Aliya Rumana
@aliyarumana.bsky.social
Philosophy of neuro, psych, and machine learning• researching explanation, modelling, and task design • asst prof at UT El Paso • U Arizona alum.
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Good news everyone: #Duke Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) are back!! We are now accepting applications for SSNAP 2026, which will take place from May 26 to June 6, 2026. #neuroscience #philosophy #brain Please spread the word! ssnap.submittable.com/submit
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November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Good news everyone: #Duke Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) are back!! We are now accepting applications for SSNAP 2026, which will take place from May 26 to June 6, 2026. #neuroscience #philosophy #brain Please spread the word! ssnap.submittable.com/submit
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@pessoabrain.bsky.social talks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @aliyarumana.bsky.social and Peter Ulric Tse about the need for neuroscience’s traditional mechanistic framework to give way to a richer understanding of how brains generate behavior.
#neuroskyence
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Beyond Newtonian causation in neuroscience
The traditional mechanistic framework must give way to a richer understanding of how brains actually generate behavior over time.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@pessoabrain.bsky.social talks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @aliyarumana.bsky.social and Peter Ulric Tse about the need for neuroscience’s traditional mechanistic framework to give way to a richer understanding of how brains generate behavior.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
What is "mechanism-task fit" and why should philosophers and neuroscientists care about it? Check out my post for The Feedback at @socphilneuro.bsky.social
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Explaining Mechanism-Task Fit in Neuroscience // By Aliya Rumana
By Aliya RumanaCenter for Philosophy of ScienceUniversity of Pittsburgh Abstract:David Marr famously argued that computational theory (i.e., analysis at the computational level) was required to exp…
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April 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What is "mechanism-task fit" and why should philosophers and neuroscientists care about it? Check out my post for The Feedback at @socphilneuro.bsky.social
thefeedback.blog/2025/04/22/e...
thefeedback.blog/2025/04/22/e...
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An upcoming philosophy of neuroscience conference CFP. The organizers strongly encourage submissions from neuroscientists doing population recording, & in particular short talks that draw on ongoing research to address the theoretical questions highlighted in the CFP:
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A Population Doctrine in Neuroscience Workshop
A Population Doctrine in Neuroscience Workshop (Call for Papers)
We are pleased to announce an interdisciplinary 2-day workshop held at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsb...
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April 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
An upcoming philosophy of neuroscience conference CFP. The organizers strongly encourage submissions from neuroscientists doing population recording, & in particular short talks that draw on ongoing research to address the theoretical questions highlighted in the CFP:
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Reminder that there's still time to submit to this nice online conference. Deadline is May 1st, 2025
Reminder that there's still time to submit to this nice online conference. Deadline is May 1st, 2025
3rd Online Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind
ISPSM 2025
3rd Annual Online Conference
Call for AbstractsThe International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind(ISPSM) is happy to invite all philosophers working on a...
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April 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Reminder that there's still time to submit to this nice online conference. Deadline is May 1st, 2025
Reminder that there's still time to submit to this nice online conference. Deadline is May 1st, 2025
New pub at the British Journal for Philosophy of Science!
"Explaining Mechanism-Task Fit in Neuroscience" (1/x)
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
"Explaining Mechanism-Task Fit in Neuroscience" (1/x)
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April 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New pub at the British Journal for Philosophy of Science!
"Explaining Mechanism-Task Fit in Neuroscience" (1/x)
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
"Explaining Mechanism-Task Fit in Neuroscience" (1/x)
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Very excited to announce ISPSM’s preliminary programme and call for abstracts for this year’s conference! ✨
Deadline for submission: 01/05/2025
See philevents.org/event/show/1... for full event details.
#philsky
Deadline for submission: 01/05/2025
See philevents.org/event/show/1... for full event details.
#philsky
March 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Very excited to announce ISPSM’s preliminary programme and call for abstracts for this year’s conference! ✨
Deadline for submission: 01/05/2025
See philevents.org/event/show/1... for full event details.
#philsky
Deadline for submission: 01/05/2025
See philevents.org/event/show/1... for full event details.
#philsky
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SPP 2025 will be at Cornell, June 18-21!
December 5, 2024 at 7:07 PM
SPP 2025 will be at Cornell, June 18-21!