Postdoc at the Princeton University Center for Human Values. Interested in cogsci broadly; primarily belief, (bounded) rationality, and JDM
Joseph Sommer
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Is the distinction between (a) political, religious, and identity-related beliefs, and (b) mundane beliefs a feature of the mind, or of the world?
@bayesandbounds.bsky.social offers a sound argument for the latter:
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"If there is anything that still ails psychology... it is the neglect of investigation of environmental or ecological texture." Brunswik, '57
@bayesandbounds.bsky.social takes that seriously in the new Psychological Inquiry 37:1. Check in out!
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glad this is finally out in ajp. with mill and strawson, i argue that our lives would be much worse if only low-level sensory states were conscious. cognitive phenomenology is needed for humor, friendship, aesthetic experiences, existential experiences, and more
Recent debates about consciousness and welfare have focused on whether consciousness is required for welfare subjectivity. There have been fewer attempts to explain the significance that particular...
People’s beliefs appear to be divisible into two distinct types. Some beliefs refer directly to the observable world, readily guide behavior, and are easily revised when challenged. Others, includi...
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Igor Grossmann, PhD
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i also 'store' pdfs in the downloads folder, but that's actually a bit misleading because when i need a pdf, i do not retrieve it from the downloads folder, where it may well be stored. i just go back to the internet and download it again
Thrilled this is out!
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Do we have 2 kinds of beliefs? Some beliefs seem insensitive to evidence and rarely guide behavior, etc. To explain this, several theories divide belief into 2 types. I argue the explanation isn't in the *mind* but in the *world*
