What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Epistemology
- Law
- Social psychology
His primary areas of investigation include Epistemology, Social psychology, Morality, Cognitive psychology and Moral disengagement.
His Epistemology study incorporates themes from Truth value and Contextualism.
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong studies Moral reasoning, a branch of Social psychology.
His research in Morality intersects with topics in Moral development and Framing effect, Framing.
His study in Cognitive psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Morally wrong, Harm and Psychopathy.
His Moral disengagement research incorporates elements of Pragmatism, Moral psychology, Moral skepticism, Skepticism and Coherentism.
His most cited work include:
- Moral Dilemmas (426 citations)
- Consequences, Action, and Intention as Factors in Moral Judgments: An fMRI Investigation (278 citations)
- Neuroprediction of future rearrest (154 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong mainly investigates Epistemology, Social psychology, Morality, Moral psychology and Cognitive psychology.
His study in Epistemology focuses on Skepticism, Argument, Philosophy of science, Normative ethics and Philosophy of mind.
His study explores the link between Social psychology and topics such as Action that cross with problems in Free will.
His Morality research includes elements of Morally wrong and Environmental ethics.
His Moral psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Moral disengagement and Moral reasoning.
His research ties Cognition and Cognitive psychology together.
He most often published in these fields:
- Epistemology (30.81%)
- Social psychology (18.48%)
- Morality (15.17%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Social psychology (18.48%)
- Epistemology (30.81%)
- Morality (15.17%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong focuses on Social psychology, Epistemology, Morality, Moral psychology and Cognitive psychology.
His work in the fields of Social psychology, such as Framing effect, Deception and Affect, intersects with other areas such as Lying.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Critical race theory, Deliberation and Humility in addition to Epistemology.
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong has included themes like Identity, Environmental ethics, Conformity and Moral disengagement in his Morality study.
His studies deal with areas such as Neuroethics, Forgetting, Blame, Level of care and Self as well as Moral psychology.
His studies in Cognitive psychology integrate themes in fields like Psychopathology, Meaning and Evolutionary psychology.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Moral decision making frameworks for artificial intelligence (53 citations)
- Neuromarketing: Ethical Implications of its Use and Potential Misuse (49 citations)
- Adapting a Kidney Exchange Algorithm to Align with Human Values (22 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Epistemology
- Social psychology
His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Moral psychology, Morality, Harm and Human values.
He is involved in the study of Social psychology that focuses on Empathy in particular.
His Moral psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Agency, Action, Forgetting, Philosophy of mind and Experimental philosophy.
His research integrates issues of Cognitive psychology and Moral disengagement in his study of Morality.
His work on Autobiographical memory as part of general Cognitive psychology study is frequently linked to Lying, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His Harm research includes themes of Political philosophy and Law and economics.
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