The Lesson of Bypassing

Rosé, David; Nichols, Shaun

doi:10.1007/s13164-013-0154-3

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“…The worry is not only theoretical-there is accumulating evidence that compatibilist intuitions are more widespread than philosophers and psychologists have traditionally assumed (e.g., Deery, Bedke, & Nichols, in preparation;Monroe & Malle, 2010;Murray & Nahmias, 2012;Nadelhoffer, in press;Nadelhoffer & Tocchetto, 2013, chap. 7;Nahmias, Morris, Nadelhoffer, & Turner, 2006;Nichols, 2004;Nichols, 2006;Nichols & Knobe, 2007;Shepard & Reuter, 2012;Shepherd, 2012;Rose & Nichols, 2013). Shedding light on the scope and limits of these compatibilist beliefs and attitudes is at least one of the issues researchers ought to examine.…”

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confidence: 99%

The free will inventory: Measuring beliefs about agency and responsibility

Nadelhoffer

Shepard

Nahmias

et al. 2014

Consciousness and Cognition

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a b s t r a c tIn this paper, we present the results of the construction and validation of a new psychometric tool for measuring beliefs about free will and related concepts: The Free Will Inventory (FWI). In its final form, FWI is a 29-item instrument with two parts. Part 1 consists of three 5-item subscales designed to measure strength of belief in free will, determinism, and dualism. Part 2 consists of a series of fourteen statements designed to further explore the complex network of people's associated beliefs and attitudes about free will, determinism, choice, the soul, predictability, responsibility, and punishment. Having presented the construction and validation of FWI, we discuss several ways that it could be used in future research, highlight some as yet unanswered questions that are ripe for interdisciplinary investigation, and encourage researchers to join us in our efforts to answer these questions.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The free will inventory: Measuring beliefs about agency and responsibility

Nadelhoffer

Shepard

Nahmias

et al. 2014

Consciousness and Cognition

167

214

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“…The debate has remained inconclusive since then. While some results and interpretations support the claim that most people are naturally compatibilists (Nahmias, Coates & Kvaran, 2007;Murray & Nahmias, 2014;Andow & Cova, 2016;Monroe, Brady & Malle, 2017), others support the claim of a natural incompatibilism (Rose & Nichols, 2013;Feltz, 2015;Bear & Knobe, 2016), and some other results are mixed (Roskies & Nichols, 2008;Nadelhoffer et al, 2014). As things stand now, the question remains open (Schooler et al, 2015) and some have suggested that it may not be even worth looking for a unified ordinary view in this domain (Feltz, Cokely & Nelson, 2016).…”

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confidence: 93%

Questions for a Science of Moral Responsibility

Fischborn

2017

Rev.Phil.Psych.

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Abstract:In the last few decades, the literature on moral responsibility has been increasingly populated by scientific studies. Studies in neuroscience and psychology, in particular, have been claimed to be relevant for discussions about moral responsibility in a number of ways.And at the same time, there is not yet a systematic understanding of the sort of questions a science of moral responsibility is supposed to answer. This paper is an attempt to move toward of such an understanding. I discuss three models for framing scientific questions relevant to an investigation of moral responsibility. The favored model-the Enhancement model -proposes that a science of moral responsibility has two descriptive tasks. First, science can describe the causes and effects of the many sorts of responses that constitute the human practices of moral responsibility, such as praise, blame, and punishment. And, second, science can describe how modifications aiming at the improvement of such practices can be achieved.Relatively to the other models to be considered, the Enhancement model is broader in scope and less tied to the traditional philosophical agenda on moral responsibility.

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“…Additional evidence against the bypassing hypothesis comes from David Rose and Shaun Nichols (2013), who criticize it based on statistical analysis of data from studies like those of Nahmias and Murray. Nahmias and Murray noted strong correlations between responsibility and bypassing scores, just as one would expect if variations in deterministic scenarios affected responsibility attributions by affecting bypassing judgments.…”

Section: An Error Theory For Incompatibilist Intuitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2 For a development of this explanation, see Björnsson 2014. Rose andNichols (2013) propose an alternative explanation of the negative correlation between responsibility and bypass scores. Their suggestion, further pursued in Chan, Deutsch and Nichols (2015), is that subjects (a) take free will to be necessary for the existence of beliefs, desires and decisions, and (b) accept bypassing statements when they take determinism to rule out free will and thus rule out the existence of such states: if there are no decisions, decisions have no effect on what agents do.…”

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confidence: 99%