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Shaun B. Nichols

Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Philosophy

Cornell University

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College of Arts and Sciences

School of Philosophy

Department of Psychology

Shaun B. Nichols is currently serving as a School Of Philosophy Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Philosophy at Cornell University.

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Cornell University

Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Philosophy

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philosophy cognitive science psychology psychological science moral psychology ethical theory morality philosophy of mind ethics applied philosophy cognition moral philosophy philosophical psychology moral issues behavioral sciences normative ethics experimental social psychology behavioral decision making epistemology free will rationality human decision process moral practice thinking skills applied cognitive psychology philosophical inquiry self-awareness moral education developmental psychology intellectual discourse applied social psychology moral judgment pragmatics cognitive psychology mindbody problem social identity human cognition memory studies mental models embodied cognition moral responsibility narrative cognitive bias mitigation personal identity experimental philosophy voluntary control cognitive modeling plausible reasoning irrationality metacognition ethical dilemmas social norms moral rules experimental decision making cognitive studies social reasoning normative theory moral judgments theoretical argument practical philosophy cultural psychology identity issues mindset human memory human mind own mind other people experiment design moral luck rational learners teleological essentialism separate mental workspace cognitive theory sentimental rules folk intuitions empirical evidence psychological foundations philosophy of science philosophical thought

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But Why?: Children’s Belief in the Necessity of Explanations. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2025)

Teresa FlanaganAlejandro VesgaTamar KushnirShaun Nichols

developmental psychologyexperimental child psychologyepistemologycognitive developmentrationalitychild psychologypragmaticssocial reasoninginductive reasoningcognitive sciencephilosophyplausible reasoningpsychological science

Cause and Burn in Development. (2025)

David RoseSiying ZhangShaun NicholsEllen MarkmanTobias Gerstenberg

causalitychild psychologycausal modelsexperimental psychologybehavioral sciencesbilliard ballsdevelopmental psychologypsychological traumacausal inferencesunscreen “trauma in childsocial cognitionchild developmentexperimental child psychologyhuman behaviorpsychologyyoung childrendevelopmental sciencecausal reasoningcognitive developmentdevelopmental psychopathologypsychological science

How to Make People Do Things With Words. Noûs (2025)

Henry SchillerShaun Nichols

cognitive psychologybehavioural processthinking skillsecological considerationshuman behavioraction (philosophy)psychologyspinozan processcuriosityphilosophy of mindreasoning about actioncognitive sciencephilosophical psychologycognitionpsychological scienceother people

Is the Cosmological Argument Intuitive?. Religious Studies (2025)

Shaun NicholsJustin Steinberg

significant intuitive resonancecosmological argumentcosmologyphilosophy of sciencecosmological argument intuitivephilosophymetaphysicsalternative cosmology

Living Without Anger. Oxford University Press eBooks (2025)

Monima ChadhaShaun Nichols

affectcentral formanger-inducing actionsaffective neuroscienceapplied social psychologymoral psychologypsychologyviolent behaviorprosocial behaviorsuch angeremotional responsessocial psychologyemotionsemotion regulationemotional selfregulationphilosophyinterpersonal violencebehavioral sciences

Logical Concepts of (Im)Possibility Guide Young Children's Decision‐Making. Developmental Science (2025)

Nicolò Cesana‐ArlottiSofia JáureguiPeter MazalikShaun NicholsJustin Halberda

early childhoodchild psychologycognitionhuman cognitionpsycholinguisticsdevelopmental psychologymodal languagelogical conceptscognitive sciencecognitive psychologychild developmentexperimental child psychologypsychologyyoung childrenmetacognitionchild languagecognitive developmentlanguage developmenthuman decision process

Moral Decision Making. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2025)

Laura NiemiShaun Nichols

ethicsethical theoryethical dilemmasmoral psychologydecision theoryrationalitymoral issuesmoral decision makingbehavioral decision makinghuman decision processphilosophymoralitybehavioral sciences

Norms Emerge Through Iterated Learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

Scott PartingtonRachana KamtekarShaun Nichols

social normsexperimental social psychologycognitive bias mitigationcognitionbehavioral sciencesbehavioral educationiterated learning accountsocial cognitioninferenceculturecognitive scienceweak biasesintercultural studieslearning theorycultural transmissionepistemologybehavioral researchsocial learning theoryinjunctive normsbiaspsychological science

Reasoning Beyond Explicit Rules: Adults’ and Children's Use of Closure Principles in Novel Cases. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

Jessa StegallJohn MikhailShaun NicholsTamar Kushnir

closure principlesdevelopmental psychologybeyond explicit rulesnovel casesexperimental child psychologychildren's literaturelawcognitive developmentlogical reasoningrationalitychild psychologysocial reasoninginductive reasoningphilosophyphilosophy of law

The Do-Gooder Dilemma: A Self/Other Asymmetry in the Shame and Embarrassment of Self-Reporting Good Deeds. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

Jerry RichardsonPaul BloomShaun NicholsDavid A. Pizarro

moral philosophyethicsapplied social psychologyself/other asymmetrymoral psychologysocial sciencespsychologyprosocial behaviorself-reporting good deedssocial psychologysocial identityempathyethical theorydo-gooder dilemmamoral practicemorality

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Shaun B. Nichols

Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Philosophy

Cornell University

Affiliations

College of Arts and Sciences

School of Philosophy

Department of Psychology

Shaun B. Nichols is currently serving as a School Of Philosophy Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Philosophy at Cornell University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Shaun B. Nichols

Cornell University

Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Philosophy

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

But Why?: Children’s Belief in the Necessity of Explanations. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2025)

Teresa FlanaganAlejandro VesgaTamar KushnirShaun Nichols

Cause and Burn in Development. (2025)

David RoseSiying ZhangShaun NicholsEllen MarkmanTobias Gerstenberg

How to Make People Do Things With Words. Noûs (2025)

Henry SchillerShaun Nichols

Is the Cosmological Argument Intuitive?. Religious Studies (2025)

Shaun NicholsJustin Steinberg

significant intuitive resonancecosmological argumentcosmologyphilosophy of sciencecosmological argument intuitivephilosophymetaphysicsalternative cosmology

Living Without Anger. Oxford University Press eBooks (2025)

Monima ChadhaShaun Nichols

Logical Concepts of (Im)Possibility Guide Young Children's Decision‐Making. Developmental Science (2025)

Nicolò Cesana‐ArlottiSofia JáureguiPeter MazalikShaun NicholsJustin Halberda

Moral Decision Making. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2025)

Laura NiemiShaun Nichols

ethicsethical theoryethical dilemmasmoral psychologydecision theoryrationalitymoral issuesmoral decision makingbehavioral decision makinghuman decision processphilosophymoralitybehavioral sciences

Norms Emerge Through Iterated Learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

Scott PartingtonRachana KamtekarShaun Nichols

Reasoning Beyond Explicit Rules: Adults’ and Children's Use of Closure Principles in Novel Cases. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

Jessa StegallJohn MikhailShaun NicholsTamar Kushnir

The Do-Gooder Dilemma: A Self/Other Asymmetry in the Shame and Embarrassment of Self-Reporting Good Deeds. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

Jerry RichardsonPaul BloomShaun NicholsDavid A. Pizarro

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