Benjamin Matheson

Episode 5: Pilar Lopez-Cantero on Romantic Love The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast

Check out the latest episode of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast! @lopezcantero.bsky.social Lopez-Cantero talks about romantic love.

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How Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli mounted one of the greatest comebacks in Grammy history Can Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli find redemption at the Grammys in the audiobook category, decades after the Recording Academy revoked his duo's best new artist award?

A few of my thoughts about artistic wrongs and artistic redemption were included this article about the possible comeback of Fab Morvan (of Milli Vanilli)

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@alfredarcher.bsky.social invited me to do this and I'm very pleased with the result. It's not a standard philosophy book review, but what might considered an "engaged" review, as I read the books from a particular perspective - namely, that of being a parent.

Very pleased this 3 book review is now published:

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Anger is not a guide to truth or morality <p><em>In moments of anger, we often feel certain that our position is right, both morally and factually. Sometimes we even imagine we are right because we are angry. But as philosophers have long not...

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Anger is not a guide to truth or morality <p><em>In moments of anger, we often feel certain that our position is right, both morally and factually. Sometimes we even imagine we are right because we are angry. But as philosophers have long not...

In moments of anger, we often feel certain that our position is right, both morally and factually. | https://iai.tv/articles/anger-is-not-a-guide-to-truth-or-morality-auid-3427

But philosopher Benjamin Matheson examines how anger can both reveal and obscure moral reality.

Anger is not a guide to truth or morality <p><em>In moments of anger, we often feel certain that our position is right, both morally and factually. Sometimes we even imagine we are right because we are angry. But as philosophers have long not...

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Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words

I missed this amazing presentation of the manosphere at the end of October, but wow this is really worth your time: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Pilar Lopez-Cantero, The ethics of break-up chatbots - PhilPapers This paper offers the first normative analysis of break-up chatbots, which simulate an ex-partner's conversational style. I argue that technologies that have the (potential) aim of fostering continuin...

You've probably heard of deathbots, but did you know about break-up bots? It's possible to create a digital duplicates of an ex and chat to them as if they never left in the 1st place. In my forthcoming paper in Phenom & the Cog Sciences, I discuss 3 factors against continuing bonds w ex-bots/1

My over-analysis of children's stories continues:
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Incy Wincy Spider and the Meaning of Life Incy Wincy Spider as the positive analogue of The Myth of Sisyphus

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Consigning Injustice to History with Political Apologies Failures to remember the past properly can constitute a range of different wrongs. In this article, we identify a novel kind of wrong that often occurs through political apologies: consigning an inju....

New paper online now: “Consigning Injustice of History with Political Apologies” (by me and @alfredarcher.bsky.social).

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What I Learned From: Mog The Forgetful Cat (by Judith Kerr) Can we be praiseworthy for what we do accidentally? What does Mog teach us about the nature of moral responsibility?

I am pleased to reveal what the main sources of insight and inspiration for my present and future work has been: children’s stories. Here’s one thought I had about Mog, which also features in a book I’ve been working on for a while.

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A gold flyer announcing that the new issue of Hypatia is now available. The flyer has a detail from the front cover of the journal running along its centre, depicting various abstract women's faces and hair in different shades of blue.

The final issue of Hypatia for 2025, 40.4, is now up: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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and I are organising a workshop and special issue of the Journal of Ethics on the Ethics of Fandom. Call for abstracts here:
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Some great speakers already confirmed:
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, Erin Tarver and Kamila Pacovská
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Yeah, it seems quite a bit narrower (but that's from my non-native/non-proficient perspective). There seems to me to something that is hard to put into words about "ilusion".

As a non-native and non-proficient speaker, there does seem to me to be something missing from those translations. I'm not sure if it's because it sounds like "illusion" in English, but I get the sense there's something almost visual/experiential about "ilusion". It's hard to pin down exactly what!

Una pregunta para los habladores de Español: cuando una persona dice que algo le hace ilusión, ¿cómo explicarías esto en inglés?

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.

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...

Check out the new episode of our podcast 😃

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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.

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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

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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!

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