Frances Egan
@francesegan.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Rutgers University; Philosophy of Mind/Cognitive Science. Now living in south Texas
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"The president dropped his demand for a $200 million payment from Harvard, lowering the bar for a potential deal." The New York Times calling extortion a "deal."
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 AM
"The president dropped his demand for a $200 million payment from Harvard, lowering the bar for a potential deal." The New York Times calling extortion a "deal."
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Canada's PM Mark Carney at Davos: “The middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, we’re are on the menu."
January 21, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Canada's PM Mark Carney at Davos: “The middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, we’re are on the menu."
The Brains Blog is hosting a symposium on my book Deflating Mental Representation this week. Comments by Mazviita Chirimuuta, Caitlin Mace & Adina Roskies, and Oron Shagrir.
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Frankie Egan: Brains Blog precis of Deflating Mental Representation — The Brains Blog
Brains Blog precis of Deflating Mental Representation In the book I propose what I call a deflationary account of mental representation, characterized by three claims: (1…
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January 12, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The Brains Blog is hosting a symposium on my book Deflating Mental Representation this week. Comments by Mazviita Chirimuuta, Caitlin Mace & Adina Roskies, and Oron Shagrir.
philosophyofbrains.com/2026/01/12/f...
philosophyofbrains.com/2026/01/12/f...
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Reposted by Frances Egan
So... if the head of a country is acting illegally, other countries can go in and physically remove him and try him for his crimes in their own country? Tell me more...
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
So... if the head of a country is acting illegally, other countries can go in and physically remove him and try him for his crimes in their own country? Tell me more...
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
my comments on Michael Kirchhoff's book *The Idealized Mind*, on the Brains Blog
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Frances Egan: Some Physical Systems (Literally) Compute — The Brains Blog
Some Physical Systems (Literally) ComputeFrances Egan Rutgers University In his ambitious new book, Michael Kirchhoff argues that computational models cannot be literally true …
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December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
my comments on Michael Kirchhoff's book *The Idealized Mind*, on the Brains Blog
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philosophyofbrains.com/2025/12/03/s...
I'm talking about belief tomorrow
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Belief and its linguistic representation, com Frances Egan (Rutgers University)
YouTube video by Sociedade Brasileira de Filosofia Analítica - SBFA
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December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm talking about belief tomorrow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ka4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ka4...
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accuracy-first epiceries
Trump on Mamdani: "We had some interesting conversation and some of his ideas are really the same ideas that I have. But a big thing on cost. The new word is 'affordability.' Another word is just 'groceries.' It's sort of an old fashioned word but it's very accurate."
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
accuracy-first epiceries
some unexpected visitors this morning
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
some unexpected visitors this morning
Ken Aizawa's excellent new book is now available, open access:
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Compositional Abduction and Scientific Interpretation
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Compositional Abduction and Scientific Interpretation
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November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ken Aizawa's excellent new book is now available, open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
Call for Papers: Book Symposium on "Deflating Mental Representation" by Frances Egan
| Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
philosophymindscience.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
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🚨New publication🚨: my paper 'What motivates mental fictionalism?' is part of a Philosophical Psychology symposium on Mind As Metaphor by @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social. Available at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What motivates mental fictionalism?
Mental fictionalists propose that we should continue to engage in truth-conditional discourse about the mind, even though we have reason to believe that the discourse lacks truthmakers. In Mind As ...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🚨New publication🚨: my paper 'What motivates mental fictionalism?' is part of a Philosophical Psychology symposium on Mind As Metaphor by @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social. Available at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My brother, Sean Egan , and nephew Francis, opening the Toronto Stock Exchange this morning, on Global Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Recognizing Sean's work on breast cancer.
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My brother, Sean Egan , and nephew Francis, opening the Toronto Stock Exchange this morning, on Global Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Recognizing Sean's work on breast cancer.
Shamelessly promoting my favorite paper. Everybody who was anybody in the history of science/philosophy/mathematics had a view on the moon illusion. frances-egan.org/uploads/3/5/...
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October 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Shamelessly promoting my favorite paper. Everybody who was anybody in the history of science/philosophy/mathematics had a view on the moon illusion. frances-egan.org/uploads/3/5/...
RIP Brian Cantwell Smith. His work should be much better known.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xyxk0l
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Brian Cantwell Smith : "The philosophy of computation: meaning, mechanism, mystery"
Dailymotion video by Alexandre Monnin
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September 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
RIP Brian Cantwell Smith. His work should be much better known.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xyxk0l
www.dailymotion.com/video/xyxk0l
RIP. Very sad… his work should be much better known.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xyxk0l
www.dailymotion.com/video/xyxk0l
Brian Cantwell Smith : "The philosophy of computation: meaning, mechanism, mystery"
Dailymotion video by Alexandre Monnin
www.dailymotion.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
RIP. Very sad… his work should be much better known.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xyxk0l
www.dailymotion.com/video/xyxk0l
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Academic conferences should do "Authors-Meet-Haters" sessions
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Academic conferences should do "Authors-Meet-Haters" sessions
the weather at the top of the Col du Tourmalet today was very similar to the 2010 Tour de France, when we were there
July 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
the weather at the top of the Col du Tourmalet today was very similar to the 2010 Tour de France, when we were there
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Thanks to Carrie Figdor for having me on her New Books in Philosophy podcast to talk about my book!
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Şerife Tekin,
Podcast Episode · New Books Network · 06/10/2025 · 1h 4m
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July 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thanks to Carrie Figdor for having me on her New Books in Philosophy podcast to talk about my book!
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New paper is out! This one is in analytic metaphysics of mind--I'm branching out!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The multiple action account of filling a role - Philosophical Studies
Philosophical Studies - Functionalism, the doctrine that tokens realize types in virtue of filling a functional role, remains a dominant view in the metaphysics of mind and of science. At the heart...
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July 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
New paper is out! This one is in analytic metaphysics of mind--I'm branching out!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...