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Brett Karlan

Arts and Humanities · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2015
Philosophy and History of ScienceNeuroscience and Music PerceptionEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationIdentity, Memory, and Therapy

Publications

11

Citations

299

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

11

Publishing since 2015

Research summary
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Brett Karlan works in philosophy, focusing on how people reason and make decisions, especially under uncertainty or with the help of algorithms and artificial intelligence. His work examines questions like whether AI decision-making systems owe explanations to the people affected by them, and how bias and heuristics (mental shortcuts) shape human thinking. Earlier in his career he also studied the neuroscience of music and memory, looking at how brain damage affects music-related recollection.

Philosophy of mind and cognitive scienceEthics of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-makingEpistemology (theory of knowledge and rational belief)Bias and heuristics in human reasoningNeuroscience of music and memory

Publication output has been steady but modest over the last decade, averaging about one paper per year, with no clear upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
172018: 1 publication18192020: 2 publications2202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 2 publications2242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Ratio×1
  • Australasian Journal of Philosophy×1
  • Ethics and Information Technology×1
  • Philosophy and Phenomenological Research×1
  • Psychomusicology Music Mind and Brain×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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