News
New paper on the folk psychology of self-control
July 2021The paper "What's inside is all that counts? The contours of everyday thinking about self-control", with Juan Pablo as lead author, was accepted for publication at Review of Philosophy and Psychology.
Special issue on the philosophy of habitual action
June 2021June 2021. The special issue on Habitual Action, Automaticity, and Control edited by Juan Pablo and Flavia Felletti is out now in Topoi.
Effort and moral judgment paper
May 2021A coauthored piece by Juan Pablo and others was accepted for publication in Social Neuroscience. The title: "Perceiving utilitarian gradients: Heart rate variability and self-regulatory effort in the moral dilemma task".
International workshop on effort and action
April 2021We were delighted to host the Striving and Doing workshop. Thanks to all the participants and members of the audience! Abstracts and videos of the talks are available here.
Recent publications
July 13, 2020Two recent works by Juan Pablo Bermúdez will appear in Synthese this year. The first is "The skill of self-control", and the second is "Intentional mind-wandering as intentional omission: The Surrealist method" (co-authored with Santiago Arango).
Comments on Ainslie's "Willpower with and without effort"
January 2021Our team will publish two comments on George Ainslie's paper "Willpower with and without effort" on Behavioral and Brain Sciences. They are Olivier and Bastien's piece "Resolve is always effortful" and Juan Pablo's "Willpower needs tactical skill".
Symposium on collective efforts at ISOS
July 13, 2020Juan Pablo Bermúdez coordinated and chaired the symposium "Joining forces: The nature and norms of collective efforts” at the International Social Ontology Society's biannual conference. The symposium included discussions of the presentations by Olle Blomberg, Marcell Székely and Wayne Christensen. A description and a video recording are available here.
Speakers list for April workshop
February 6, 2020We are happy to anounce that we have finalized the list of invited participants for our Striving and Doing workshop, to take place April 23-24! The participants work on effort and agency from a number of different perspectives and disciplines. We can't wait!
General-audience piece on self-control
January 29, 2020Juan Pablo and colleague Sam Murray published an article at Medium about how people's judgments of self-control can lead them astray when it comes to choosing which kinds of effortful strategies to implement. See article here.
Activities begin
January 23, 2020Our team has finally assembled in Neuchâtel. We begin today our regular team meetings and continue to plan the activities of 2020.