Marco Facchin
@marcofacchin.bsky.social
Postdoc at UAntwerp providing your daily dose of eliminativism.
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Marco Facchin
@marcofacchin.bsky.social
· Mar 23
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Finally had some free time (& will) to upload new preprints on: representation-hunger, illusionism & fictionalism. Soon(ish) you can also expect a preprint on radical embodiment and cognitive ontology - on you can wait and hear me talk about that at NMO (most likely).
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New on the Archive:
Bich, Leonardo and Bechtel, William (2026) Autonomy and Heterarchy: Organizing Control in Biological Organisms. Outonomy: Fleshing out the Concept of Autonomy Beyond the Individual. pp. 23-32.
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27196/
Bich, Leonardo and Bechtel, William (2026) Autonomy and Heterarchy: Organizing Control in Biological Organisms. Outonomy: Fleshing out the Concept of Autonomy Beyond the Individual. pp. 23-32.
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27196/
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New on the Archive:
Bich, Leonardo and Bechtel, William (2026) Autonomy and Heterarchy: Organizing Control in Biological Organisms. Outonomy: Fleshing out the Concept of Autonomy Beyond the Individual. pp. 23-32.
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27196/
Bich, Leonardo and Bechtel, William (2026) Autonomy and Heterarchy: Organizing Control in Biological Organisms. Outonomy: Fleshing out the Concept of Autonomy Beyond the Individual. pp. 23-32.
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27196/
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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New on the Archive:
Meneganzin, Andra (2025) The Fate of Behavioral Modernity. [Preprint]
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27162/
Meneganzin, Andra (2025) The Fate of Behavioral Modernity. [Preprint]
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27162/
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New on the Archive:
Meneganzin, Andra (2025) The Fate of Behavioral Modernity. [Preprint]
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27162/
Meneganzin, Andra (2025) The Fate of Behavioral Modernity. [Preprint]
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27162/
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peer reviewers when you try to sneak in irony
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
peer reviewers when you try to sneak in irony
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Cover of new book.
July 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Cover of new book.
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Had to share this from twitter just because
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Had to share this from twitter just because
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My article "When Engrams Become Exograms: Organic Data Memory and Biological Memory Extension" is now available open access from Review of Philosophy and Psychology.
This is part of a special issue on "Memory and Technology: 4E Perspectives"
This is part of a special issue on "Memory and Technology: 4E Perspectives"
When Engrams Become Exograms: Organic Data Memory and Biological Memory Extension - Review of Philosophy and Psychology
The advent of novel technologies has bolstered the idea of extended memory, where memory processes extend beyond the human body or brain. However, investigations of extended memory, and extended cogni...
link.springer.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
My article "When Engrams Become Exograms: Organic Data Memory and Biological Memory Extension" is now available open access from Review of Philosophy and Psychology.
This is part of a special issue on "Memory and Technology: 4E Perspectives"
This is part of a special issue on "Memory and Technology: 4E Perspectives"
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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 ...
www.tandfonline.com
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....
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Huzzah! The PhilSci preprint archive for #philsci papers is finally on Bsky! Give them a follow to keep up with latest work in field ⬇️
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Huzzah! The PhilSci preprint archive for #philsci papers is finally on Bsky! Give them a follow to keep up with latest work in field ⬇️
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
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My commentary on @anilseth.bsky.social's BBS article: philpapers.org/rec/MICBOF. We should bet on functionalism.
Matthias Michel, Bet on functionalism - PhilPapers
I argue that there is currently no alternative to functionalism. Functionalism explains the differences between types of mental states. No biological theory does. Functionalist theories account for th...
philpapers.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My commentary on @anilseth.bsky.social's BBS article: philpapers.org/rec/MICBOF. We should bet on functionalism.
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Live NOW
Fiona Macpherson (University of Glasgow) - A problem for determining the structural features of experience: a pessimistic meta-induction
Fiona Macpherson (University of Glasgow) - A problem for determining the structural features of experience: a pessimistic meta-induction
October 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Live NOW
Fiona Macpherson (University of Glasgow) - A problem for determining the structural features of experience: a pessimistic meta-induction
Fiona Macpherson (University of Glasgow) - A problem for determining the structural features of experience: a pessimistic meta-induction
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Our first keynote of ISPSM 2025 kicks off with Sabrina Coninx @sconinxphil.bsky.social media who is speaking about disruptive technologies and human niche construction! 📡
Bluesky
Ssconinxphil.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Our first keynote of ISPSM 2025 kicks off with Sabrina Coninx @sconinxphil.bsky.social media who is speaking about disruptive technologies and human niche construction! 📡
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Live N O W
Keynote Talk: Sabrina Coninx (UVA) - Distruptive Technology and Human Niche Construction
Keynote Talk: Sabrina Coninx (UVA) - Distruptive Technology and Human Niche Construction
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Live N O W
Keynote Talk: Sabrina Coninx (UVA) - Distruptive Technology and Human Niche Construction
Keynote Talk: Sabrina Coninx (UVA) - Distruptive Technology and Human Niche Construction
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#PhiMiSci published a new standalone article: In “What active inference still can’t do: The (frame) problem that just won’t go away”, Darius Parvizi-Wayne argues that both new and old attempts to solve the frame problem on the basis of the active inference framework are explanatorily inadequate.
What active inference still can’t do: The (frame) problem that just won’t go away
| 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
October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#PhiMiSci published a new standalone article: In “What active inference still can’t do: The (frame) problem that just won’t go away”, Darius Parvizi-Wayne argues that both new and old attempts to solve the frame problem on the basis of the active inference framework are explanatorily inadequate.
My paper on Predictive Processing and structure function mapping is finally officially out on Biology & Philosophy.
Readcube here, rdcu.be/eMiw7 & abstract in the comments
#philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
Readcube here, rdcu.be/eMiw7 & abstract in the comments
#philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
Structure and function in the predictive brain
rdcu.be
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
My paper on Predictive Processing and structure function mapping is finally officially out on Biology & Philosophy.
Readcube here, rdcu.be/eMiw7 & abstract in the comments
#philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
Readcube here, rdcu.be/eMiw7 & abstract in the comments
#philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
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Join us for another year celebrating ISPSM!
Registration still open - and still free to all.
Registration still open - and still free to all.
💫 Our conference #ISPSM25 is just around the corner (24-26 October). We hope to see you there! ✨
Visit our website for more information about the programme and to register: www.ispsmind.com/internationa...
Visit our website for more information about the programme and to register: www.ispsmind.com/internationa...
a sea otter is swimming in the water .
Alt: a sea otter is floating in the water and clapping its paws
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October 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Join us for another year celebrating ISPSM!
Registration still open - and still free to all.
Registration still open - and still free to all.
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we need a way to fine and jail perpetrators of slopaganda
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
we need a way to fine and jail perpetrators of slopaganda
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Someone updated this meme.
October 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Someone updated this meme.
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Linker & Jacobs should both know better. It is not reasonable to demand, as a condition of opposing Trump's 'compact', that liberals admit - what clearly isn't true - that the Biden administration's transgender policies were a pretextual, bad faith effort to exclude conservatives from employment.
October 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Linker & Jacobs should both know better. It is not reasonable to demand, as a condition of opposing Trump's 'compact', that liberals admit - what clearly isn't true - that the Biden administration's transgender policies were a pretextual, bad faith effort to exclude conservatives from employment.
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HELLO THERE, from this white-browed coucal in #Serengeti. And happy #flyday.
#birds #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife #nikon
#birds #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife #nikon
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
HELLO THERE, from this white-browed coucal in #Serengeti. And happy #flyday.
#birds #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife #nikon
#birds #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife #nikon
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Latest papers: Marco Facchin shows how Toon’s fictionalism entails a specific form of the extended mind thesis doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky. #philpsy
August 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Latest papers: Marco Facchin shows how Toon’s fictionalism entails a specific form of the extended mind thesis doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky. #philpsy
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In a new paper, Keith Allen and colleagues show that people vacillate between at least two views of seeing: a) we see things themselves, and b) we see things indirectly via mental images and inference. Both are "common sense." Read the whole paper here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Scientific or naïve? Perceptions of direct and indirect realism, and why they matter
Philosophical debates about the nature of perception are standardly informed by an empirical assumption about folk beliefs: They assume there is such a thing as “the” common-sense conception of visio...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In a new paper, Keith Allen and colleagues show that people vacillate between at least two views of seeing: a) we see things themselves, and b) we see things indirectly via mental images and inference. Both are "common sense." Read the whole paper here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”
Same shit different era.
Same shit different era.
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”
Same shit different era.
Same shit different era.
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Happy to share that our BBS target article has been accepted: “Core Perception”: Re-imagining Precocious Reasoning as Sophisticated Perceiving
With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014...
A short thread [1/5]👇
With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014...
A short thread [1/5]👇
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Happy to share that our BBS target article has been accepted: “Core Perception”: Re-imagining Precocious Reasoning as Sophisticated Perceiving
With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014...
A short thread [1/5]👇
With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014...
A short thread [1/5]👇