Chenwei Nie
@chenweinie.com
leverhulme early career fellow @ university of warwick.
philosophy of psychiatry • philosophy of mind • epistemology
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/nie/
philosophy of psychiatry • philosophy of mind • epistemology
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/nie/
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Chenwei Nie
@chenweinie.com
· Dec 12
This paper is finally assigned to an issue with Open Access. Hope you like it. 'Akratic Beliefs and Seemings'. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 103(4), 994–1010. doi.org/10.1080/0004...
Just published: a book chapter introducing my new explanation of why rational people hold irrational beliefs.
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Why rational people obstinately hold onto irrational beliefs | 12 | A
Why does a normal person sometimes obstinately hold onto a belief against independent evidence? Existing approaches often assume that non-evidential factors
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February 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Just published: a book chapter introducing my new explanation of why rational people hold irrational beliefs.
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Save the dates (12-13 March 2026) for the 'Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity' Conference at Warwick, with a fantastic line of speakers: Henrike Moll, Richard Gipps @drgipps.bsky.social, Matthew Boyle, Lucy O’Brien @lucyobrien.bsky.social, Naomi Eilan, Johannes Roessler, and Eliza Little.
Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity
Everyone is invited to a two-day interdisciplinary conference on 'Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity' in Philosophy Fortnight, with a fantastic line of speakers.
Date: 12 March 2026, 1pm - Late aft...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Save the dates (12-13 March 2026) for the 'Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity' Conference at Warwick, with a fantastic line of speakers: Henrike Moll, Richard Gipps @drgipps.bsky.social, Matthew Boyle, Lucy O’Brien @lucyobrien.bsky.social, Naomi Eilan, Johannes Roessler, and Eliza Little.
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A fascinating & damning exposé on Oliver Sacks, author of “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat”.
It turns out, by his own admission in his private journals, that much of his work was akin to “fairy tales” — based on “lies”, “falsifications”, & “fabrications”.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It turns out, by his own admission in his private journals, that much of his work was akin to “fairy tales” — based on “lies”, “falsifications”, & “fabrications”.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A fascinating & damning exposé on Oliver Sacks, author of “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat”.
It turns out, by his own admission in his private journals, that much of his work was akin to “fairy tales” — based on “lies”, “falsifications”, & “fabrications”.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It turns out, by his own admission in his private journals, that much of his work was akin to “fairy tales” — based on “lies”, “falsifications”, & “fabrications”.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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NEW ARTICLE: "Experiences of Derealization: A Naive Realist Account"
I explore how derealization - where one's perceived environment feels unreal - challenges naive realism. A mix of philosophy of mental health and philosophy of perception.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access.
I explore how derealization - where one's perceived environment feels unreal - challenges naive realism. A mix of philosophy of mental health and philosophy of perception.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access.
Experiences of derealization A naive realist account
A major symptom of “Derealization/Depersonalization Disorder” is derealization. People who experience derealization report a sense of unreality when it comes to their surroundings, yet they still p...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
NEW ARTICLE: "Experiences of Derealization: A Naive Realist Account"
I explore how derealization - where one's perceived environment feels unreal - challenges naive realism. A mix of philosophy of mental health and philosophy of perception.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access.
I explore how derealization - where one's perceived environment feels unreal - challenges naive realism. A mix of philosophy of mental health and philosophy of perception.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access.
Save the date (25 March 2026) for a workshop at Warwick on 'When knowledge isn't power', with an amazing line of speakers: Heather Widdows, Fiona MacCallum @fimaccallum.bsky.social, Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social, and Quassim Cassam.
WMA Workshop: 'When knowledge isn't power'.
This is a warm invitation to a mini-workshop on 'When knowledge isn't power' in Philosophy Fortnight.
Hosted by The Warwick Mind and Action Research Centre (WMA) and Funded by Leverhulme Trust.
Organi...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Save the date (25 March 2026) for a workshop at Warwick on 'When knowledge isn't power', with an amazing line of speakers: Heather Widdows, Fiona MacCallum @fimaccallum.bsky.social, Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social, and Quassim Cassam.
This paper is finally assigned to an issue with Open Access. Hope you like it. 'Akratic Beliefs and Seemings'. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 103(4), 994–1010. doi.org/10.1080/0004...
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This paper is finally assigned to an issue with Open Access. Hope you like it. 'Akratic Beliefs and Seemings'. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 103(4), 994–1010. doi.org/10.1080/0004...
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I have news. Wonderful news.
New paper on #disinformation. The title is the thesis. Think of disinformation as content that functions to optimise the decisions of the audience for the disinformant. This doesn't require deception or content that induces false belief.
philpapers.org/rec/LITDIF
New paper on #disinformation. The title is the thesis. Think of disinformation as content that functions to optimise the decisions of the audience for the disinformant. This doesn't require deception or content that induces false belief.
philpapers.org/rec/LITDIF
Clayton Littlejohn, Disinformation is for Degrading the Value of Information, not Confirming Falsehoods - PhilPapers
According to a recent account of disinformation, disinformation is content that “generates ignorance” (Simion 2024a; 2024b). The view improves upon previous accounts that focused upon the potential fo...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I have news. Wonderful news.
New paper on #disinformation. The title is the thesis. Think of disinformation as content that functions to optimise the decisions of the audience for the disinformant. This doesn't require deception or content that induces false belief.
philpapers.org/rec/LITDIF
New paper on #disinformation. The title is the thesis. Think of disinformation as content that functions to optimise the decisions of the audience for the disinformant. This doesn't require deception or content that induces false belief.
philpapers.org/rec/LITDIF
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My article on Schopenhauer‘s alleged misanthropy is now available in early view - and it’s open access!
How Not to Hate Humanity: Schopenhauer's Response to Misanthropy
Abstract. Schopenhauer has a longstanding reputation for misanthropy. The reputation is warranted, but it is also potentially misleading. Privately, Schope
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November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My article on Schopenhauer‘s alleged misanthropy is now available in early view - and it’s open access!
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A dear dear friend is gone. There are no words.
His family have set up a memorial page to share tributes.
His family have set up a memorial page to share tributes.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A dear dear friend is gone. There are no words.
His family have set up a memorial page to share tributes.
His family have set up a memorial page to share tributes.
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The Center is very sad to report the untimely passing of Andrew Cooper (Warwick), who was a Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science in 2023. Andrew was an outstanding philosopher in addition to a wonderful human being.
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Center is very sad to report the untimely passing of Andrew Cooper (Warwick), who was a Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science in 2023. Andrew was an outstanding philosopher in addition to a wonderful human being.
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A new issue of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research is out, featuring my article on moral concerns about the corruptive effects of imagination in games/VR.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19331592...
You can read a short summary here:
newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/imaginativ...
#philtech
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19331592...
You can read a short summary here:
newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/imaginativ...
#philtech
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A new issue of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research is out, featuring my article on moral concerns about the corruptive effects of imagination in games/VR.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19331592...
You can read a short summary here:
newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/imaginativ...
#philtech
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19331592...
You can read a short summary here:
newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/imaginativ...
#philtech
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Finally announced on the @springernature.com website my new book on #metaphors and their #embodied nature in shaping our #thinking, #feeling, #perception and more.
Very personal note: the book is dedicated to my dear colleague and Riccardo, who died 6 months after we signed the contract ❤️
Very personal note: the book is dedicated to my dear colleague and Riccardo, who died 6 months after we signed the contract ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Finally announced on the @springernature.com website my new book on #metaphors and their #embodied nature in shaping our #thinking, #feeling, #perception and more.
Very personal note: the book is dedicated to my dear colleague and Riccardo, who died 6 months after we signed the contract ❤️
Very personal note: the book is dedicated to my dear colleague and Riccardo, who died 6 months after we signed the contract ❤️
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Talking to a monk is fine, as long as one does not think that their opinion will be representative of the whole of the theology they are part of.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Talking to a monk is fine, as long as one does not think that their opinion will be representative of the whole of the theology they are part of.
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In this week's Junkyard post, Julia Minarik offers reasons to think that "machine-made images have less content than images created by human hands."
This week at The Junkyard: A post by Julia Minarik junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2025/11...
The Text-Conditioned Image — The Junkyard
A post by Julia Minarik And someday there will be a more complete machine. One’s thoughts or feelings during life – or while the machine is recording – will be like an alphabet with which the image ...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In this week's Junkyard post, Julia Minarik offers reasons to think that "machine-made images have less content than images created by human hands."
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Just learned about Hanna’s book title and I thought you guys would want to know
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just learned about Hanna’s book title and I thought you guys would want to know
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The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
Call for Papers: Book Symposium on "Deflating Mental Representation" by Frances Egan
| Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
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Super happy to receive my first paper in French, with @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social and @matteomameli.bsky.social, on confabulation and conspiracy theories, in a book entitled “Les fables de l’homme”. Thanks David Simonin for leading the project and translating the paper. #philsky #philpsy
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Super happy to receive my first paper in French, with @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social and @matteomameli.bsky.social, on confabulation and conspiracy theories, in a book entitled “Les fables de l’homme”. Thanks David Simonin for leading the project and translating the paper. #philsky #philpsy
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Obsessed with the cover of the Chinese edition of my book!!
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Obsessed with the cover of the Chinese edition of my book!!
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During this month in 1887, the public first learned of the investigative exploits of the amateur detective, Sherlock Holmes.
The first memoir of one of his cases, penned by his colleague Dr. John Watson, was published as A Study in Scarlet in the November 1887 Beeton’s Christmas Annual.
#BookSky
The first memoir of one of his cases, penned by his colleague Dr. John Watson, was published as A Study in Scarlet in the November 1887 Beeton’s Christmas Annual.
#BookSky
November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
During this month in 1887, the public first learned of the investigative exploits of the amateur detective, Sherlock Holmes.
The first memoir of one of his cases, penned by his colleague Dr. John Watson, was published as A Study in Scarlet in the November 1887 Beeton’s Christmas Annual.
#BookSky
The first memoir of one of his cases, penned by his colleague Dr. John Watson, was published as A Study in Scarlet in the November 1887 Beeton’s Christmas Annual.
#BookSky
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In July-September 2025 we had over 90000 downloads which is more than double the downloads in the same quarter of 2022. Hopefully we continue to publish the papers you want to read!
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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My invited op-ed on the subject of "AI psychosis" at @bmj.com
Have a read:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Have a read:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Can AI chatbots validate delusional thinking?
The extent to which AI chatbots have a causal role in delusions and delusion-like beliefs remains unclear, writes Joseph M Pierre
Reports of people having delusions that were seemingly fuelled by ge...
www.bmj.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My invited op-ed on the subject of "AI psychosis" at @bmj.com
Have a read:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Have a read:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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It’s here! My first physical copy of my book, out next month. @uchicagopress.bsky.social have a lovely traditional of sending the first copy straight from their offices in branded wrapping paper.
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It’s here! My first physical copy of my book, out next month. @uchicagopress.bsky.social have a lovely traditional of sending the first copy straight from their offices in branded wrapping paper.