XJur.https://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.social/post/3muf5ihde2k23In this new pre-print, I argue that we can represent normative positions about adjudication and conceptual stances on legal validity as Venn diagrams. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=736643831 Aug 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:t32alyn4eijbq27awtpady6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf5ihde2k23https://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.social/post/3mk66p4pqek2rNew paper w/ Faisal Feroz, Justin Lim, and @lawstuff.bsky.social. What makes an authority legitimate? *Rules* are legitimate when they benefit their addressees, but *officials* are legitimate when they are selected according to appropriate (but not necessarily democratic) procedure. bit.ly/41LYerL https://bit.ly/41LYerL23 Apr 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:t32alyn4eijbq27awtpady6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk66p4pqek2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.social/post/3mgasludre22uThanks a lot for the generous and lovely review @izaskoczen.bsky.social !! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:t32alyn4eijbq27awtpady6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgasludre22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.social/post/3lu46jbzr6s27I just posted a new pre-print where I argue that dual character concepts are something new and interesting in legal philosophy and beyond and that they can't be reduced to ambiguity, prototypes, or metalinguistic negotiations. Comments are very welcome! https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=535467916 Jul 2025 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:t32alyn4eijbq27awtpady6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu46jbzr6s27https://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.social/post/3lnnify373c2jNow out @ Journal of Research in Personality (free until June): https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1k%7EqWL4LDE1%7Eu We found evidence that trait empathy correlates with purposivism in rule violation judgments. Also: most people share a single concept that seems to have a dual character structure. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:t32alyn4eijbq27awtpady6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnify373c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.social/post/3lk4ytgwitc2kShort thread on the latest paper led by @joseluiz.bsky.social w/ @lawstuff.bsky.social: arxiv.org/abs/2503.00992 The paper addresses two issues w/ previous machine psychology papers (including our own): 1) are LLMs mastering concepts, or are they memorizing the data? 1/14 https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.0099211 Mar 2025 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:t32alyn4eijbq27awtpady6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4ytgwitc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.social/post/3liie6uep4s2rNew paper led by Priscila Andrade investigating different theories about precedent. bit.ly/4hH6QpJ Whether the law has changed with a new decision depends on your concept of precedent. When facts are the same and the outcome differs, the law has changed, but what about other combinations?18 Feb 2025 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:t32alyn4eijbq27awtpady6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3liie6uep4s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.social/post/3l76nwswq3t2yAmazing work led by @neeleengelmann.bsky.social. Super proud to be a part of it!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2024 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:t32alyn4eijbq27awtpady6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3l76nwswq3t2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/almeida2808.bsky.social/post/3l4cos44lyx2qTorcendo pra essa rede pegar!16 Sep 2024 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:t32alyn4eijbq27awtpady6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4cos44lyx2q