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Is self-control always in accordance with our better judgment? Polaris Koi argues that this is not the case, and advances a new framework to understand self-control. Check the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Value-deflationist self-control
On the standard conception of self-control, self-control entails the resolution of a motivational conflict in favour of the option ranked better, loftier, or otherwise more valuable, and behaving a...
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Interested in the philosophy of action and the notion of intention more concretely? Check out this cool paper by Alireza Kazemi, "What is the norm of intention?" Link here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What is the norm of intention?
Several philosophers have argued that intention is conceptually governed by a normative standard of correctness. Intention normativism is supposed to be the practical counterpart of belief normativ...
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New paper by Emerald Henderson: "The moral psychology of emulation through entangled phronesis" Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The moral psychology of emulation through entangled phronesis
Whilst philosophical argument remains the gold standard regarding what one can aspire to argue for normatively, to have interdisciplinary credibility and potential impact in real-world contexts, th...
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Check out this new paper by Andrew McKay Flynn: "The importance of logically complex actions" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The importance of logically complex actions
This paper makes the case for an overlooked phenomenon in action theory: logically complex actions. Although the case it makes relies on some ideas from Anscombe and her recent interpreters, the pa...
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Check out this new paper by Giacomo Romano: 'The nurture of unsymbolized thinking' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The nurture of unsymbolized thinking
Some philosophers and psychologists have recently paid significant attention to the phenomenon of unsymbolized thinking, particularly following the research on inner experience conducted by psychol...
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[NEW PAPER ALERT] "Anger as faith in a better possible world" by Yanai Sened The paper presents a thought-provoking argument: even though anger tends to fail in achieving its goals, there are nonetheless good instrumental reasons to be angry. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Anger as faith in a better possible world
Anger is often criticized for its lack of instrumental value. In Myisha Cherry’s The Case for Rage, she responds to such critiques by arguing for ‘Lordean rage’, anger that is uniquely productive f...
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[NEW PAPER ALERT] Federico Burdman - "The problem of fitting blame in addiction" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The problem of fitting blame in addiction
If an agent’s moral blameworthiness is mitigated by her addiction, fitting blaming responses by affected parties should register this. What might be the proper way of doing so? I refer to this as t...
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NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! "Should groups become self-interpreting agents?" by Onni Hirvonen & Arto Laitinen. Check it out - it's Open Access!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Should groups become self-interpreting agents?
This paper examines whether groups can and should be self-interpreting agents. It seems that at least groups based on shared interests, ‘interest groups’, and groups providing a collective identity...
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Check out our newest paper by Susana Ramírez-Vizcaya: "Skills without affectivity? Integrating affective experiences into the philosophy of skills" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Skills without affectivity? Integrating affective experiences into the philosophy of skills
In this paper, I emphasise the relevance of affectivity in skilled acquisition and performance, an aspect that remains under-theorised in the philosophy of skills. Drawing on a phenomenologically i...
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