Journal articles
Schwitzgebel, D., Falck., A., Decroix, J., Strickland, B., Papeo, L., & Wittenberg, E. (2026). Encapsulation of the visual perception of social events from semantic priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance [paper] [preprint]
Schwitzgebel, D., & Peperkamp, S. (2026). Linguistic typology and learning biases: a study of syllable-copy reduplication across modalities. Glossa: Psycholinguistics [paper]
Guan, C.*, Schwitzgebel, D.*, Firestone, C., & Hafri, A. (2026). Part-whole effects in visual number estimation. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics [paper]
*co-first authors
Schwitzgebel, E., Schwitzgebel, D., & Strasser, A. (2023). Creating a large language model of a philosopher. Mind & Language [preprint] [paper]
Schwitzgebel, D., & Peperkamp, S. (2026). Linguistic typology and learning biases: a study of syllable-copy reduplication across modalities. Glossa: Psycholinguistics [paper]
Guan, C.*, Schwitzgebel, D.*, Firestone, C., & Hafri, A. (2026). Part-whole effects in visual number estimation. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics [paper]
*co-first authors
Schwitzgebel, E., Schwitzgebel, D., & Strasser, A. (2023). Creating a large language model of a philosopher. Mind & Language [preprint] [paper]
Manuscripts (drafts available on request)
Schwitzgebel, D., Rissman, L., & Strickland, B. (under review). The conceptual prominence of the core Agent/Patient distinction is enhanced by grammatical context.
Schwitzgebel, D., Strickland, B., & Hafri, A. (in prep). Causal transfer beyond force: Rapid inference of property inheritance from Agent to Patient in causal events.
Schwitzgebel, D., Kuhn, J., Hafri, A., Strickland, B., Peperkamp, S., & Winter, B. (in prep) Spatiotemporally iconic boundaries: crosslinguistic transparency of the telic/atelic and count/mass distinctions
Schwitzgebel, D., Strickland, B., & Hafri, A. (in prep). Causal transfer beyond force: Rapid inference of property inheritance from Agent to Patient in causal events.
Schwitzgebel, D., Kuhn, J., Hafri, A., Strickland, B., Peperkamp, S., & Winter, B. (in prep) Spatiotemporally iconic boundaries: crosslinguistic transparency of the telic/atelic and count/mass distinctions
Presentations & peer-reviewed conference proceedings
Schwitzgebel, D., Strickland, B., & Hafri, A. (2026). Causal property transfer: A new perceptual event type constrained by intuitive physics [talk]. SPP: Society for Philosophy & Psychology, 2026
Schwitzgebel, D., Strickland, B., & Hafri, A. (2026). Causal property transfer: A new perceptual event type constrained by intuitive physics [poster presentation]. VSS: Vision Sciences Society, 2026.
Schwitzgebel, D. & Hafri, A. (2025). Causal transfer beyond force: Rapid inference of property inheritance from Agent to Patient in causal events [poster presentation]. VSS: Vision Sciences Society, 2025. [abstract]
Schwitzgebel, D. & Hafri, A. (2025). Causal transfer beyond force: Rapid inference of property inheritance from Agent to Patient in causal events [poster presentation]. SPP: Society for Philosophy & Psychology, 2025.
Schwitzgebel, D. Falck, A., Decroix, J. Strickland, B., Papeo, L., & Wittenberg, E. (2024). Encapsulation of the Visual Perception of Social Events from Semantic Priming [poster presentation]. SPP: Society for Philosophy & Psychology, 2024.
Schwitzgebel, D. Falck, A., Decroix, J. Strickland, B., Papeo, L., & Wittenberg, E. (2024). Encapsulation of the Visual Perception of Social Events from Semantic Priming [talk]. ESPP: European Society for Philosophy & Psychology, 2024.
Schwitzgebel, D., Rissman, L., & Strickland, B. (2023). Accessibility of Agent and Patient roles is shaped by context [poster presentation]. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 45. [abstract]
Schwitzgebel, D., Rissman, L., & Strickland, B. (2023). Accessibility of Agent-Patient thematic roles depends on context. [poster presentation]. SPP: Society for Philosophy & Psychology, 2023.
Schwitzgebel, D., Rissman, L., & Strickland, B. (2022). Context-dependent conceptual prominence of the Agent-Patient distinction [talk]. AGORA – Workshop on Agents, Objects & Relations.
Decroix, J., Falck, A., Schwitzgebel, D., Papeo, L., Strickland, B. & Wittenberg, E. (2022). Linguistic effects on rapid visual processing of social scenes [poster presentation]. Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing.
Schwitzgebel, D., Guan, C., Hafri, A., & Firestone, C. (2022). Possible objects count: An influence of possibility on perceived numerosity [talk]. Langage, pensée et perception—Centre atlantique de philosophie, Université de Nantes.
Guan, C., Schwitzgebel, D., Hafri, A., & Firestone, C. (2020). Possible objects count: Perceived numerosity is altered by representations of possibility [poster presentation]. Vision Sciences Society 2020, Virtual Conference. [abstract]
Schwitzgebel, D., Strickland, B., & Hafri, A. (2026). Causal property transfer: A new perceptual event type constrained by intuitive physics [poster presentation]. VSS: Vision Sciences Society, 2026.
Schwitzgebel, D. & Hafri, A. (2025). Causal transfer beyond force: Rapid inference of property inheritance from Agent to Patient in causal events [poster presentation]. VSS: Vision Sciences Society, 2025. [abstract]
Schwitzgebel, D. & Hafri, A. (2025). Causal transfer beyond force: Rapid inference of property inheritance from Agent to Patient in causal events [poster presentation]. SPP: Society for Philosophy & Psychology, 2025.
Schwitzgebel, D. Falck, A., Decroix, J. Strickland, B., Papeo, L., & Wittenberg, E. (2024). Encapsulation of the Visual Perception of Social Events from Semantic Priming [poster presentation]. SPP: Society for Philosophy & Psychology, 2024.
Schwitzgebel, D. Falck, A., Decroix, J. Strickland, B., Papeo, L., & Wittenberg, E. (2024). Encapsulation of the Visual Perception of Social Events from Semantic Priming [talk]. ESPP: European Society for Philosophy & Psychology, 2024.
Schwitzgebel, D., Rissman, L., & Strickland, B. (2023). Accessibility of Agent and Patient roles is shaped by context [poster presentation]. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 45. [abstract]
Schwitzgebel, D., Rissman, L., & Strickland, B. (2023). Accessibility of Agent-Patient thematic roles depends on context. [poster presentation]. SPP: Society for Philosophy & Psychology, 2023.
Schwitzgebel, D., Rissman, L., & Strickland, B. (2022). Context-dependent conceptual prominence of the Agent-Patient distinction [talk]. AGORA – Workshop on Agents, Objects & Relations.
Decroix, J., Falck, A., Schwitzgebel, D., Papeo, L., Strickland, B. & Wittenberg, E. (2022). Linguistic effects on rapid visual processing of social scenes [poster presentation]. Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing.
Schwitzgebel, D., Guan, C., Hafri, A., & Firestone, C. (2022). Possible objects count: An influence of possibility on perceived numerosity [talk]. Langage, pensée et perception—Centre atlantique de philosophie, Université de Nantes.
Guan, C., Schwitzgebel, D., Hafri, A., & Firestone, C. (2020). Possible objects count: Perceived numerosity is altered by representations of possibility [poster presentation]. Vision Sciences Society 2020, Virtual Conference. [abstract]
Book chapters
Schwitzgebel, D. & Schwitzgebel, E. (2023). Uncle Iroh, from Fool to Sage -- or Sage All Along? in J. De Smedt, H. De Cruz, W. Irvin, and A. Ehasz, eds., Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy, Blackwell.