Folk dualism · personal identity · moral psychology
Experimental philosopher working on folk dualism, personal identity, moral psychology, robots, enhancement and empirical approaches to philosophical intuitions.
Michaela works on how people think about persons, minds, identity, moral responsibility and new technologies. Her work is directly relevant to XPhiRel because religious and supernatural cognition also depend on how people attribute minds, agency, souls and continuity of identity.
Overview
Her dissertation focused on folk dualism and two conceptual realms. Public academic sources list work in philosophy of mind, experimental philosophy, autonomous technologies, robots, neurotechnological enhancement and moral psychology.
Publications
- 2023Jukka Sundvall, Marianna Drosinou, Ivar Hannikainen, Kaisa Elovaara, Juho Halonen, Volo Herzon, Robin Kopecký, Michaela Jirout Košová, Mika Koverola, Anton Kunnari, Silva Perander, Teemu Saikkonen, Jussi Palomäki, Michael Laakasuo (2023). Innocence over utilitarianism: Heightened moral standards for robots in rescue dilemmas. European Journal of Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2936.
- 2022Robin Kopecky, Michaela Jirout Košová, Daniel D. Novotný, Jaroslav Flegr, David Černý (2022). How virtue signalling makes us better: moral preferences with respect to autonomous vehicle type choices. AI & SOCIETY. DOI: 10.1007/s00146-022-01461-8.
- 2022Mika Koverola, Anton Kunnari, Marianna Drosinou, Jussi Palomäki, Ivar R. Hannikainen, Michaela Jirout Košová, Robin Kopecký, Jukka Sundvall, Michael Laakasuo (2022). Treatments approved, boosts eschewed: Moral limits of neurotechnological enhancement. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104351.
- 2021Michaela Jirout Košová, Robin Kopecký, Pavel Oulovský, Matěj Nekvinda, Jaroslav Flegr (2021). My friend’s true self: Children’s concept of personal identity. Philosophical Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2020.1860209.
- 2021Pavel Oulovský, Michaela Košová, Robin Kopecký, Kenneth D. Locke (2021). Circumplex Scales of Interpersonal Values–Czech Version. PsycTESTS Dataset. DOI: 10.1037/t78528-000.
- 2021Jukka Reima Ilmari Sundvall, Marianna Drosinou, Ivar Rodríguez Hannikainen, Kaisa Elovaara, Juho Halonen, Volo Herzon, Robin Kopecky, Michaela Jirout Košová, Mika Koverola, Anton Kunnari, Silva Perander, Teemu Saikkonen, Jussi Palomäki, Michael Laakasuo (2021). Innocence over utilitarianism – Heightened Moral Standards for Robots in Rescue Dilemmas PREPRINT. Center for Open Science. DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/2p3ke.
- 2020Michaela Jirout Košová (2020). Skúmanie významu experimentálnej filozofie skrze koncept osobnej identity. Filosofický časopis. DOI: 10.46854/fc.2020.4r.581.
- 2015Michaela Košová (2015). Compatibilism and Conscious Will. FILOSOFIE DNES. DOI: 10.26806/fd.v7i1.184.
- 2014Michaela Košová (2014). Skutočná podstata ja. Pro-Fil. DOI: 10.5817/pf15-3-998.
Public talks & media
- 2023Robofilosofie 2FAIRFILM, with Robin Kopecký
- 2021Experimentálna filozofia ako nástroj skúmania ľudového dualizmu (Experimental philosophy as a tool for studying folk dualism)University of Hradec Králové public lecture
- 2019New Philosophy of the 20th Century – Experimental PhilosophyPrague Museum Night
- 2018
- 2018ESPP 2018 Rijeka and Ernst Mach Workshop VIIGAUK result record
- 2017Path to the Depths of the Concept of SoulPátečníci / Sisyfos, listed in CV
- 2017Brain-Mind-Soul-ConsciousnessStarCon, listed in CV
- 2017The Essential Moral ChildInstitute of Cognitive Science workshop, Osnabrück, listed in CV
- 2016Can Machines Think?Pátečníci / Sisyfos, listed in CV
- 2014Philosophy of ConsciousnessPátečníci / Sisyfos, listed in CV