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Joshua Knobe

Joshua Michael Knobe (born 1974) is an American experimental philosopher, whose work ranges across issues in philosophy of mind and action and ethics. He is Professor of Cognitive Science and Philosophy at Yale University.[3] He is known for his work on the "Knobe effect" and use of experimental methods to understand personal reactions to moral dilemmas.[4][5]

Joshua Michael Knobe[1]

1974

Contemporary philosophy

Western philosophy

Experimental philosophy

philosophy of action, moral philosophy, moral psychology

Knobe effect

Education and career[edit]

Knobe received his B.A. at Stanford University in 1996 and his Ph.D. from Princeton in 2006,[1] where his dissertation was directed by Gilbert Harman.[6]


He was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2006 until moving to Yale in 2009.[7]

Hitchcock, C. & Knobe, J. (2009). "Cause and Norm". Journal of Philosophy, 106, 587-612.

Knobe, J. (2009). "Answers to Five Questions". In Aguilar, J & Buckareff, A (eds.) Philosophy of Action: 5 Questions. London: Automatic Press. ()

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Knobe, J., & Kelly, S. D. (2009). "Can one act for a reason without acting intentionally?" In C. Sandis (ed.), New Essays on the Explanation of Action (pp. 169–183). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Knobe, J. & Nichols, S. (2008). Experimental Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press.

Nichols, S. & Knobe, J. (2007). "Moral Responsibility and Determinism: The Cognitive Science of Folk Intuitions". Nous, 41, 663-685.

Knobe, J. (2006). "The Concept of Intentional Action: A Case Study in the Uses of Folk Psychology". Philosophical Studies. 130: 203-231.

Knobe, J. (2003a). "Intentional Action and Side Effects in Ordinary Language". Analysis, 63, 190-193.

Knobe, J. (2003b). "Intentional Action in Folk Psychology: An Experimental Investigation". Philosophical Psychology, 16, 309-324.

American philosophy

List of American philosophers

Personal page with a list of published papers

An in-depth autobiographical interview with Joshua Knobe

The Experimental Philosophy Page

on bloggingheads.tv

List of Video Discussions

Interview at 3AM Magazine