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Category: Legal Philosophy

Call: “Laws Many Users”

Posted on August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 by Alexander Max Bauer

Alex Davies and Nikolai Shurakov organize a conference on “Law’s Many Users – Legal Interpretation Within and Beyond Legal Institutions,” which will take place at the University of Tartu from November 12 to 14. Abstracts for presentations can be submitted until August 12. The call reads:

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Hot Off The Press: “The Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Jurisprudence”

Posted on May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 by Alexander Max Bauer

Recently, “The Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Jurisprudence,” a new entry in the “Cambridge Law Handbooks” series, has been published. It was edited by Kevin Tobia and contains no fewer than 38 chapters. See below for the table of contents. Part 1 – Foundations and Theory Part 2 – Introductions Part 3 – Applications Literature Tobia, Kevin…

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Hot Off The Press: “Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Law”

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Alexander Max Bauer

Edited by Karolina Prochownik and Stefan Magen, “Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Law,” a new entry into Bloomsbury’s “Advances in Experimental Philosophy” series, has recently been published. See below for the table of contents. Part 1 – Topics in Experimental General Jurisprudence Part 2 – Topics in Experimental Particular Jurisprudence Part 3 – (New) Methods…

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Faces of X-Phi: Ivar Rodríguez Hannikainen

Posted on August 21, 2024January 1, 2025 by Alexander Max Bauer

In our “Faces of X-Phi” series, experimental philosophers from all around the globe answer nine questions about the past, present, and future of themselves and the field. Who would you like to see here in the future? Just leave a suggestion in the comments! Today, we present Ivar Rodríguez Hannikainen. The Past (1) How did…

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Hot Off The Press: “Experiments in Moral and Political Philosophy”

Posted on July 29, 2024January 9, 2025 by Alexander Max Bauer

“Experiments in Moral and Political Philosophy,” a new entry into the “Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory” series, edited by Hugo Viciana, Antonio Gaitán, and Fernando Aguiar, comprises 17 chapters. See below for the table of contents. Part 1 – Methods and Foundations Part 2 – Normative Ethics and Legal and Political Philosophy Part…

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Faces of X-Phi: Kevin Tobia

Posted on May 15, 2024December 30, 2024 by Alexander Max Bauer

In our “Faces of X-Phi” series, experimental philosophers from all around the globe answer nine questions about the past, present, and future of themselves and the field. Who would you like to see here in the future? Just leave a suggestion in the comments! Today, we present Kevin Tobia. The Past (1) How did you…

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Conference: “4th European Experimental Philosophy Conference”

Posted on May 12, 2024January 1, 2025 by Alexander Max Bauer

The 4th “European Experimental Philosophy Conference,” organized by Izabela Skoczeń, Tomasz Żuradzki, Piotr Bystranowski, Bartosz Janik, Maciej Próchnicki, and Vilius Dranseika, will take place from May 30 to July 2 at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. On May 30, there’s a pre-conference symposium on “LLMs for xPhi”. The conference program from May 31 to June…

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Conference: “Experimental Philosophy – Beyond Armchair Philosophy”

Posted on May 12, 2024January 1, 2025 by Alexander Max Bauer

The 32nd “Philosophy Conference” of the University of Valladolid’s Department of Philosophy, organized by José V. Hernández-Conde, will take place from May 16 to 17 in Valladolid, Spain. This year’s instalment is all about experimental philosophy. May 16, 9:00–18:30 (UTC+2) May 17, 9:15–14:00 (UTC+2) For more information about the conference, visit https://keama.uva.es/xxxii-philosophy-conference/.

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Talk: “Experimental Philosophy of Law – Biases in Mens Rea Attribution & How to Address Them” (Markus Kneer)

Posted on April 9, 2024December 30, 2024 by Alexander Max Bauer

On Wednesday, April 10, from 16:00–18:00 (UTC-5), Markus Kneer will be talking about “Biases in Mens Rea Attribution & How to Address Them” at the University of the Andes (Hemiciclo 001) in Bogotá, Colombia. Markus writes: In this talk I aim to do three things: First, I’ll briefly introduce the new subdiscipline of Experimental Philosophy…

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Hot Off The Press: “The Compact Compendium of Experimental Philosophy”

Posted on March 7, 2024January 3, 2025 by Alexander Max Bauer

“The Compact Compendium of Experimental Philosophy,” a new entry into the “De Gruyter Reference” series, brings together experimental philosophers from around the globe to provide interested readers with insights into many topics currently researched in X-Phi. See below for the table of contents. Part 1 – The Philosophy of Experimental Philosophy Part 2 – Topics…

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