• Philosophy researcher at U. of Bern, CH • Work on communication and emotion – slurs, implicatures, speech acts, natural meaning, values, human-AI interaction, propaganda, music, emotional appeal, … • Website: https://sites.google.com/view/constant-bonardhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3mlkte7pqv22z💚 Ever wondered about the role that emotions can play for environmental mitigation? Listen to my take on this question in this podcast episode 💚 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkte7pqv22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3mlkswjw3cs2zTrès fier d'avoir participé à cette ouvrage avec un chapitre sur les émotions musicales 🎶 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkswjw3cs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3mjw7fl322s2sNouvel article tout public : "La musique à l’ère de l’IA : Y a-t-il des raisons d’être optimiste ?" J’aborde la question de l’IA dans la création musicale avec un enthousiasme prudent, en me concentrant sur les nouvelles formes de pratiques artistiques qui peuvent en émerger. https://wafwafcroquettes.substack.com/p/la-musique-a-lere-de-lia-y-a-t-il?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer&triedRedirect=true20 Apr 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjw7fl322s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3mj2uy3vgsc25 😡 Is anger always hostile? 🤬 🎙️ In this new episode of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast, I'm joined by Laura Silva @proflaurasilva.bsky.social who challenges a deeply entrenched assumption about anger and shows what we miss when we treat it as purely destructive. 🎧 Listen now on all platforms https://thecogsproject.substack.com/p/episode-7-laura-silva-on-anger09 Apr 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2uy3vgsc25https://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3mhidcbde5c2fHere is a preprint of my new article "Are Emotions Key to Political Engagement? The Case of Environmental Mitigation" 
 Spoiler: They aren't 🤷‍♂️ Based on psychological theories of emotion, I cast doubt on ambitious expectations about the power of emotions for political engagement. https://philpapers.org/go.pl?aid=BONAEK20 Mar 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhidcbde5c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3mhaxtjkdcc27Do emotions drive political engagement?
 A busy pizzeria takes many orders and makes many pizzas, but its busyness doesn’t *cause* these, except via feedback effects. Likewise, I argue here, emotions correlate with new evaluations and motivations, but don’t *cause* them, except via feedback effects. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13164-026-00813-317 Mar 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaxtjkdcc27https://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3mgrlemm5322tNouvel épisode de _Philosophy of Emotion_ 🎙️ — en français ! Avec Julien Deonna et Fabrice Teroni, nous discutons de **l’attitudinalisme**, la fameuse théorie des émotions qu’ils développent ensemble depuis plus de 15 ans 🫀 https://open.substack.com/pub/thecogsproject/p/episode-6-julien-deonna-and-fabrice?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web:11 Mar 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrlemm5322thttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3meipjl5lac2p✨💖✨ Romantic love? What is that? Listen to the latest episode of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast to find out what @lopezcantero.bsky.social has to say! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3meipjl5lac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3ltjijb3k5k2pCheck out the new episode of our podcast 😃 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2025 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjijb3k5k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3lr47ylfe4s2kWe’re excited to share the latest episode of the Philosophy of Emotion Podcast! 🎙️💭💗 @alfredarcher.bsky.social joins @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social to discuss affective artifacts and affective injustice. https://open.substack.com/pub/thecogsproject/p/episode-3-alfred-archer-on-statues?r=5h64nr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email08 Jun 2025 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr47ylfe4s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3losk6vocv22uWe're very happy to release Ep. 2 of the Philosophy of Emotion podcast! @kkthomason.bsky.social on shame and negative emotions 🫣, interviewed by @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social Hope you enjoy it! https://open.substack.com/pub/thecogsproject/p/episode-2-krista-thomason-on-shame?r=5h64nr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email10 May 2025 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3losk6vocv22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3lnzgakhwqs2tChouette, un article pas catastrophiste sur le sujet. Mais un peu trop optimiste ? N’explique pas les recommandations « de bon sens » citées à la toute fin, comme : pas de réseaux sociaux avant 15 ans, pas d’écran avant 3 ans, pas de smartphone avant 11 ans. Aurais apprécié :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzgakhwqs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3lma6ebkmpk2iWhat’s missing for today’s AI to be like 𝐻𝑒𝑟’s Samantha? Could AI ever fall in love with us—not just the other way around? Super glad to have been invited to talk about such questions at the film festival "Rencontres du 7e Art" to introduce Spike Jonze's 2013 visionary movie. Photo by Alizée Quinche07 Apr 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lma6ebkmpk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3lm67b76jek2f🎧 Ben Matheson and I are launching this new podcast series. Stay tuned! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Apr 2025 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm67b76jek2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3lkqbl2dxzc2yFor my Paris friends interested in AI: I definitely recommend going to this event and following the AI-Phi group 🤖 [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Mar 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqbl2dxzc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3lk6gghtees2sAnother cool contribution to what I call the « mental-behavioral methodology » for studying AI psychology. Kudos 🦾🤖 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Mar 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6gghtees2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3ljullcwjac24Can AI truly understand our emotional expressions? Super glad to have explored this question as an invited alumnus for the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences’ 20th anniversary 🎂 It was a great event! www.unige.ch/cisa/events/... Happy to share the manuscript if you’re interested 🤖08 Mar 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljullcwjac24https://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3ljhp5l47rs2fVery happy to be among these 28 others 😃 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2025 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljhp5l47rs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbonard.bsky.social/post/3liopprnlg22qTotally agree with this! I highlight such "justaic" problems in this paper published last year and discuss in some detail the mental-behavioral alternative: philpapers.org/rec/BONCAA-3 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:vaawkgao6jkleblfoxrtuhlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3liopprnlg22q