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Shaun Nichols

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Shaun Nichols is professor of philosophy and director of cognitive science at Cornell University. His research concerns the psychological underpinnings of philosophical thought. He is the author of Sentimental Rules (2004), Bound: Essays on Free Will and Moral Responsibility (2015), and Rational Rules: Towards a Theory of Moral Learning (2021).

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