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floresophize.bsky.social
Philosopher @ UC Santa Cruz. Interested in belief, evidence-resistance, social identities, ideology, ignorance, delusions. ||Pronouns they/she || Daydreaming of a socialist utopia || Languages: EN, PT, ES || www.carolinaflores.org for papers
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Just arrived! Official release on March 11... available for purchase or free download at mitpress.mit.edu/978026255160...

submitted 4 hours ago • 3 comments

New paper! Identity-protective reasoning—defending beliefs tied to cherished social identities—is often seen as a cognitive vice driving polarization and democratic dysfunction. But what if it’s not all bad? 🧵

submitted 4 hours ago • 3 comments

Extremely stoked to be organizing this conference highlighting philosophy done from queer perspectives at UC Santa Cruz this April! Especially glad to still have this happen given, you know... everything. Registration here, with a remote option: forms.gle/bhPt4xQ2jR5q...

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Critical thinking involves using some very specific, identifiable skills and attitudes. What are some of the most important of these? Find out here: #criticalthinking #logic 1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/09/28/c...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

‼️ Don´t miss the CFP for the XI Congress of the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy‼️ 📣 Deadline April 15 Check below 👇👇👇

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

little pieces of language are ours slogans, taglines, chants, flyers, memes, stickers, posters, zines

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

Giving a talk on neurodiversity I'm really excited about at Aarhus University next week, with time to explore both Aarhus and Copenhagen! Recs? Into contemporary art, brutalism, electronic music, sour beer ,vegetarian food, leftist landmarks, and the odd, bizarre, and slightly morbid.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

"Like the abolitionists of the 19th century arrayed against the planter class, today we need to break the economic, ideological and political foundations of billionaire rule." @lfelizleon.bsky.social for @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/labo...

submitted 9 days ago • 22 comments

There hasn’t been nearly enough appreciation for this amazing paper by Clark Barrett and @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social Anthropologists have observed people in certain cultures blaming agents for behavior without regard to mental states (intent, knowledge, etc.). Why does this happen?

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

This is a cool talk! Key point: online privacy is really about striving to preserve space for self-(collective?) determination of our relationships with one another - without our very selves being formed by the gaze of Big Tech (and its categorizations of us). (1/2)

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

New from the BJPS Review of Books: Philosophy, Bullshit, and Peer Review —Neil Levy (@neillevy.bsky.social) Reviewed by Joshua Habgood-Coote (@impractknow.bsky.social) Read it here: https://www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/habgood-coote-on-levy/ #philsci #philsky

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Re-reading @augustgorman.bsky.social article 'Against neuronormativity in moral responsibility' and it is just so good. Highly recommended if you work in #agency & #responsibility, in moral psychology, or if you're interested in the #ethics of doing ethics. ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fp...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Everyone should read Talia Mae Bettcher's excellent rage-filled piece on philosophy of gender and how "there are indeed consequences when we punch down or pretend that what is, in fact, a hostile attack, is merely 'inquiry for inquiry’s sake.'", ones we see daily in Trump's anti-trans policies 1/3

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world. The point, however, is to make fun of it.

submitted 17 days ago • 8 comments

I wrote an essay on why we need to take seriously the feeling of insecurity that so many are feeling. aeon.co/essays/why-l...

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

This is fantastic: a 68 country data set with perceptions of science, science communication and climate attitudes. Featured in @nature.com Led by the formidable @nielsmede.bsky.social What a resource! Now we ‘just’ need a 2025/26 update given how it’s all changing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Very excited for my first day as a Managing Editor for Ergo! It’s been one of my favourite journals ever since it launched, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time as an Area Editor. Send us your papers!

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

Are humans the only species that communicates when a collaborator is missing information? In @pnas.org, Luke Townrow and I show that our closest relatives, bonobos, can track when a partner is knowledgeable or ignorant, and tailor communication accordingly www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

i think we need to reexamine the economic system that allowed one person to accumulate enough wealth to literally purchase the us government

submitted 21 days ago • 38 comments

Instead of directly correcting false claims, “bypassing” offers an alternative strategy: focus on positive, truthful statements about the same topic. New research suggests it can be very effective and I cover it in more detail here! substack.com/home/post/p-... #MisinfoResearch

submitted 29 days ago • 18 comments

Cognitive psych is often traced back to the 1950s. Psychology is often traced to Wundt's lab in 1879. Textbooks speak of "proto-psychologists" like Fechner & Helmholtz in the 1800s... Westerners all. Have you heard about Ibn al-Haytham, whose work predated them by 100s of years? 1/4

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

On this note, here is a thread with recent research on what normalization is and how it happens. It includes links to references, from my work and that of others. I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work. 1/8

submitted 25 days ago • 27 comments