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“I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe, I was not offended, for I knew I had to rise above it all, or drown in my own shit” -George Clinton, Maggot Brain
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Surprised (not surprised) in a Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy search for Hypatia (philosopher/mathematician) in the 14 pages of results there is only one result on page 10 for the actual person (not journal/book titles refs). And that’s to use her murder as context of an ancient bloke’s plight.
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Surprised (not surprised) in a Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy search for Hypatia (philosopher/mathematician) in the 14 pages of results there is only one result on page 10 for the actual person (not journal/book titles refs). And that’s to use her murder as context of an ancient bloke’s plight.
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2 new papers on awareness and working memory
"Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: a multisite Registered Report"
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@theassc.bsky.social @matthiasmichel.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social (1)
"Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: a multisite Registered Report"
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
@theassc.bsky.social @matthiasmichel.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social (1)
Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: a multisite Registered Report
Abstract. Although in recent years some studies have found evidence suggesting that working memory (WM) may operate on unconscious perceptual contents, dec
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January 23, 2026 at 10:37 AM
2 new papers on awareness and working memory
"Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: a multisite Registered Report"
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
@theassc.bsky.social @matthiasmichel.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social (1)
"Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: a multisite Registered Report"
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
@theassc.bsky.social @matthiasmichel.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social (1)
Graham Priest Live!
Join me for a discussion with Graham Priest, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, as we discuss all things logic. Graham's website:
Join me for a discussion with Graham Priest, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, as we discuss all things logic. Graham's website:
Graham Priest Live!
Join me for a discussion with Graham Priest, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, as we discuss all things logic. Graham's website:
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January 23, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Graham Priest Live!
Join me for a discussion with Graham Priest, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, as we discuss all things logic. Graham's website:
Join me for a discussion with Graham Priest, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, as we discuss all things logic. Graham's website:
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻?
Almost always we average responses thus equating response variability with noise.
Well, we shouldn't because variability is also signal, not noise to be entirely discarded.
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Almost always we average responses thus equating response variability with noise.
Well, we shouldn't because variability is also signal, not noise to be entirely discarded.
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
January 21, 2026 at 5:53 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻?
Almost always we average responses thus equating response variability with noise.
Well, we shouldn't because variability is also signal, not noise to be entirely discarded.
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Almost always we average responses thus equating response variability with noise.
Well, we shouldn't because variability is also signal, not noise to be entirely discarded.
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
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Bas van Fraassen has won the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
Bas van Fraassen Wins Schock Prize - Daily Nous
Bastiaan "Bas" van Fraassen, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, has been awarded the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy. The Schock Prizes are bestowed by the Royal ...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Bas van Fraassen has won the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
SEP Entry on Higher-Order Theories Gets Worse
I am currently very, very busy, and I am not just talking about my attempt to get the true secret ending in my NG+ play through of Black Myth: Wukong, or how many celestial ribbons I need to upgrade my gear 😉 But seriously things are pretty hectic for…
I am currently very, very busy, and I am not just talking about my attempt to get the true secret ending in my NG+ play through of Black Myth: Wukong, or how many celestial ribbons I need to upgrade my gear 😉 But seriously things are pretty hectic for…
SEP Entry on Higher-Order Theories Gets Worse
I am currently very, very busy, and I am not just talking about my attempt to get the true secret ending in my NG+ play through of Black Myth: Wukong, or how many celestial ribbons I need to upgrade my gear 😉 But seriously things are pretty hectic for me all around. At LaGuardia I am teaching four classes in our short six week winter semester (General Psychology, Ethics and Moral Issues, Critical Thinking, and Introduction to Philosophy) and at New York University I am filling in as an adjunct for one semester teaching two undergraduate classes (Philosophical Applications of Cognitive Science and Minds and Machines).
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January 20, 2026 at 11:17 AM
SEP Entry on Higher-Order Theories Gets Worse
I am currently very, very busy, and I am not just talking about my attempt to get the true secret ending in my NG+ play through of Black Myth: Wukong, or how many celestial ribbons I need to upgrade my gear 😉 But seriously things are pretty hectic for…
I am currently very, very busy, and I am not just talking about my attempt to get the true secret ending in my NG+ play through of Black Myth: Wukong, or how many celestial ribbons I need to upgrade my gear 😉 But seriously things are pretty hectic for…
"Hume's Treatise is the foundational document of cognitive science: It made explicit, for the first time, the project of constructing an empirical psychology on the basis of the representational theory of mind; in effect, on the basis of the Theory of Ideas." -J. Fodor 👏👏🔥🔥🔥🥰😍🤩
January 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"Hume's Treatise is the foundational document of cognitive science: It made explicit, for the first time, the project of constructing an empirical psychology on the basis of the representational theory of mind; in effect, on the basis of the Theory of Ideas." -J. Fodor 👏👏🔥🔥🔥🥰😍🤩
people sure love to complain that it is hard to say what 'physical' means as a way of criticizing physicalism but doesn't the same problem plague 'non-physical' and dualism?
January 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
people sure love to complain that it is hard to say what 'physical' means as a way of criticizing physicalism but doesn't the same problem plague 'non-physical' and dualism?
really disappointed in the APA, but then again why should they care? I stopped being a member long ago...if only there were a REAL APA...I'd probably not be a member of that either
January 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
really disappointed in the APA, but then again why should they care? I stopped being a member long ago...if only there were a REAL APA...I'd probably not be a member of that either
I am suddenly realizing how nobody at all is talking about the Turing Test anymore, since, I suppose, we all just witnessed it being passed at scale?
January 15, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I am suddenly realizing how nobody at all is talking about the Turing Test anymore, since, I suppose, we all just witnessed it being passed at scale?
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New paper coming out in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research: "Consciousness doesn't do that". I explain why I believe that animal sentience research is in large part built on sand. In my opinion, we should be skeptical of many of the claims made in this field. philpapers.org/rec/MICCDD
Matthias Michel, Consciousness doesn't do that - PhilPapers
The question of which mental functions require consciousness has recently come to the forefront because of its relevance for investigating animal consciousness. Finding out that an animal can perform ...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
New paper coming out in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research: "Consciousness doesn't do that". I explain why I believe that animal sentience research is in large part built on sand. In my opinion, we should be skeptical of many of the claims made in this field. philpapers.org/rec/MICCDD
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I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!
Brian Cutter Live!
Join me for a discussion with Brian Cutter, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, as we discuss his argument from psychophysical harmony for the existence of God, and many other things! Brian's website
Join me for a discussion with Brian Cutter, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, as we discuss his argument from psychophysical harmony for the existence of God, and many other things! Brian's website
Brian Cutter Live!
Join me for a discussion with Brian Cutter, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, as we discuss his argument from psychophysical harmony for the existence of God, and many other things! Brian's website
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January 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Brian Cutter Live!
Join me for a discussion with Brian Cutter, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, as we discuss his argument from psychophysical harmony for the existence of God, and many other things! Brian's website
Join me for a discussion with Brian Cutter, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, as we discuss his argument from psychophysical harmony for the existence of God, and many other things! Brian's website
shit's about to get real
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The Beginning of Your Tomorrow I Boston Dynamics
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January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
shit's about to get real
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd8i...
Bence Nanay Live!
Join me for the kickoff of Season 8 of the podcast and a discussion with Bence Nanay, Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor (ZAPBOF), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp and Senior Research Associate, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, as we…
Join me for the kickoff of Season 8 of the podcast and a discussion with Bence Nanay, Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor (ZAPBOF), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp and Senior Research Associate, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, as we…
Bence Nanay Live!
Join me for the kickoff of Season 8 of the podcast and a discussion with Bence Nanay, Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor (ZAPBOF), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp and Senior Research Associate, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, as we discuss themes fro his recent book Mental Imagery. Bence's website
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January 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Bence Nanay Live!
Join me for the kickoff of Season 8 of the podcast and a discussion with Bence Nanay, Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor (ZAPBOF), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp and Senior Research Associate, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, as we…
Join me for the kickoff of Season 8 of the podcast and a discussion with Bence Nanay, Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor (ZAPBOF), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp and Senior Research Associate, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, as we…
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this paper on why biological computation is special (& necessary for consciousness) by @jaanaru.bsky.social, is as usual, very good & maybe the best one yet on the topic
but why doesn't the argument apply to e.g. motor control too?
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linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763425005251
but why doesn't the argument apply to e.g. motor control too?
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linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763425005251
Redirecting
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December 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
this paper on why biological computation is special (& necessary for consciousness) by @jaanaru.bsky.social, is as usual, very good & maybe the best one yet on the topic
but why doesn't the argument apply to e.g. motor control too?
1/
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763425005251
but why doesn't the argument apply to e.g. motor control too?
1/
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763425005251
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
I am reminded that this still exists...from back in 2011 for the Online Consciousness Conference...In my defense, what would *you* do if *you* found out you had access to a green screen and video recording studio?
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Predicting brainstorms
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December 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I am reminded that this still exists...from back in 2011 for the Online Consciousness Conference...In my defense, what would *you* do if *you* found out you had access to a green screen and video recording studio?
youtube.com/shorts/Rv1iF...
youtube.com/shorts/Rv1iF...
meanwhile
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Chris Joslin's "G-Ma" Part
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December 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
meanwhile
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54g...
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👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 years in the making, great to see this important new study (actually many studies) now preprinted. 👏🏼👏🏼 @peterlush.bsky.social
"How participants create illusory experiences to help experimenters." A new preprint of a multi-study manuscript w/
@zoltandienes.bsky.social, @anilseth.bsky.social & Ryan Scott, extending previous work on demand characteristics & phenomenological control in psychological effects. osf.io/n2ukj
@zoltandienes.bsky.social, @anilseth.bsky.social & Ryan Scott, extending previous work on demand characteristics & phenomenological control in psychological effects. osf.io/n2ukj
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 years in the making, great to see this important new study (actually many studies) now preprinted. 👏🏼👏🏼 @peterlush.bsky.social
Maja Spener Live!
Join me for a discussion with Maja Spener, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, for the season 7 finale as we do a deep dive into the reliability of introspection for the mind sciences. Maja website: NDPR review of Maja's book:
Join me for a discussion with Maja Spener, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, for the season 7 finale as we do a deep dive into the reliability of introspection for the mind sciences. Maja website: NDPR review of Maja's book:
Maja Spener Live!
Join me for a discussion with Maja Spener, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, for the season 7 finale as we do a deep dive into the reliability of introspection for the mind sciences. Maja website: NDPR review of Maja's book:
onemorebrown.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Maja Spener Live!
Join me for a discussion with Maja Spener, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, for the season 7 finale as we do a deep dive into the reliability of introspection for the mind sciences. Maja website: NDPR review of Maja's book:
Join me for a discussion with Maja Spener, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, for the season 7 finale as we do a deep dive into the reliability of introspection for the mind sciences. Maja website: NDPR review of Maja's book:
No, Alex, Physicalism doesn't have a Combination Problem!
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December 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM