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Constant Bonard

@cbonard.bsky.social

• Philosophy researcher at U. of Bern, CH • Work on communication and emotion – slurs, implicatures, speech acts, natural meaning, values, human-AI interaction, propaganda, music, emotional appeal, … • Website: https://sites.google.com/view/constant-bonard

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Constant Bonard@cbonard.bsky.social · 2d ago

🧟‍♂️Ever screamed at a horror movie while knowing perfectly well the monster wasn’t real? If you were genuinely afraid, why didn’t you run out of the theater? The great Andrea Scarantino joins me to discuss such questions in the latest episode of the Philosophy of Emotion Podcast 🧛‍♂️

Episode 10: Andrea Scarantino on how emotions about fictional objects motivate behaviour

Ever screamed at a horror movie while knowing perfectly well that the monster isn’t real?

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Constant Bonard@cbonard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🫀 Nouvel épisode du podcast *Philosophie des Émotions* 🎙️ J'y discute avec *Christine Tappolet* de sa "nouvelle" théorie des émotions – écoutez l'épisode pour savoir pourquoi je mets des guillemets ;)

Benjamin Matheson@benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Episode 9 of the Philosophy of Emotion Podcast is now live: @cbonard.bsky.social interviews Christine Tappolet on the Receptive Theory of Emotions (en français) thecogsproject.substack.com/p/episode-9-...

Constant Bonard@cbonard.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Nouvel article tout public : "La musique à l’ère de l’IA : Y a-t-il des raisons d’être optimiste ?" J’aborde la question de l’IA dans la création musicale avec un enthousiasme prudent, en me concentrant sur les nouvelles formes de pratiques artistiques qui peuvent en émerger.

La musique à l’ère de l’IA : Y a-t-il des raisons d’être optimiste ?

Constant Bonnard met l'IA dans la balance, et vous recommande les pommes jazz et l'émission How To With John Wilson.

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Constant Bonard@cbonard.bsky.social · 4mo ago

😡 Is anger always hostile? 🤬 🎙️ In this new episode of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast, I'm joined by Laura Silva @proflaurasilva.bsky.social who challenges a deeply entrenched assumption about anger and shows what we miss when we treat it as purely destructive. 🎧 Listen now on all platforms

Episode 7: Is Anger Always Hostile? With Laura Silva

Laura Silva joins Constant Bonard to discuss anger, challenging the common assumption that it is essentially a hostile emotion.

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Constant Bonard@cbonard.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here is a preprint of my new article "Are Emotions Key to Political Engagement? The Case of Environmental Mitigation" 
 Spoiler: They aren't 🤷‍♂️ Based on psychological theories of emotion, I cast doubt on ambitious expectations about the power of emotions for political engagement.

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Constant Bonard@cbonard.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Do emotions drive political engagement?
 A busy pizzeria takes many orders and makes many pizzas, but its busyness doesn’t *cause* these, except via feedback effects. Likewise, I argue here, emotions correlate with new evaluations and motivations, but don’t *cause* them, except via feedback effects.

Are Emotions Key to Political Engagement? The Case of Environmental Mitigation - Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Review of Philosophy and Psychology - Emotions are widely taken to play an important role in motivating political engagement. Activists and scholars often emphasize emotional responses such as...

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Kevin Zollman@kevinzollman.com · last yr.

People often complain that philosophy doesn't generate knowledge like the sciences. Sometimes you even here this from philosophers! They point to the interminable debates in philosophy (like utilitarianism vs deontology) as evidence for this claim. This is wrong, however.

Knowledge in Crisis@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re excited to have Teresa Marques (University of Barcelona) joining us today for an internal KiC talk. She will present her recent publication: "The Defectiveness of Propaganda", co-authored with Constant Bonard and Filippo Contesi.

Constant Bonard@cbonard.bsky.social · last yr.

Chouette, un article pas catastrophiste sur le sujet. Mais un peu trop optimiste ? N’explique pas les recommandations « de bon sens » citées à la toute fin, comme : pas de réseaux sociaux avant 15 ans, pas d’écran avant 3 ans, pas de smartphone avant 11 ans. Aurais apprécié :)

Astropierre@astropierre.com · last yr.

"Écrans : les grands décerveleurs ?" L'article de @mmdejantee.bsky.social détricote ce mythe tourné aujourd'hui à toutes les sauces, avec l'aide de scientifiques comme @severhel.bsky.social ou @sachaltay.bsky.social A lire ici : www.scienceshumaines.com/ecrans-les-g...

Constant Bonard@cbonard.bsky.social · last yr.

What’s missing for today’s AI to be like 𝐻𝑒𝑟’s Samantha? Could AI ever fall in love with us—not just the other way around? Super glad to have been invited to talk about such questions at the film festival "Rencontres du 7e Art" to introduce Spike Jonze's 2013 visionary movie. Photo by Alizée Quinche

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Jonathan Birch@birchlse.bsky.social · last yr.

An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2) www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...

LSE announces new centre to study animal sentience

The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.

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Stefano Palminteri@stepalminteri.bsky.social · last yr.

Extreme stances about AI and LLMs in particular (be them deflationary or inflationary) are very likely wrong, valid and certainly not good for an healthy debate. But where do they come from? We (with @giadapistilli.com) argue that common cognitive biases may play a role: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Dirk Wulff@dirkwulff.bsky.social · last yr.

Do LLMs think? Excited to share our updated preprint critically discussing two "Justaic" stances claiming that LLMs lack cognition because they are "just" next-token predictors or "just" machines. Led by @zakashussain.bsky.social and with @ruimata.bsky.social . osf.io/preprints/os...

Constant Bonard@cbonard.bsky.social · last yr.

Another cool contribution to what I call the « mental-behavioral methodology » for studying AI psychology. Kudos 🦾🤖

Stefano Palminteri@stepalminteri.bsky.social · last yr.

Very happy to see our paper (@nicolasyax.bsky.social and @anllohernan.bsky.social) in this list. We made the risky choice to invent new tests, validate in humans, run control experiments, etc, at the risk of not being 'fast enough', but apparently it paid off 🙂 doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00091-8