I am an assistant professor at the University of the Balearic Islands, specializing in moral psychology, and applied ethics. I earned my M.A. and Ph.D. in Human Evolution and Cognition from the same institution, where I was funded by an FPU pre-doctoral fellowship. Additionally, I earned an M.A. in Philosophy at Florida State University while working as a teaching assistant. After that, I received Margarita Salas and Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellowships to conduct research at the University of Granada. I have also undertaken research stays at the University of Antwerp, Yale University, Tilburg University and University of Oxford. My research interests lie in the field of moral psychology, with a particular focus on topics such as blame, empathy, moral motivation and self-deception. I am also interested in applied ethics, particularly in mental health ethics and ethics of emotion.
Featured Project
Name: The Cognitive Bases of Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare Funding Agency: Fundació Víctor Grífols i Lucas. Reference: PID2021-122987OA-I00. Start-End date: 23/10/2023 – 22/10/2024.
Individuals with medical conditions, particularly psychiatric ones, are often judged to be less credible due to biases associated with their status as patients. This form of discrimination is termed “epistemic injustice,” and it arises when individuals from specific social groups are regarded as less capable of possessing valid knowledge or seen as less credible compared to others.
This project explores the cognitive foundations of epistemic injustice in healthcare, using the experimental method to investigate the cognitive underpinnings of this form of discrimination. In particular, the authors examine whether epistemic injustice in individuals with clinical diagnoses is influenced by factors such as the impact of the label implied by the diagnosis, the epistemic privilege given to scientific and medical evidence, and the influence of the clinical context.
Featured Papers
- Isern‐Mas, C., Bystranowski, P., Rueda, J., & Hannikainen, I. R. (2024). Does Momentary Outcome‐Based Reflection Shape Bioethical Views? A Pre‐Post Intervention Design. Cognitive Science, 48(11), e70009. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70009
Isern-Mas, C. & Hannikainen, I.R. (2024). Self-Deception: A Case Study in Folk Conceptual Structure. Review of Philosophy and Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-024-00743-y - Isern-Mas, C. (2023). Implementing conceptual engineering: lessons from social movements. Inquiry, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2023.2253274
- Barone, P., Isern-Mas, C. & Pérez-Manrique, A. (2022). The Implications of the Second-Person Perspective for Personhood. An Application to the case of Human Infants and Non-human Primates. Teorema: Revista Internacional de Filosofía, 41(2), 133-150. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=860130