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This notion plays a key role in the way that people ordinarily think about social categories (gender categories, religious categories, etc.) and also in the way that people think about individuals (the person you truly are deep down inside). But how exactly do people ascribe these essences? I present a series\u00a0of\u00a0new studies suggesting that people&#8217;s judgments\u00a0of\u00a0essence\u00a0can be affected in surprising ways with\u00a0value judgments.\u00a0These results provide support for the hypothesis that people&#8217;s ordinary notion\u00a0of\u00a0essence\u00a0is not a purely value-free scientific notion but a notion that is infused through and through with values.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joshua Knobe is a professor at Yale University, appointed both in the program in cognitive science and in the department of philosophy. Most of his research is in the field of experimental philosophy. 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