,21"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p23_t7.csv"
- group_id: high_stakes
label: "High stakes"
n: 68
mean: 0.6911764705882353
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 23
quote: "The Bank cases,Count,36,47,12,21"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p23_t7.csv"
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.130380622945
v: 0.035613773172
computed_from: other
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from 2×2 table counts (option A vs B) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s3_e2
subgroup: "Experiment 3 — Airport (knows without checking)"
subgroup_desc: "Binary: Option A (knows without checking) vs option B (does not know without checking); Airport case"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators: *mods_airport
moderators_coding: *mods_coding_airport
contrast:
group_high: high_stakes
group_low: low_stakes
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Outcome mean = proportion choosing option A (knows without checking)."
groups:
- group_id: low_stakes
label: "Low stakes"
n: 42
mean: 0.8095238095238095
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 23
quote: "The Airport cases,Count,34,57,8,16"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p23_t7.csv"
- group_id: high_stakes
label: "High stakes"
n: 73
mean: 0.7808219178082192
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 23
quote: "The Airport cases,Count,34,57,8,16"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p23_t7.csv"
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.070628835359
v: 0.037530226656
computed_from: other
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from 2×2 table counts (option A vs B) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s3_e3
subgroup: "Experiment 3 — Spelling/Typos (knows without checking)"
subgroup_desc: "Binary: Option A (knows without checking) vs option B (does not know without checking); Spelling/typos case"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators: *mods_typos
moderators_coding: *mods_coding_typos
contrast:
group_high: high_stakes
group_low: low_stakes
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Outcome mean = proportion choosing option A (knows without checking)."
groups:
- group_id: low_stakes
label: "Low stakes"
n: 64
mean: 0.515625
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 23
quote: "The Spelling cases,Count,33,25,31,26"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p23_t7.csv"
- group_id: high_stakes
label: "High stakes"
n: 51
mean: 0.49019607843137253
sd: null
se: null
provenance:
page: 23
quote: "The Spelling cases,Count,33,25,31,26"
tei_id: null
table_ref: "camelot_stream_p23_t7.csv"
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.050859766038
v: 0.035244288782
computed_from: other
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from 2×2 table counts (option A vs B) using χ²→d conversion in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
notes: null