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Almeida on Dual Character Concepts, buff.ly/QjZqcuZ - Guilherme Almeida has posted A Defense of Dual Character Concepts in Legal Philosophy and Beyond on SSRN.
July 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Almeida on Dual Character Concepts, buff.ly/QjZqcuZ - Guilherme Almeida has posted A Defense of Dual Character Concepts in Legal Philosophy and Beyond on SSRN.
I just posted a new pre-print where I argue that dual character concepts are something new and interesting in legal philosophy and beyond and that they can't be reduced to ambiguity, prototypes, or metalinguistic negotiations. Comments are very welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
<span>A defense of dual character concepts in legal philosophy and beyond</span><span></span>
Recent work in jurisprudence claimed that central legal concepts, such as that of LEGAL VALIDITY and of a legal RULE have a dual character structure. Moreover,
papers.ssrn.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I just posted a new pre-print where I argue that dual character concepts are something new and interesting in legal philosophy and beyond and that they can't be reduced to ambiguity, prototypes, or metalinguistic negotiations. Comments are very welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Evidence of Public Acceptance of AI Law Clerks: We investigated how Kenyans evaluate the legitimacy of court decisions when judges rely on AI-generated legal research—versus that of human law clerks. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/
The rule of law or the rule of robots? Nationally representative survey evidence from Kenya
With AI now passing the bar, and with increasing court caseloads worldwide hampering access to justice, there are calls for judges to make use of chatbots to help expedite their work. Such calls po...
www.tandfonline.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Evidence of Public Acceptance of AI Law Clerks: We investigated how Kenyans evaluate the legitimacy of court decisions when judges rely on AI-generated legal research—versus that of human law clerks. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/
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Experimental Jurisprudence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) plato.stanford.edu/entries/expe...
Experimental Jurisprudence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Experimental jurisprudence (or “X-Jur”) addresses questions of jurisprudence or legal philosophy by complementing traditional philosophical analysis with empirical methods. Often those methods…
plato.stanford.edu
June 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Experimental Jurisprudence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) plato.stanford.edu/entries/expe...
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This is a job in political theory/philosophy that is specifically for someone interested in empirical work. Looks perfect for folks doing experimental philosophy
Political theory/philosophy job in our Department!
Deadline 26 May.
Happy to answer questions by email.
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Deadline 26 May.
Happy to answer questions by email.
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Theory
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Theory. The successful candidate will conduct research in any area of polit...
werkenbij.uva.nl
May 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is a job in political theory/philosophy that is specifically for someone interested in empirical work. Looks perfect for folks doing experimental philosophy
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oh wow wow wow. Wow.
It's officially out, after many years:
"Loopholes: A window into value alignment and the communication of meaning"
authors.elsevier.com/c/1k~vV_Ebvv...
Read on for a brief summary, but I encourage you to read the thing itself.
It's officially out, after many years:
"Loopholes: A window into value alignment and the communication of meaning"
authors.elsevier.com/c/1k~vV_Ebvv...
Read on for a brief summary, but I encourage you to read the thing itself.
April 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
oh wow wow wow. Wow.
It's officially out, after many years:
"Loopholes: A window into value alignment and the communication of meaning"
authors.elsevier.com/c/1k~vV_Ebvv...
Read on for a brief summary, but I encourage you to read the thing itself.
It's officially out, after many years:
"Loopholes: A window into value alignment and the communication of meaning"
authors.elsevier.com/c/1k~vV_Ebvv...
Read on for a brief summary, but I encourage you to read the thing itself.
Now out @ Journal of Research in Personality (free until June): authors.elsevier.com/a/1k%7EqWL4L...
We found evidence that trait empathy correlates with purposivism in rule violation judgments. Also: most people share a single concept that seems to have a dual character structure.
We found evidence that trait empathy correlates with purposivism in rule violation judgments. Also: most people share a single concept that seems to have a dual character structure.
April 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Now out @ Journal of Research in Personality (free until June): authors.elsevier.com/a/1k%7EqWL4L...
We found evidence that trait empathy correlates with purposivism in rule violation judgments. Also: most people share a single concept that seems to have a dual character structure.
We found evidence that trait empathy correlates with purposivism in rule violation judgments. Also: most people share a single concept that seems to have a dual character structure.
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The long awaited results of the Brazilian Reproducibility Network are in! Their final sample consists of 97 replications of 47 studies. The only coherent measure of replication, p<.05, shows a replication rate of 19%. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The long awaited results of the Brazilian Reproducibility Network are in! Their final sample consists of 97 replications of 47 studies. The only coherent measure of replication, p<.05, shows a replication rate of 19%. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Short thread on the latest paper led by @joseluiz.bsky.social w/ @lawstuff.bsky.social: arxiv.org/abs/2503.00992
The paper addresses two issues w/ previous machine psychology papers (including our own): 1) are LLMs mastering concepts, or are they memorizing the data? 1/14
The paper addresses two issues w/ previous machine psychology papers (including our own): 1) are LLMs mastering concepts, or are they memorizing the data? 1/14
Evidence of conceptual mastery in the application of rules by Large Language Models
In this paper we leverage psychological methods to investigate LLMs' conceptual mastery in applying rules. We introduce a novel procedure to match the diversity of thought generated by LLMs to that ob...
arxiv.org
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Short thread on the latest paper led by @joseluiz.bsky.social w/ @lawstuff.bsky.social: arxiv.org/abs/2503.00992
The paper addresses two issues w/ previous machine psychology papers (including our own): 1) are LLMs mastering concepts, or are they memorizing the data? 1/14
The paper addresses two issues w/ previous machine psychology papers (including our own): 1) are LLMs mastering concepts, or are they memorizing the data? 1/14
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📢 New publication by Piotr Bystranowski from INCET in open access: "Self-absorbed, yet interesting? A bibliometric study on general jurisprudence" journals.openedition.org/revus/10886
Self-absorbed, yet interesting?
General jurisprudence – the part of legal philosophy dealing with the most general and abstract questions about law – is increasingly characterised in terms of stagnation, lack of progress and fixa...
journals.openedition.org
March 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
📢 New publication by Piotr Bystranowski from INCET in open access: "Self-absorbed, yet interesting? A bibliometric study on general jurisprudence" journals.openedition.org/revus/10886
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New paper with @joseluiz.bsky.social and @almeida2808.bsky.social showing that AI possesses the concept of rule. We find that generative AI emulates how humans apply rules to novel situations in which a rule's letter and spirit conflict. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Evidence of conceptual mastery in the application of rules by Large Language Models
In this paper we leverage psychological methods to investigate LLMs' conceptual mastery in applying rules. We introduce a novel procedure to match the diversity
papers.ssrn.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New paper with @joseluiz.bsky.social and @almeida2808.bsky.social showing that AI possesses the concept of rule. We find that generative AI emulates how humans apply rules to novel situations in which a rule's letter and spirit conflict. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Our incredibly short (5 page) paper on intuitions about consent — with Joanna Demaree-Cotton and @rosesomm.bsky.social
We find cases where people agree that both:
(a) There’s a sense in a which a person clearly consented
(b) In deeper sense, she did not consent at all
osf.io/63d8s
We find cases where people agree that both:
(a) There’s a sense in a which a person clearly consented
(b) In deeper sense, she did not consent at all
osf.io/63d8s
February 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our incredibly short (5 page) paper on intuitions about consent — with Joanna Demaree-Cotton and @rosesomm.bsky.social
We find cases where people agree that both:
(a) There’s a sense in a which a person clearly consented
(b) In deeper sense, she did not consent at all
osf.io/63d8s
We find cases where people agree that both:
(a) There’s a sense in a which a person clearly consented
(b) In deeper sense, she did not consent at all
osf.io/63d8s
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New study with Joanna Demaree-Cotton and Josh Knobe!
Our incredibly short (5 page) paper on intuitions about consent — with Joanna Demaree-Cotton and @rosesomm.bsky.social
We find cases where people agree that both:
(a) There’s a sense in a which a person clearly consented
(b) In deeper sense, she did not consent at all
osf.io/63d8s
We find cases where people agree that both:
(a) There’s a sense in a which a person clearly consented
(b) In deeper sense, she did not consent at all
osf.io/63d8s
February 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
New study with Joanna Demaree-Cotton and Josh Knobe!
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Abstracts due this Saturday!
The 2025 Euro #Xphi conference has just been announced for July 10-12 at University of East Anglia.
The subfield is very friendly and supportive, and so I highly recommend the conference, especially if you are just starting out your empirical journey
x-phi.uea.ac.uk/EuroX-Phi202...
#philsky
The subfield is very friendly and supportive, and so I highly recommend the conference, especially if you are just starting out your empirical journey
x-phi.uea.ac.uk/EuroX-Phi202...
#philsky
5th European Experimental Philosophy Conference
A group of experimental philosophers at the University of East Anglia
x-phi.uea.ac.uk
February 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Abstracts due this Saturday!
New paper led by Priscila Andrade investigating different theories about precedent. bit.ly/4hH6QpJ
Whether the law has changed with a new decision depends on your concept of precedent. When facts are the same and the outcome differs, the law has changed, but what about other combinations?
Whether the law has changed with a new decision depends on your concept of precedent. When facts are the same and the outcome differs, the law has changed, but what about other combinations?
February 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New paper led by Priscila Andrade investigating different theories about precedent. bit.ly/4hH6QpJ
Whether the law has changed with a new decision depends on your concept of precedent. When facts are the same and the outcome differs, the law has changed, but what about other combinations?
Whether the law has changed with a new decision depends on your concept of precedent. When facts are the same and the outcome differs, the law has changed, but what about other combinations?
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My piece yesterday in Aeon: a 3000-word "love song for philosophy", arguing that the our species' capacity to wonder philosophically, even when we make no progress toward answers, is the most intrinsically awesome thing about planet Earth. Philosophy needs no other excuse.
aeon.co/essays/if-yo...
aeon.co/essays/if-yo...
If you ask ‘Why?’, you’re a philosopher, and you’re awesome | Aeon Essays
Diving into the ring of darkness beyond things easily answerable, asking ‘Why?’ questions is what make humans awesome
aeon.co
January 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My piece yesterday in Aeon: a 3000-word "love song for philosophy", arguing that the our species' capacity to wonder philosophically, even when we make no progress toward answers, is the most intrinsically awesome thing about planet Earth. Philosophy needs no other excuse.
aeon.co/essays/if-yo...
aeon.co/essays/if-yo...
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Does reflecting on the consequences of real-world controversies shift moral opinions? Does it lead to progress or, at least, consensus?
Find out in our @cogscisociety.bsky.social blog post:
cognitivesciencesociety.org/consequences...
w/ P. Bystranowski, I. Hannikainen & J. Rueda
Find out in our @cogscisociety.bsky.social blog post:
cognitivesciencesociety.org/consequences...
w/ P. Bystranowski, I. Hannikainen & J. Rueda
Consequences and Convictions: Testing the Impact of Reflection on Ethical Beliefs - Cognitive Science Society
Welcome to CogSci Unpacked, an exciting blog series dedicated to summarizing academic papers from the Cognitive Science, a CSS Journal. Our goal is to bridge the gap between academia and the broader p...
cognitivesciencesociety.org
January 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Does reflecting on the consequences of real-world controversies shift moral opinions? Does it lead to progress or, at least, consensus?
Find out in our @cogscisociety.bsky.social blog post:
cognitivesciencesociety.org/consequences...
w/ P. Bystranowski, I. Hannikainen & J. Rueda
Find out in our @cogscisociety.bsky.social blog post:
cognitivesciencesociety.org/consequences...
w/ P. Bystranowski, I. Hannikainen & J. Rueda
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Now the #ExperimentalPhilosophy Society session!
@almeida2808.bsky.social presented #xJur data with @lawstuff.bsky.social and Ivar Hannikainen: "Trait #Empathy Predicts Purposivist Rule Application"
Results in image #altText
#openAccess preprint: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#xPhi #law #textualism
@almeida2808.bsky.social presented #xJur data with @lawstuff.bsky.social and Ivar Hannikainen: "Trait #Empathy Predicts Purposivist Rule Application"
Results in image #altText
#openAccess preprint: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#xPhi #law #textualism
January 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Now the #ExperimentalPhilosophy Society session!
@almeida2808.bsky.social presented #xJur data with @lawstuff.bsky.social and Ivar Hannikainen: "Trait #Empathy Predicts Purposivist Rule Application"
Results in image #altText
#openAccess preprint: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#xPhi #law #textualism
@almeida2808.bsky.social presented #xJur data with @lawstuff.bsky.social and Ivar Hannikainen: "Trait #Empathy Predicts Purposivist Rule Application"
Results in image #altText
#openAccess preprint: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#xPhi #law #textualism
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The 2025 Euro #Xphi conference has just been announced for July 10-12 at University of East Anglia.
The subfield is very friendly and supportive, and so I highly recommend the conference, especially if you are just starting out your empirical journey
x-phi.uea.ac.uk/EuroX-Phi202...
#philsky
The subfield is very friendly and supportive, and so I highly recommend the conference, especially if you are just starting out your empirical journey
x-phi.uea.ac.uk/EuroX-Phi202...
#philsky
5th European Experimental Philosophy Conference
A group of experimental philosophers at the University of East Anglia
x-phi.uea.ac.uk
November 27, 2024 at 1:51 PM
The 2025 Euro #Xphi conference has just been announced for July 10-12 at University of East Anglia.
The subfield is very friendly and supportive, and so I highly recommend the conference, especially if you are just starting out your empirical journey
x-phi.uea.ac.uk/EuroX-Phi202...
#philsky
The subfield is very friendly and supportive, and so I highly recommend the conference, especially if you are just starting out your empirical journey
x-phi.uea.ac.uk/EuroX-Phi202...
#philsky
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Blueksy! I will be recruiting a PhD student and a lab manager in the Fall of 2025. The lab will study rules and curiosity from a moral psychology lens—exploring how we judge rule-breakers, reason about rules, and what sparks our curiosity in the moral domain.
November 21, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Blueksy! I will be recruiting a PhD student and a lab manager in the Fall of 2025. The lab will study rules and curiosity from a moral psychology lens—exploring how we judge rule-breakers, reason about rules, and what sparks our curiosity in the moral domain.
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X-Jur has arrived -
I couldn't help myself.
November 18, 2024 at 8:29 PM
X-Jur has arrived -
Amazing work led by @neeleengelmann.bsky.social. Super proud to be a part of it!!
Out now in Cognitive Science: We investigate how people think judges should handle immoral laws. Should judges follow the law no matter what, or can exceptions be made for (grossly) immoral laws? We surveyed 167 laypeople and 141 participants with legal training to find out.
October 23, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Amazing work led by @neeleengelmann.bsky.social. Super proud to be a part of it!!
Torcendo pra essa rede pegar!
September 16, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Torcendo pra essa rede pegar!
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'The Rule of Law or the Rule of Robots? Nationally Representative Survey Evidence from Kenya'
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We report a vignette-based experiment (N 2,246) which finds that judicial reliance on AI law clerks is considered no less acceptable than reliance on human ones.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We report a vignette-based experiment (N 2,246) which finds that judicial reliance on AI law clerks is considered no less acceptable than reliance on human ones.
The Rule of Law or the Rule of Robots? Nationally Representative Survey Evidence from Kenya
With AI now passing the bar, and with court caseloads worldwide hampering access to justice, there are calls for judges to make use of chatbots to help expedite
papers.ssrn.com
August 25, 2024 at 10:49 PM
'The Rule of Law or the Rule of Robots? Nationally Representative Survey Evidence from Kenya'
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We report a vignette-based experiment (N 2,246) which finds that judicial reliance on AI law clerks is considered no less acceptable than reliance on human ones.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We report a vignette-based experiment (N 2,246) which finds that judicial reliance on AI law clerks is considered no less acceptable than reliance on human ones.