Alex Wiegmann
@alexwiegmann.bsky.social
Philosopher/Cognitive Scientist at University of Heidelberg (previously Gottingen/Bochum/Granada). Interested in deceptive communication, morality, AI, open science and stuff.
Next Tuesday, everyone welcome! Zoom: ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/6873663193... Meeting-ID: 687 3663 1935 Passwort: 127156
We are delighted to announce that our journal has published its first article!🎉🍾 Read it here: journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/xp...
Very happy to invite you to the third online talk in our series. Next Thursday, 11th June, 4pm CET, Pascale Willemsen and Lucien Baumgartner. Everyone welcome! Link: uzh.zoom.us/j/6510778643... Meeting-ID: 651 0778 6432 Kenncode: 235823
Very happy to invite you to the second online-talk in our series. This thursday, Josh Knobe and Ivar Hannikainen, 4pm, everyone welcome. Join Zoom Meeting uzh.zoom.us/j/6806768837... Meeting ID: 680 676 8837 Passcode: xphi123
@louisareins.bsky.social and I started this project shortly before my nephew was born - he will start school soon. The drinks were consumed during the revisions. Link to paper (let me know if you don't have access), summary and preprint below. With S. Orr, M. Mizumoto, A. Erut & Q. Li.
The journal's homepage is now live: journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/xphi We will soon also be found under xphi.eu. Accepting submissions in about 2 weeks.
Experimental Philosophy
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Today, 18:00 CET. Please share.
Rodrigo Díaz@rodrigodiazxphi.bsky.social · 9mo agoTomorrow! Thursday 30th, at 10:00 PDT / 18:00 CET "Philosophical arguments can boost charitable giving" by Kristan Brodie and @eschwitz.bsky.social. First talk of the @xphijournal.bsky.social series, organized by @alexwiegmann.bsky.social and Celso Vieira. philevents.org/event/show/1...
The new journal "Experimental Philosophy" is now on BlueSky. @xphijournal.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/xphi... Please share!
An awesome conference online organized by the moral psychology research group! With the first Stich Award to honor my mentor Steve Stich. Paul bloom is the awardee.
MPRG - Online Events
An Online Gathering for Moral Psychology -- Fall 2025* Friday, November 7th: 4:00pm to 7:00pm (EST) Saturday, November 8th: 11:00am to 3:15pm (EST)
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🚨Publication Alert🚨 “Are the concepts of truth and lying shared across cultures?” 5 years in the making ~ 5000 participants 10 countries 6 languages Forthcoming in American Psychologist With @louisareins.bsky.social, . Mizumoto, A. Erut, Q. Li, and S. Orr. Short thread and preprint below
atest papers: Somogy Varga, Andrew J. Latham & Edouard Machery investigate the influence of evaluative judgments, specifically regarding an individual’s moral character, on judgments of health and disease in this #openaccess paper
The Wicked and the Ill
This study investigates the influence of evaluative judgments, specifically regarding an individual’s moral character, on judgments of health and disease. Though it might seem that judgments of hea...
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Looks like a great (and free) introduction to philosophy! philpapers.org/rec/HORAPA-2
Joachim Horvath, Steffen Koch & Michael G. Titelbaum (eds.), Methods in Analytic Philosophy: A Primer and Guide - PhilPapers
Forthcoming guide with brief introductions on methods in analytic philosophy by experts on the relevant topics. With sections on: formal methods, argumentation, inferential methods, thought experiment...
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Happy to have played a small role in this project (which will be continued)
Daniel James@schlawinerkreis.bsky.social · 12mo ago1/ I'm excited to share our new open‑access paper in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy (with Leda Berio, Benedict Kenyah‑Damptey, Steffen Koch & Alex Wiegmann). Part of an ongoing project in comparative philosophy of race, exploring the peculiar & often fraught dynamics of race talk in Europe.
Got a shameless review invitation today: "As the reviewer, you should hold a PhD degree and publish 3-5 papers in the field of the manuscript. If you meet the requirements and would like to review this manuscript within 1 week, please send a short CV [1/2]
Want to try out an agent AI (can click on things, fill out forms, collect info from websites and much more), here you get 500 free credits for ManusAI (and me, too. Link below) manus.im/invitation/1...
Manus
Manus is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions. It excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest.
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I’m looking for a postdoctoral scholar to join me in the Self & Society Laboratory at UC Riverside! Sharing would be much appreciated! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02104
Postdoctoral Scholar in Social/Personality Psychology
University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!
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Randomly discovered that I have a signed book by Daniel Dennett 🤯 (the book was left, among others, in the office of a former colleague)
Two points of our motivation: 1. Reclaiming the means of production 😉 (scientists doing the work, whereas publishers making the money by charging the people whose taxes are used to pay the scientists does not seem right)
Alex Wiegmann@alexwiegmann.bsky.social · last yr.🔥Exciting news in experimental philosophy🔥 Very happy to announce that there will be soon a new journal named “Experimental Philosophy”. It will be open access, free of charge for authors and follow all Open Science principles. Editors and Editorial Board below. More information coming soon...
🔥Exciting news in experimental philosophy🔥 Very happy to announce that there will be soon a new journal named “Experimental Philosophy”. It will be open access, free of charge for authors and follow all Open Science principles. Editors and Editorial Board below. More information coming soon...
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Wissenschaftler:innen fordern mehr Klima-Engagement von Politik - noch bis Donnerstag 10 Uhr mitzeichnen! de.scientists4future.org/unterschrift...
Unterschriftenaktion: Wissenschaftler:innen fordern mehr Klimaengagement von Politik - S4F Deutschland
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On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
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