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I wrote a book! It's called WHY WE ASK WHY, and it's about the human drive to explain, combining psychology, philosophy, and stories. It will be released on October 6, but it's currently available for pre-order from Barnes & Noble at 25% off with code PREORDER25.

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📢La próxima semana se celebra el Workshop internacional Mental Interpretation & Mental Diversity (25–26 mayo, Carmen de la Victoria, UGR). Dos jornadas dedicadas a la interpretación mental, la diversidad mental, la neurodivergencia y sus implicaciones normativas y políticas. 🔗 sl.ugr.es/0f43

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El martes 12 de mayo se celebra una nueva edición del Día de la Verdad, organizada por la Cátedra G. W. Leibniz de Filosofía. Contaremos con la participación de Baltasar Garzón y Nadia Gayoso de la Calle. 📍 Aula García Lorca, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (UGR) 🕥 10:30–14:00

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In this new paper, we look at some different dimensions on which beliefs vary: - Is the belief deeply important to your identity? - Would you change your mind if you got evidence against it? - Is it best described in terms of credences (“pretty sure”), or is it more yes/no? 1/

Cognition@cognitionjournal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Maybe there are two distinct kinds of belief: they either represent facts (It's rainy) or express identity (My son is the best). We find instead that many beliefs simultaneously represent facts and express identity (but few beliefs do neither).

This is a fascinating new experimental jurisprudence paper from Chris Jaeger on what is "reasonable." For laypeople's judgments of reasonableness, the probability of harm (P) has an important effect beyond its role in the B<PL formula. yalelawjournal.org/article/the-...

The Hand Formula’s Unequal Inputs | Yale Law Journal

Tort law’s famous Hand Formula does not align with how laypeople judge whether conduct is reasonable. Five original experiments demonstrate that the Hand...

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"core claims concern, for ex., [...] the nature of the identity prejudices that clinicians are said to harbor toward the patients they treat. We could not identify any empirical study examining or supporting these claims." hope the xphi paper @ivarr.bsky.social and I have under review can help.🤞

Imperfect Cognitions@imperfectcognitions.com · 9mo ago

This week, Kasper Møller Nielsen, Julie Nordgaard, and Mads Gram Henriksen present their recent publication on a critical perspective of epistemic injustice in healthcare, addressing underlying scientific, conceptual, and theoretical issues. #philsky #philpsy imperfectcognitions....

Kasper Møller Nielsen, Julie Nordgaard, and Mads Gram Henriksen

🏛️The Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy 2025 award ceremony took place yesterday. 👏We are proud that Manuel Almagro, a member of the VLC Philosophy Lab, was a finalist with his book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy'.

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