Shaun Nichols

Shaun Nichols is a professor in the Philosophy department at the University of Arizona. He received his PhD. in Philosophy from Rutgers in 1992 under the supervision of Stephen Stichand his BA in Philosophy from Stanford. His early work was concerned primarily with questions in theory of mind. Subsequently, he became a leading contributor to experimental philosophy and was awarded the Stanton Prize by the Society for Philosophy and Psychology in 2005. He is also currently a member of the Experimental Philosophy Lab at the University of Arizona.

Nichols's current research projects are in experimental philosophy, moral psychology, cultural evolution, free will, and the self.

Experimental philosophy

In his work within experimental philosophy, Nichols has addressed questions about cross-cultural differences in semantic intuitions, free will, intentional action, the nature of moral judgment, and a number of other key philosophical concepts.