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Peter Carruthers

Distinguished University Professor

University of Maryland, College Park

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College of Arts and Humanities

Philosophy

Peter Carruthers is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Humanities Distinguished University Professor at University of Maryland, College Park.

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University of Maryland, College Park

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R Innateness in Mind. Cambridge University Press (2026)

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The Motoric Theory of Curiosity. Mind & Language (2026)

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A Content-General Adaptation for Tribal Value-Acquisition. Evolution and Human Behavior (2025)

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Explaining Our Actions. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2025)

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Explaining Our Actions: A Critique of Common-Sense Theorizing. Cambridge University Press (2025)

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What Makes a Theory of Consciousness Unscientific?. Nature Neuroscience (2025)

Michał KlincewiczTony ChengMichael SchmitzMiguel Ángel SebastiánJoel S. SnyderDerek H. ArnoldMark G. BaxterTristan A. BekinschteinYoshua BengioJames W. BisleyJacob BrowningDean BuonomanoDavid CarmelMarisa CarrascoPeter CarruthersOlivia CarterDorita H. F. ChangIan CharestMouslim CherkaouiAxel CleeremansMichael A. CohenPhilip R. CorlettKalina ChristoffSam CummingCody A. CushingBeatrice de GelderFelipe De BrigardDaniel C. DennettNadine DijkstraAdrien DoerigPaul E. DuxStephen M. FlemingKeith FrankishChris D. FrithSarah GarfinkelMelvyn A. GoodaleJacqueline GottliebJake R. HansonRan R. HassinMichael H. HerzogCecilia HeyesPo-Jang HsiehShao-Min HungRobert KentridgeTomas KnapenNikos KonstantinouKonrad KordingTimo L. KvammeSze Chai KwokRenzo C. LanfrancoHakwan LauJoseph LeDouxAlan L. F. LeeCamilo LibedinskyMatthew D. LiebermanYing-Tung LinKa-Yuet LiuMaro G. MachizawaJulio Martinez-TrujilloJanet MetcalfeMatthias MichelKenneth D. MillerPartha P. MitraDean MobbsRobert M. MokJorge MoralesMyrto MylopoulosBrian OdegaardCharles C.-F. OrAdrian M. OwenDavid PereplyotchikFranco PestilliMegan A. K. PetersIan PhillipsRosanne L. RademakerDobromir RahnevGeraint ReesDario L. RingachAdina RoskiesDaniela SchillerAaron SchurgerD. Samuel SchwarzkopfRyan B. ScottAaron R. SeitzJoshua ShepherdJuha SilvantoHeleen A. SlagterBarry C. SmithGuillermo SoloveyDavid SotoHugo SpiersTimo SteinVincent Taschereau-DumouchelFrank TongPeter U. TseJonas VibellSebastian WatzlTaylor WebbJosh WeisbergThalia Wheatley

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Defining Key Concepts for Mental State Attribution. Communications Psychology (2024)

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Feelings Versus Representations of Value. Oxford University Press eBooks (2024)

Peter Carruthers

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Human Motives. Oxford University Press eBooks (2024)

Peter Carruthers

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Human Motives: Hedonism, Altruism, and the Science of Affect. Oxford University Press (2024)

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Peter Carruthers

Distinguished University Professor

University of Maryland, College Park

Affiliations

College of Arts and Humanities

Philosophy

Peter Carruthers is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Humanities Distinguished University Professor at University of Maryland, College Park.

Honors

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Experiences

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Peter Carruthers

University of Maryland, College Park

Distinguished University Professor

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

R Innateness in Mind. Cambridge University Press (2026)

The Motoric Theory of Curiosity. Mind & Language (2026)

A Content-General Adaptation for Tribal Value-Acquisition. Evolution and Human Behavior (2025)

cultural changeindigenous peoplesanthropologycontent-general adaptationvalue theory

Explaining Our Actions. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2025)

action patternbehavioural processaction (philosophy)reasoning about actioncognitive sciencecognition

Explaining Our Actions: A Critique of Common-Sense Theorizing. Cambridge University Press (2025)

What Makes a Theory of Consciousness Unscientific?. Nature Neuroscience (2025)

cognitive neuroscienceconsciousness unscientificneurophilosophyphilosophy of mindcognitive scienceneurosciencecognitionhuman cognition

Defining Key Concepts for Mental State Attribution. Communications Psychology (2024)

key conceptsmental healthpsychologymental state attributioncognitive sciencecognitive psychologybehavioral sciences

Feelings Versus Representations of Value. Oxford University Press eBooks (2024)

Peter Carruthers

user perceptionaffectmoral psychologypsychologyhuman valuessocial psychologyemotionsvalue creationcognitive scienceeconomic psychologyeconomic behaviorvalue theorybehavioral sciences

Human Motives. Oxford University Press eBooks (2024)

Peter Carruthers

motivationhuman behaviormoral psychologypsychologyhuman motives

Human Motives: Hedonism, Altruism, and the Science of Affect. Oxford University Press (2024)

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