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Joshua Knobe

About

Joshua Knobe is a professor at Yale University in both the Program in Cognitive Science and the Department of Philosophy. His research focuses on systematic experimental studies designed to figure out how people actually go about making moral judgments. He is co-editor (with Shaun Nichols) of the forthcoming volume Experimental Philosophy.

Books by Joshua Knobe
Recent Posts
Does Pornography Treat Women as Objects?

A new series of experiments looks at the impact of pornography. When people see a woman in a pornographic image, do they think of her entirely as a body and not as a mind? Or might they neglect only certain parts of her mind but continue to focus on others?

A new series of experiments looks at the impact of pornography. When people see a woman in a pornographic image, do they think of her entirely as a body and not as a mind? Or might they neglect only certain parts of her mind but continue to focus on others?

Deepak Chopra Takes on Experimental Philosophy

How do people understand the 'true self'? Recent research has gone after this question with systematic experimental studies. Deepak Chopra has argued that this research is misguided.

How do people understand the 'true self'? Recent research has gone after this question with systematic experimental studies. Deepak Chopra has argued that this research is misguided.

Experimental Philosophy on YouTube

A funny new video in which experimental philosophers take on an ancient conundrum.

A funny new video in which experimental philosophers take on an ancient conundrum.

Do People of All Cultures Believe in Free Will?

Imagine a universe in which everything that happens is completely caused by whatever happened before.

Imagine a universe in which everything that happens is completely caused by whatever happened before.