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Frances Egan
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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
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
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
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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
excellent new book by Ken Aizawa

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It is out in hard copy!

#philsci #hps
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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It is out in hard copy!

#philsci #hps
December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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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
some unexpected visitors this morning
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Ken Aizawa's excellent new book is now available, open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
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
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
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
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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
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
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
RIP Brian Cantwell Smith. His work should be much better known.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xyxk0l
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. Very sad… his work should be much better known.
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
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Academic conferences should do "Authors-Meet-Haters" sessions
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 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
July 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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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
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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...
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