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233Blame for Hum(e)an beings: The role of character information in judgments of blameSocial Psychological and Personality Science. forthcoming.How does character information inform judgments of blame? Some argue that character information is indirectly relevant to blame because it enriches judgments about the mental states of a wrongdoer. Others argue that character information is directly relevant to blame, even when character traits are causally irrelevant to the wrongdoing. We propose an empirical synthesis of these views: a Two Channel Model of blame. The model predicts that character information directly affects blame when this in…Read more
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87Will-powered: Synchronic regulation is the difference maker for self-controlCognition 225 (C): 105154. 2022.Philosophers, psychologists, and economists have reached the consensus that one can use two different kinds of regulation to achieve self-control. Synchronic regulation uses willpower to resist current temptation. Diachronic regulation implements a plan to avoid future temptation. Yet this consensus may rest on contaminated intuitions. Specifically, agents typically use willpower (synchronic regulation) to achieve their plans to avoid temptation (diachronic regulation). So even if cases of diach…Read more
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New York, NY, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Social Philosophy |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
Epistemology |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |
Indian Philosophy |