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Dr Paulo Sousa is Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture (ICC) and Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Anthropology. He holds a BA and a MA in anthropology (University of Brasilia, Brazil), a MA in cognitive science (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris), and a PhD in anthropology with specialization in cognition and culture (University of Michigan, USA). He has participated in many cross-cultural projects and published numerous articles in the field of cognition and culture. He also applied an epidemiological approach to the history of ideas of anthropology that stimulated a major controversy. His current research interests focus on agency, moral psychology and inter-group conflict as well as their relation to religion. He is currently writing a book on how ordinary people conceptualize the relationship between harm and morality.
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Projects
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R1990SAN: The Folk Concept of Moral Responsibility
Sousa, P. (PI)
01/08/2008 → 31/10/2010
Project: Research
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The deflationary model of harm and moral wrongdoing: A rejoinder to Royzman & Borislow
Kurthy, M. & Sousa, P., Mar 2024, In: Cognition. 244, 7 p., 105599.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Culpability and liability in the law of homicide: do lay moral intuitions accord with legal distinctions?
Sousa, P. & Lavery, G., 18 May 2023, Advances in experimental philosophy of law. Prochownik, K. & Magen, S. (eds.). 1st ed. Bloomsbury Academic, p. 99-132 31 p. (Advances in Experimental Philosophy).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Minimal criteria for an impurity domain of morality
Piazza, J. & Sousa, P., 01 Jun 2023, In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 27, 6, p. 514-516 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correction to: Correction to: Estimating the Reproducibility of Experimental Philosophy
Cova, F., Strickland, B., Abatista, A., Allard, A., Andow, J., Attie, M., Beebe, J., Berniūnas, R., Boudesseul, J., Colombo, M., Cushman, F., Diaz, R., N’Djaye Nikolai van Dongen, N., Dranseika, V., Earp, B. D., Torres, A. G., Hannikainen, I., Hernández-Conde, J. V., Hu, W. & Jaquet, F. & 22 others, , Dec 2021, In: Review of Philosophy and Psychology. 12, 4, p. 999-1003 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Folk Moral Objectivism: The Case of Harmful Actions
Sousa, P., Allard, A., Piazza, J. & Goodwin, G. P., 28 Jul 2021, (Early online date) In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 638515.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus)103 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Culture & Cognition graduate fellowship
Sousa, P. (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Culture & Cognition graduate fellowship
Sousa, P. (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Culture & Cognition graduate fellowship
Sousa, P. (Recipient), 1998
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Poster "Wrongdoing: How the Folk Parse the Moral Domain" in collaboration with MA student Erika Salomon won (second-place) the poster competition at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (Montreal, Canada)
Sousa, P. (Recipient) & Salomon, E. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Philosophical Psychology (Journal)
Sousa, P. (Peer reviewer)
2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Review of Philosophy and Psychology (Journal)
Sousa, P. (Peer reviewer)
2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (Journal)
Sousa, P. (Peer reviewer)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Cognition, values and behaviour lab meetings series, Munich Center of Neurosciences
Sousa, P. (Invited speaker)
21 Jan 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Cognitive Science (Journal)
Sousa, P. (Peer reviewer)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review