My colleague Jonathan Weisberg has created an excellent free iPhone app. Among other things, the app allows you to run informal surveys, run intuition polls, etc. I was one of the beta testers and I can say that the interface is great and the thing […] Read More
Deadline: February 15, 2013 Keynote Speakers: Talbot Brewer and Sarah Buss Submissions: We welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students, as some sessions will be reserved for student presentations. Please submit an essay of approximately 4000 words and an abstract of at most 150 words. […] Read More
[MOVING TO THE FRONT] I am very pleased to announce that we will be hosting a discussion of Chapter 12 of Victor Tadros's book The Ends of Harm (OUP, 2011) on PEA Soup, starting on Wed., November 28. Oxford University Press has generously made this […] Read More
Implicit Bias, Philosophy and Psychology Sheffield: April 20-21, 2013 Deadline for Submission: 15 December 2012 Click through for details…
Another honest question. If so, what would they consist in? If not, why not?
We are pleased to present the latest installment of Ethics at PEA Soup, in which we host a discussion of one article from each issue of Ethics. The article selected from Volume 122, issue 4, is Sarah Buss's "Autonomous Action: Self-Determination in the Passive Mode." […] Read More
A truly honest question, in light of today's NY Times science article, "If Smart is the Norm, Stupidity Gets More Interesting." Perhaps, as usual, scientists could use some conceptual help. Just curious on your thoughts. Here is one line of query: what is stupidity as […] Read More
(Moving to the Front from Oct 10 and Sept 7, 2012) Update Oct 19, 2012: Professor Buss's paper can be accessed here. Update Oct 10: Discussion will begin October 29th! A link to Professor Buss's paper will be added shortly. We are pleased to announce […] Read More