• Philosophy researcher at U. of Bern, CH
• Work on communication and emotion – slurs, implicatures, speech acts, natural meaning, values, human-AI interaction, propaganda, music, emotional appeal, …
• Website: https://sites.google.com/view/constant-bonard
Constant Bonard
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Do emotions drive political engagement?
A busy pizzeria takes many orders and makes many pizzas, but its busyness doesn’t *cause* these, except via feedback effects.
Likewise, I argue here, emotions correlate with new evaluations and motivations, but don’t *cause* them, except via feedback effects.
Review of Philosophy and Psychology - Emotions are widely taken to play an important role in motivating political engagement. Activists and scholars often emphasize emotional responses such as...
Dans le cadre de la rédaction d'un ouvrage sur le thème des connards, je fais passer un petit questionnaire sur votre conception des connards et les types de connards que vous avez pu croiser dans votre vie. N'hésitez à le remplir et le partager :
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Here is a preprint of my new article "Are Emotions Key to Political Engagement? The Case of Environmental Mitigation"
Spoiler: They aren't 🤷♂️
Based on psychological theories of emotion, I cast doubt on ambitious expectations about the power of emotions for political engagement.
Here is a full-text view-only version of the article: rdcu.be/e8xUN
I will post an open-access PDF on repositories soon.
Here is the promised open-access PDF: philpapers.org/go.pl?aid=BO...
Très fier d'avoir participé à cette ouvrage avec un chapitre sur les émotions musicales 🎶
💚 Ever wondered about the role that emotions can play for environmental mitigation? Listen to my take on this question in this podcast episode 💚
Nouvel article tout public : "La musique à l’ère de l’IA : Y a-t-il des raisons d’être optimiste ?"
J’aborde la question de l’IA dans la création musicale avec un enthousiasme prudent, en me concentrant sur les nouvelles formes de pratiques artistiques qui peuvent en émerger.
😡 Is anger always hostile? 🤬
🎙️ In this new episode of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast, I'm joined by Laura Silva @proflaurasilva.bsky.social who challenges a deeply entrenched assumption about anger and shows what we miss when we treat it as purely destructive.
🎧 Listen now on all platforms
La Variété des émotions sort dans cinq jours !
🥳🎉🔥
Que des contributrices et contributeurs exceptionnels
Toutes les infos ici :
eliotteditions.fr/73-la-variet...
Episode 8 of the Philosophy of Emotion Podcast is now available! I interview @cbonard.bsky.social Bonard on whether emotions can drive environmental mitigation. thecogsproject.substack.com/p/episode-8-...
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Constant Bonard joins Benjamin Matheson to discuss the role emotions play in environmental mitigation and climate action.
