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Benjamin Matheson

@benjaminmatheson.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at the University of Bern and PI of a SERI-Funded ERC Starting Grant on "Collective Guilt and Shame" (CoGS).

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And I'm someone that used to be a bit precious about people coming from other areas that not citing every bit of (what I thought was) important literature in "my area". Sometimes, of course, people could do with actually reading what's been published on a topic before.

23.07.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think there's some work from people outside one area where they don't engage with all the finer points made in that area, but sometimes this can actually help them be most insightful as they don't get bogged down in the points the literature has taken to be most important...

23.07.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out the new episode of our podcast πŸ˜ƒ

09.07.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 4 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast is now available! Prof. Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva) talks with @cbonard.bsky.social about institutional dysfunctions and emotions.

open.substack.com/pub/thecogsp...

08.07.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Prof Jagolinzer on how democratic backsliding happens in aggrieved communities
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit Prof Jagolinzer on how democratic backsliding happens in aggrieved communities

The level of grievance within a community is a key barometer for the community's vulnerability to democratic backsliding.

Influencers can radicalize people in aggrieved communities as a political "force multiplier."

From my testimony to EU Parliament.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j43Q...

27.06.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Episode 3: Alfred Archer on Affective Artifacts and Affective Injustice The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast

Episode 3 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast is now available! @alfredarcher.bsky.social on affective artifacts and affective injustice.

thecogsproject.substack.com/publish/post...

08.06.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Introduction Click on the article title to read more.

The introduction to the Special Issue 'Commemorating Evildoers' is out (pre-view). I am told the whole issue will come out soon. Co-edited with Hallich for Journal of Applied Philosophy #ethics @idea-leeds.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

18.05.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Episode 2 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast is available now! In this episode, Krista Thomason (@@kkthomason.bsky.social) talks about Shame and Negative Emotions.

08.05.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 2: Krista Thomason on Shame and Negative Emotions Recorded over Zoom, Prof.

Episode 2 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast will be released on May 8th. The next episode features Krista Thomason talking about Shame and Negative Emotions.

thecogsproject.substack.com/p/episode-2-...

01.05.2025 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Shame in Response to Institutional Failure When an institution morally fails, what is the appropriate emotional reaction for those institution members who are causally uninvolved in bringing about this failure? Our aim in this article is to e...

Now available online: "Shame in Response to Institutional Failure" - co-authored with @alfredarcher.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

22.04.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Episode 1: David Shoemaker on Amusement The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast

The first episode of the philosophy of emotion podcast is available now!

Episode 1: David Shoemaker on Amusement open.substack.com/pub/thecogsp...

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Episode 1: David Shoemaker on Amusement Recorded live and in person at the Annual Research Forum of the Geneva Centre for Affective Sciences, Prof.

Episode 1 of the Philosophy of Emotion Podcast launches this Tuesday, April 8th with David Shoemaker on Amusement open.substack.com/pub/thecogsp...

06.04.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

My paper "Blameworthiness is Terminable" has been assigned to an issue of The Philosophical Quarterly. Randolph Clarke's discussion of my paper is also included in this issue.

02.04.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of The Philosophical Quarterly, 2/2025

Cover of The Philosophical Quarterly, 2/2025

The second 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!

academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/2

@standrewsphil.bsky.social

31.03.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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What is Collective Guilt? And is it rational? One aim of my current research project is to understand the nature and value of collective guilt. This kind of guilt often gets talked about with respect to historical injustices. Germans, for instanc...

I've published something else on my project's blog. This time about collective guilt:

thecogsproject.substack.com/p/what-is-co...

01.04.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fame and redemption: On the moral dangers of celebrity apologies Click on the article title to read more.

My paper "Fame and Redemption" has now been assigned to an issue.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

18.03.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is Guilt a Moral Emotion? An assumption often made about guilt is that it is moral emotion.

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12.03.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first post on my project's blog has been published. We'll soon also be launching "The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast" featuring interviews with leading and emerging figures on recent and prominent ideas in the philosophy of emotion. Check it out!

11.03.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is blameworthiness terminable? Abstract. Benjamin Matheson has recently argued that blameworthiness is terminable: in at least some cases, one's blameworthiness for a given offense can b

Randolph Clarke has published a reply to my paper "Blameworthiness is Terminable". It helps develop the debate, but I still think that blameworthiness is terminable (and you should too).

31.01.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Epistemic Fata Morgana: Appropriation in the Institutional Context | Hypatia | Cambridge Core The Epistemic Fata Morgana: Appropriation in the Institutional Context

Delighted to share my PhD student's latest work which is based on her master's thesis:

09.12.2024 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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