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Skepticism about moral responsibility, or what is more commonly referred to as moral
responsibility skepticism, refers to a family of views that all take seriously the possibility that …

The mental realm seems different to the physical realm; the mental is thought to be
dependent on, yet distinct from the physical. But how, exactly, are the two realms supposed …

The claim that common sense regards free will and moral responsibility as compatible with
determinism has played a central role in both analytic and experimental philosophy. In this …

Consciousness is arguably the most important area within contemporary philosophy of mind.
It is also perhaps the most puzzling aspect of the world, despite the fact that it is so very …

Previous studies examining the relationship between beliefs about manipulation of behavior
outside of awareness and free will reveal a weak association between both constructs. That …

The present study examined the role of individual differences (eg, age, gender, education
level, political affiliation, religiosity) and stance (general vs. personal) on contexts associated …

There is a tension between some recent work in experimental philosophy concerning how
nonphilosophers conceptualize mental states and work on the relationship between …

Imagine that, in the future, humans develop the technology to construct humanoid robots
with very sophisticated computers instead of brains and with bodies made out of metal …

While philosophers have worried about mental causation for centuries, worries about the
causal relevance of conscious phenomena are also increasingly featuring in neuroscientific …