Publication: A New Angle on the Knobe Effect: Intentionality Correlates with Blame, not with Praise
A New Angle on the Knobe Effect: Intentionality Correlates with Blame, not with Praise
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Hindriks, F., Douven, I., & Singmann, H. (2016). A New Angle on the Knobe Effect: Intentionality Correlates with Blame, not with Praise. Mind & Language, 31(2), 204–220. https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12101
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In a celebrated experiment, Joshua Knobe showed that people are much more prone to attribute intentionality to an agent for a side effect of a given act when that side effect is harmful than when it is beneficial. This asymmetry has become known as ‘the Knobe Effect’. According to Knobe's Moral Valence Explanation (as we call it), bad effects trigger the attributions of intentionality, whereas good effects do not. Many others believe that the Knobe Effect is best explained in terms of the high amount of blame attributed in the harm co
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- Hindriks, Frank
- Douven, Igor
- Singmann, Henrik
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Hindriks, F., Douven, I., & Singmann, H. (2016). A New Angle on the Knobe Effect: Intentionality Correlates with Blame, not with Praise. Mind & Language, 31(2), 204–220. https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12101