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CFA: Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality 2019

John Schwenkler February 4, 2019 February 4, 2019 Uncategorized

We are delighted to announce that the 18th Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality will take place June 11 – 19, 2019, at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany. The Summer Institute brings together talented young researchers and renowned scientists from around the globe and aims to …

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John Schwenkler February 4, 2019 February 10, 2019 books

We are grateful to Luke Roelofs for blogging this week on Combining Minds: How to Think About Composite Subjectivity (Oxford, 2019). To view all his posts on a single page, please click here.

1. Why Think About Composite Subjectivity?

Combining Minds aims to persuade you that minds can indeed combine. But first, we need to work out what that claim even means and why you might think they can’t. So here’s a little bit of intellectual autobiography on that topic. In the last few decades, philosophers interested in the …

4. An Ethics of Spontaneity

Michael Brownstein January 31, 2019 January 31, 2019 Michael Brownstein: The Implicit Mind / Philosophy of Mind / Psychology

Section 3 of The Implicit Mind asks: how can we improve our implicit minds? What can we do to increase the chances that our spontaneous inclinations and dispositions get it right rather than act as conduits for bias and prejudice? It is tempting to think that one can simply reflect …

3. Implicitness and the Self

Michael Brownstein January 30, 2019 January 30, 2019 Michael Brownstein: The Implicit Mind / Philosophy of Mind / Psychology

Spontaneity can give rise to actions that seem “unowned.” Tremble and shake on a glass platform suspended over the Grand Canyon, and you might ask, “I know I’m perfectly safe, so why is my body acting like I’m not?” Have a friend point out to you that when asking questions …

2. Architecture of the Implicit Mind

Michael Brownstein January 29, 2019 January 29, 2019 Michael Brownstein: The Implicit Mind / Philosophy of Mind / Psychology

Part 1 of The Implicit Mind makes the case that “implicit attitudes” are mental states that cause us to act in relatively spontaneous ways, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. I offer an unorthodox description of implicit attitudes, distinguish implicit attitudes from other folk psychological kinds, and show how …

1. The Virtues and Vices of Spontaneity

Michael Brownstein January 28, 2019 January 28, 2019 Michael Brownstein: The Implicit Mind / Philosophy of Science / Psychology

To avoid becoming a victim of violent assault, people are often coached to trust their gut feelings. “Trust your INSTINCTS,” the University of Oklahoma Police Department says, “believe your inner feelings when you get uncomfortable about a person or situation. Respond as soon as you feel uncomfortable!”[1] Gavin De Becker, …