Feelosopher | Assistant Prof. @pol_ulaval | Philosophy of emotion; Feminist philosophy; Moral psych | PhD @UCLPhilosophy | BSc Neuroscience @uclnpp |EN/PT/FR|
Quebec, CA / Lisboa, PT
Joined November 2011
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academics with literal PhDs whenever they have to fill in a relatively short form
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🚨After three intense days reviewing 229 applications to the lab, only 20 candidates will be contacted for the next steps. This inspired me to create a short guide to help students succeed in applying to grad school. I've also prepared a podcast episode on this topic :
📕Document: zenodo.org/records/14568040
🎙️Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5uG…
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Excited to see my work featured in @bigthink! 🧠✨ Delve into whether your moral choices are guided by reason or emotion: bigthink.com/thinking/are-yo…
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This asshole's election is terrible for climate action given the little time we have to act decisively. But we live in a world of Polycentric climate governance and other agents have a duty to pick up the slack. And that includes with Canada. Do not vote Conservative. Please.
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If you haven't done it already, listen to the Political Philosophy Podcast's episode on political liberalism and right-wing populism with Gabriele Badano and Alasia Nuti!
politicalphilosophypodcast.c…
Past 2 months recap:
Rawlsianism/ Badano & Nuti
Liberal socialism (2 episodes)/ @MattPolProf
Liberalism & fashion (2)/ @dieworkwear
Unions with @stevenmklein
2 solo election episodes
Anti-Trump republicans/ Monroe
politicalphilosophypodcast.c…
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New article published in Erkenntnis 😃 As the title says, I argue that emotions represent properties unconsciously. I also discuss which theories are in contradiction with this claim, its links to conscious representation and to unconscious emotions. link.springer.com/article/10…
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✅ À LIRE : Dans un article paru récemment, @ProfLauraSilva met en lumière l'apport de la #philosophie, notamment #féministe, à la recherche en #psychologie.
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Philosophers, we haven’t been thinking enough about the big change that is clearly happening in academia
Philosophy has traditionally lived at the crossroads of the (natural and social) sciences and the humanities
But one of these two parts of academia is clearly falling apart
Laura Silva retweeted
Philosophers say that studying philosophy makes people more rigorous, careful thinkers. But is that that true?
In a large dataset (N = 122,352 students) @daft_bookworm and I find evidence that it is!🧵
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I'm so excited about our first Works-In-Progress event of the year, where we will discuss two of my favorite topics: Audre Lorde and emotions.
Join us this coming Tuesday at 11 am PT/2 pm ET with the brilliant @calebdward.
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The real sexual revolution is going to be holding abusers accountable.
—KS Prior
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📣NEURO FACULTY JOBS! 🧠
University of Oxford opened *2* positions for Associate Professors of Neuroscience! Come be our colleague!
Applications due: noon, 18 Nov 2024
More info: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
@UniofOxford @OxfordDPAG @OxNeuro @PembrokeOxford @hilda_beastoxf
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been marketed by Big Oil as a solution to runaway global warming.
But in reality, more than 70% of CCS projects are used to produce more fossil fuels.
We’re being played. thebulletin.org/2022/09/plag…
