Alex Wiegmann
@AlexWiegmann1
Philosopher/Cognitive Scientist at University of Granada (previously RUB). Interested in moral judgments, deceptive communication, AI, open science and stuff.
Attention philosophers, x-philosophers and moral psychologists - I'm hiring! Two, 3-year research fellowships on an interdisciplinary project in the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab at the Uehiro Institute, Oxford. Pass it on! For more info and to apply: tinyurl.com/mrwwuyaw
Our new paper at the intersection of causal cognition and linguistics Take a sentence of the form “AGENT caused OUTCOME” Our studies suggest: Some surprising effects in intuitions about these sentences can be explained using theories from linguistics about the “agent role”
Suppose Tom loses control of his body, and his bodily motions then cause an accident. Would it be right to say “Tom caused the accident?” A new paper explores the role that language plays in these links between agency and causation! 🔗👇
I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript RSPB-2025-1355.R1 entitled "Decision-making preferences for intuition, deliberation, friends, or crowds in independent and interdependent societies" has been accepted for publication in Proceedings B of the Royal Society.
@cdutilhnovaes and I received NWO money for our project on niche construction and technological disruption! Also working with @sconinxphil! vu.nl/nl/nieuws/2025…
A now-classic experiment from Kevin Tobia found an effect of morality (becoming morally worse vs. becoming morally better) on intuitions about personal identity A new study now looks at that effect across a variety of different cultures
Our symposium on Christine Tappolet’s “Philosophy of Emotion: A Contemporary Introduction,” co-edited with @MelissaHernnde7, is now out in The Ethics Forum! erudit.org/en/journals/at…
Conference on Ai Assertion. Program here: talkingtobots.net/?page_id=15
Randomly discovered that I have a signed book by Daniel Dennett 🤯 (the book was left, among others, in the office of a former colleague)
And our paper (with @AlexWiegmann1) is already out now in Philosophical Psychology (@JournalPHP )🥳! The link is below👇
🚨Preprint Alert 🚨 Excited to share that my first first-author paper from my PhD has been accepted in Philosophical Psychology(@JournalPHP) (co-authored by my co-supervisor Alex Wiegmann(@AlexWiegmann1 )). Short thread 🧵with link to preprint
Huge congrats, well deserved!
🚨Preprint Alert 🚨 Excited to share that my first first-author paper from my PhD has been accepted in Philosophical Psychology(@JournalPHP) (co-authored by my co-supervisor Alex Wiegmann(@AlexWiegmann1 )). Short thread 🧵with link to preprint
Deadline tomorrow (May 6): POST-DOC POSITION in AI Ethics / X-PHi of AI / HCI at my chair at Graz University (Austria). The position is for 3.5 years. Link in comments.