New experimental jurisprudence paper from Iza Skoczen on the legal concept PERJURY vs. the ordinary concept LYING

This paper introduces a surprising new view about the relationship between legal concepts and ordinary concepts

@izaskoczen.bsky.social

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Such an awesome project, can’t wait to see what comes out of it 🥳🤩

🎉 Pamela Barone and I got our first national PROJECT as co-PIs to research JEALOUSY, combining dev psych, ethics, and x-phi, with an amazing women-led team.

And just 10 years after starting our PhDs together (see pic)! 🥹

w/ Gomila, Fernández, Barbato, @joannad-c.bsky.social & Schaubroeck

The journal "Experimental

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Philosophers + psychologists: Deadline extended to NOV 20th for the Southern Society for Philosophy & Psychology. Just over a week left to submit papers! southernsociety.org/AnnualMeeting/

Don't forget to submit your philosophy and psychology papers to SSPP 2026 in Atlanta! It's going to be a banger.
southernsociety.org/AnnualMeeting/

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday October 7th at 12PM EDT for a talk with former fellow Michael Tomasello!

"Agency and the Organization of Human Experience."

More info and abstract here: ow.ly/usIc50X4wS7

Zoom Link: pitt.zoom.us/j/96906545761

Mikayla Kelley, The Normative Function of Intentional Action - PhilPapers This essay identifies a normative function of the concept of intentional action. Specifically, I argue that the concept of intentional action functions to focus our evaluative concern on some doings r...

Mikayla Kelley has an important new paper on why human beings even have a concept of intentional action

The key question: What does this concept do in our lives?

Her answer: Since we can't possibly evaluate all actions, it helps us choose which ones to evaluate

philpapers.org/rec/KELTNF-3

About the "everyday dilemmas".

Descriptive statistics about the data.

The descriptions of intuition, deliberation, friends' advice, and wisdom of a crowd.

Results

Thousands of people in a dozen countries thought reflective reasoning was usually the best way to make a decision in ordinary dilemmas.

Runners up were intuition, friends' advice, and the wisdom of a crowd (in that order).

doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

#cogSci #epistemology #xPhi

...And we're also hiring an RA/Lab manager! This full-time post would be perfect for candidates with a masters or undergrad in psychology (or related). Great opportunity for excellent students to gain research experience prior to further study. Info here tinyurl.com/3vzdcatr

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Attention philosophers, x-philosophers and moral psychologists - I'm hiring! Two, 3-year research fellowships on an interdisciplinary project in the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab at the Uehiro Institute, Oxford. Pass it on! For more info and to apply: tinyurl.com/mrwwuyaw

Excited to be travelling to NY for SPP this week to present my paper with @mattlindauer.bsky.social and Cesar Palacios-Gonzalez on the moral psychology of respecting the wishes of the dead 🧠♥️🪦📊

Looking forward to SPP this month, where I’ll be giving a talk on research with @joannad-c.bsky.social and César Palacios-González on respect for the wishes of the dead. @socphilpsych.bsky.social #philsky #psysky

Authorship Rates in Four Elite Philosophy Journals (Past Two Years): Women 46 authorships; Men 243 authorships; Nonbinary/unclassified 2 authorships. Percent women: 16%

Over the past two years, only 16% of authors in the most elite philosophy journals have been women. Link to full post with details in comments.

Super excited for our lab @philmoralpsych.bsky.social to be hosting a talk by the brilliant @jimaceverett.bsky.social today on his group's latest work on moral reasoning and AI 👇

Recently, we launched Tinker Tots (tinker-tots.net) — a platform where people can reflect on how they make decisions based on embryo attributes.
Coincidentally, the @nytimes.com published a 3-part series on polygenic embryo screening the same day
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Understanding #consent on a deeper level: Joanna Demaree-Cotton, #research fellow at the UOI, explores what all 'yes' can mean in this new paper in collaboration with scholars from #Yale and #UMichigan. Read here: t.co/Iqu2cnMWPh

#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #practicalethics