Ryan P. Doran
@ryandoran.bsky.social
Philosopher & Cognitive Scientist at the Universities of Barcelona and Cambridge | 🏳️🌈 | Posts in 🇬🇧 and 🇪🇸
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This entry is joint with @ryandoran.bsky.social and Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė, two junior researchers who are really carrying the field forward. Ryan works on beauty, and Elzė works on music and AI art. Check out their recent works!
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November 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
This entry is joint with @ryandoran.bsky.social and Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė, two junior researchers who are really carrying the field forward. Ryan works on beauty, and Elzė works on music and AI art. Check out their recent works!
philpeople.org/profiles/rya...
philpeople.org/profiles/elz...
philpeople.org/profiles/rya...
philpeople.org/profiles/elz...
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The Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP) has a new blog! You can read a variety of short, accessible pieces on topics of philosophical relevance. Link below 👇
Open Philosophy
Philosophical explorations from the Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP)
openphilosophy.blog
September 4, 2024 at 8:19 AM
The Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP) has a new blog! You can read a variety of short, accessible pieces on topics of philosophical relevance. Link below 👇
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I am deeply honoured that @barrettemerick.bsky.social and Ami Harbin are assembling this special issue on my book. Do think about submitting, and spread the word!
APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy invites submissions for a special issue celebrating @jennysaul.bsky.social’s book Dogwhistles and Figleaves: How Manipulative Language Spreads Racism and Falsehood (Oxford University Press 2024) - scroll down a bit to see the CFP:
APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy - The American Philosophical Association
“Aftermath’s Aftermath: Brison’s Methodological, Pedagogical, and Disciplinary Contributions,” Ann Cahill
www.apaonline.org
March 23, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I am deeply honoured that @barrettemerick.bsky.social and Ami Harbin are assembling this special issue on my book. Do think about submitting, and spread the word!
Started a new job at Barcelona in January. Great to be able to stay in such a wonderful department, and always nice when your colleagues choose to have you around for longer...
NEWS!👏 Welcome to our new Postdoctoral Fellows
@UniBarcelona: Ryan Doran, Dario Mortini & Carlota Serrahima. These fellowships are supported by the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence grant CEX2021-001169-M (funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033). @ryandoran.bsky.social
@UniBarcelona: Ryan Doran, Dario Mortini & Carlota Serrahima. These fellowships are supported by the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence grant CEX2021-001169-M (funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033). @ryandoran.bsky.social
March 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Started a new job at Barcelona in January. Great to be able to stay in such a wonderful department, and always nice when your colleagues choose to have you around for longer...
📢Experimental Philosophy Workshop 14th-15th of March, Barcelona.📢 Bringing together experimental philosophers in Spain to present new work, and work-in-progress, in informal and friendly setting. Come along!
@biap.bsky.social www.ub.edu/biap/calenda...
@biap.bsky.social www.ub.edu/biap/calenda...
LOGOS workshop: Experimental Philosophy in Spain
PROGRAMME
Thursday 14th of March:
Ivar Rodríguez Hannikainen (Granada) (12.30 – 13.30) “Legal interpretation as a conflict task: Insights from computational cognitive modelling”
Blanca Rodríguez López...
www.ub.edu
March 5, 2024 at 1:44 PM
📢Experimental Philosophy Workshop 14th-15th of March, Barcelona.📢 Bringing together experimental philosophers in Spain to present new work, and work-in-progress, in informal and friendly setting. Come along!
@biap.bsky.social www.ub.edu/biap/calenda...
@biap.bsky.social www.ub.edu/biap/calenda...
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Two PhD positions here at Uppsala, one in aesthetics, one in theoretical philosophy:
Aesthetics
www.jobb.uu.se/detaljsida/?...
Theoretical Philosophy
www.jobb.uu.se/detaljsida/?...
Sweden, PhD, sweet deal, benefits, blah blah blah. Tell your appropriately qualified friends!
#philsky
Aesthetics
www.jobb.uu.se/detaljsida/?...
Theoretical Philosophy
www.jobb.uu.se/detaljsida/?...
Sweden, PhD, sweet deal, benefits, blah blah blah. Tell your appropriately qualified friends!
#philsky
February 12, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Two PhD positions here at Uppsala, one in aesthetics, one in theoretical philosophy:
Aesthetics
www.jobb.uu.se/detaljsida/?...
Theoretical Philosophy
www.jobb.uu.se/detaljsida/?...
Sweden, PhD, sweet deal, benefits, blah blah blah. Tell your appropriately qualified friends!
#philsky
Aesthetics
www.jobb.uu.se/detaljsida/?...
Theoretical Philosophy
www.jobb.uu.se/detaljsida/?...
Sweden, PhD, sweet deal, benefits, blah blah blah. Tell your appropriately qualified friends!
#philsky
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The paper presents empirical evidence that feasibility ascriptions are subject to normative penetration of the kind identified by Joshua Knobe, whereby they are sensitive to our normative attitudes in interesting and surprising ways. Given that feasibility is a major topic /1
February 6, 2024 at 5:16 PM
The paper presents empirical evidence that feasibility ascriptions are subject to normative penetration of the kind identified by Joshua Knobe, whereby they are sensitive to our normative attitudes in interesting and surprising ways. Given that feasibility is a major topic /1
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New experimental philosophy paper from
@ryandoran.bsky.social on the relationship between morality and aesthetics
When do people think that a morally good action is beautiful? Doran's results suggest: when people think the action affects the true self
@ryandoran.bsky.social on the relationship between morality and aesthetics
When do people think that a morally good action is beautiful? Doran's results suggest: when people think the action affects the true self
Ryan P. Doran, Truly, Madly, Deeply: Moral Beauty & the Self - PhilArchive
When are morally good actions beautiful, when indeed they are? In this paper, it is argued that morally good actions are beautiful when they appear to express the deep or true ...
philarchive.org
February 6, 2024 at 3:38 PM
New experimental philosophy paper from
@ryandoran.bsky.social on the relationship between morality and aesthetics
When do people think that a morally good action is beautiful? Doran's results suggest: when people think the action affects the true self
@ryandoran.bsky.social on the relationship between morality and aesthetics
When do people think that a morally good action is beautiful? Doran's results suggest: when people think the action affects the true self
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CfA: ‘The Heart of Ethics: The role of emotions in value theory' (University of Leeds, 4 June 2024)!
Anonymous abstracts for 2 slots are due on 9 Feb. The invited speakers are Sara Protasi (Puget Sound) and Alba Curry (Leeds). See www.jessicaisserow.com/emotions-con...
#philsky #MoralPhil
1/2
Anonymous abstracts for 2 slots are due on 9 Feb. The invited speakers are Sara Protasi (Puget Sound) and Alba Curry (Leeds). See www.jessicaisserow.com/emotions-con...
#philsky #MoralPhil
1/2
Emotions Conference
www.jessicaisserow.com
January 19, 2024 at 12:15 PM
CfA: ‘The Heart of Ethics: The role of emotions in value theory' (University of Leeds, 4 June 2024)!
Anonymous abstracts for 2 slots are due on 9 Feb. The invited speakers are Sara Protasi (Puget Sound) and Alba Curry (Leeds). See www.jessicaisserow.com/emotions-con...
#philsky #MoralPhil
1/2
Anonymous abstracts for 2 slots are due on 9 Feb. The invited speakers are Sara Protasi (Puget Sound) and Alba Curry (Leeds). See www.jessicaisserow.com/emotions-con...
#philsky #MoralPhil
1/2
*JOB ALERT* We have some money left in the kitty, and so are able to appoint a postdoc (only at 50% FTE, unfortunately). Perfect for someone near Cambridge. Come join the Higher Values Project! Details here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44585/
January 1, 2024 at 3:43 PM
*JOB ALERT* We have some money left in the kitty, and so are able to appoint a postdoc (only at 50% FTE, unfortunately). Perfect for someone near Cambridge. Come join the Higher Values Project! Details here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44585/
What an awful year for me. Good riddance 2023.
And upwards for 2024. Happy New Year everyone!
And upwards for 2024. Happy New Year everyone!
December 31, 2023 at 5:45 PM
What an awful year for me. Good riddance 2023.
And upwards for 2024. Happy New Year everyone!
And upwards for 2024. Happy New Year everyone!
For the love of all things good, PLEASE just send the revised paper back out for review, I have the deadline of a lifetime approaching... Please, peer-review gods, intervene 🙏
December 30, 2023 at 5:24 PM
For the love of all things good, PLEASE just send the revised paper back out for review, I have the deadline of a lifetime approaching... Please, peer-review gods, intervene 🙏
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Corpus study looking at the sentiment associated with the words “normal, “ordinary,” “average,” “reasonable,” etc.
“Average” is sometimes used to say something positive, sometimes to say something negative. “Normal” is almost always positive
philarchive.org/archive/BAUT...
“Average” is sometimes used to say something positive, sometimes to say something negative. “Normal” is almost always positive
philarchive.org/archive/BAUT...
December 26, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Corpus study looking at the sentiment associated with the words “normal, “ordinary,” “average,” “reasonable,” etc.
“Average” is sometimes used to say something positive, sometimes to say something negative. “Normal” is almost always positive
philarchive.org/archive/BAUT...
“Average” is sometimes used to say something positive, sometimes to say something negative. “Normal” is almost always positive
philarchive.org/archive/BAUT...
Christmas eve, supposed to be spending it with my family, and to be finally taking a day off after months of working weekends. But instead, I find myself stuck in the airbnb trying to crack a ridiculous job market.... Hoping Santa has got a TT job in his sleigh for me.
December 24, 2023 at 11:32 AM
Christmas eve, supposed to be spending it with my family, and to be finally taking a day off after months of working weekends. But instead, I find myself stuck in the airbnb trying to crack a ridiculous job market.... Hoping Santa has got a TT job in his sleigh for me.
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The Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP) is offering 3 two-year postdoctoral positions in analytic philosophy.
The gross salary is €36.000 per annum.
The deadline 31 January 2024, at midnight (CET).
For further details, please follow this link.
www.ub.edu/biap/2023/12...
The gross salary is €36.000 per annum.
The deadline 31 January 2024, at midnight (CET).
For further details, please follow this link.
www.ub.edu/biap/2023/12...
December 20, 2023 at 3:06 PM
The Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP) is offering 3 two-year postdoctoral positions in analytic philosophy.
The gross salary is €36.000 per annum.
The deadline 31 January 2024, at midnight (CET).
For further details, please follow this link.
www.ub.edu/biap/2023/12...
The gross salary is €36.000 per annum.
The deadline 31 January 2024, at midnight (CET).
For further details, please follow this link.
www.ub.edu/biap/2023/12...
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New paper forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. I critically explore and develop Thi Nguyen's engagement theory of aesthetic valuing and argue that my aesthetic communitarianism handles things a bit better, with a nice upshot: the two principles are fundamentally the same.
Nick Riggle, Autonomy and Aesthetic Valuing - PhilPapers
Accounts of aesthetic valuing tend to emphasize two constraints on the formation of aesthetic belief. We must form our own aesthetic beliefs by engaging with aesthetic value first-hand (the acquaintan...
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December 1, 2023 at 4:07 PM
New paper forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. I critically explore and develop Thi Nguyen's engagement theory of aesthetic valuing and argue that my aesthetic communitarianism handles things a bit better, with a nice upshot: the two principles are fundamentally the same.
We're recruiting! Come join Simone Schnall & my interdisciplinary project, with Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė and Jasmina Stevanov, on aesthetic appreciation & moral cognition at the Department of Psychology at Cambridge
as a Research Assistant jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43956/. Reposts much appreciated.
as a Research Assistant jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43956/. Reposts much appreciated.
November 13, 2023 at 5:50 PM
We're recruiting! Come join Simone Schnall & my interdisciplinary project, with Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė and Jasmina Stevanov, on aesthetic appreciation & moral cognition at the Department of Psychology at Cambridge
as a Research Assistant jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43956/. Reposts much appreciated.
as a Research Assistant jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43956/. Reposts much appreciated.
Sent an email to my students to help them write a good essay...
A good essay:
A good essay:
November 10, 2023 at 1:30 PM
Sent an email to my students to help them write a good essay...
A good essay:
A good essay:
Sheffield is such a great and friendly Department; and they have two posts open to join them!
Two philosophy jobs at the University of Sheffield!
Political Philosophy job:
philjobs.org/job/show/25086
History of Philosophy and/or Non-Western Philosophy job:
philjobs.org/job/show/25090
Do pass on to others you think may be interested too!
Political Philosophy job:
philjobs.org/job/show/25086
History of Philosophy and/or Non-Western Philosophy job:
philjobs.org/job/show/25090
Do pass on to others you think may be interested too!
Lecturer in Political Philosophy, University of Sheffield
- PhilJobs:JFP
Lecturer in Political P...
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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October 30, 2023 at 2:17 PM
Sheffield is such a great and friendly Department; and they have two posts open to join them!
This is super interesting. As a undergraduate, I was almost put off philosophy, as I didn't have the clear-cut intuitions that seemed to be expected of me (e.g. XYZ and H20). In fact, that's one reason why I turned to X-Phi. I wonder if this is similar for other experimental philosophers?
Why do we find opposing intuitions about philosophical questions?
I argue that recent results suggest a new picture:
- It’s mostly NOT about different people having different intuitions
- It’s about individual people having CONFLICTING INTUITIONS
philpapers.org/archive/JOSC...
I argue that recent results suggest a new picture:
- It’s mostly NOT about different people having different intuitions
- It’s about individual people having CONFLICTING INTUITIONS
philpapers.org/archive/JOSC...
October 23, 2023 at 2:21 PM
This is super interesting. As a undergraduate, I was almost put off philosophy, as I didn't have the clear-cut intuitions that seemed to be expected of me (e.g. XYZ and H20). In fact, that's one reason why I turned to X-Phi. I wonder if this is similar for other experimental philosophers?
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I just received copies of *Advances in Experimental Political Philosophy,* the first volume that is dedicated to examining the relevance of empirical research to political thought, with plenty of empirical research in it! Link to preview it:
bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/652fe...
bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/652fe...
October 18, 2023 at 6:19 PM
I just received copies of *Advances in Experimental Political Philosophy,* the first volume that is dedicated to examining the relevance of empirical research to political thought, with plenty of empirical research in it! Link to preview it:
bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/652fe...
bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/652fe...