Joe
@josephfgough.bsky.social
Writing a book arguing against the concept of mind; also researching mental health law. Based at Oxford. He/him. Joefgough.com
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Next, Joseph Gough addresses the relationship between phenomenal #consciousness and moral status in this open access article: doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
Phenomenal consciousness and moral status: taking the moral option
Intuitively, there is a close link between moral status and phenomenal consciousness. Taking the link seriously can serve as the basis of a proposal that appears to have a surprising number of theo...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Next, Joseph Gough addresses the relationship between phenomenal #consciousness and moral status in this open access article: doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
I have a new article! Doing a sort of mini-genealogy of the concept of mind in response to Toon's mental fictionalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mental fictionalism and the dangers of Cartesian apologia
Toon (2023) argues that “the mind is a useful fiction.” The mind, for Toon, is essentially an “inner world” or “inner grotto,” which is “private” and which “houses our mental states – our beliefs, ...
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April 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I have a new article! Doing a sort of mini-genealogy of the concept of mind in response to Toon's mental fictionalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I made a video for New Work in Philosophy on mind and self, from Descartes to the anti-Cartesians. Thanks @marcusarvan.bsky.social for the invite! youtu.be/tPXbnketu8I
Joseph Gough (Oxford), "The embodied, relational self: extending or rejecting the mind?"
YouTube video by New Work in Philosophy
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March 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I made a video for New Work in Philosophy on mind and self, from Descartes to the anti-Cartesians. Thanks @marcusarvan.bsky.social for the invite! youtu.be/tPXbnketu8I
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@josephfgough.bsky.social made a very cool, accessible video on the concept of the mind and why it’s less valuable today than it once was. A great teaching tool!! youtu.be/tPXbnketu8I
Joseph Gough (Oxford), "The embodied, relational self: extending or rejecting the mind?"
YouTube video by New Work in Philosophy
youtu.be
March 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
@josephfgough.bsky.social made a very cool, accessible video on the concept of the mind and why it’s less valuable today than it once was. A great teaching tool!! youtu.be/tPXbnketu8I
Giving bluesky a go! To tell the void that my latest article, '"Mind" and "Mental": Extended, Pluralistic, Eliminated' was just accepted in Synthese, arguing we should get rid of the concept of mind and category mental because they are confused, confusing, and harmful philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24024/
‘Mind’ and ‘mental’: extended, pluralistic, eliminated - PhilSci-Archive
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October 9, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Giving bluesky a go! To tell the void that my latest article, '"Mind" and "Mental": Extended, Pluralistic, Eliminated' was just accepted in Synthese, arguing we should get rid of the concept of mind and category mental because they are confused, confusing, and harmful philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24024/