Tomasz Szubart
@tszubart.bsky.social
Philosopher of cognitive science. Interested in mind, music, and language.
Institute of Philosophy&Cog. Sci., University of Szczecin.
PhD in Philosophy & SET Studies from JU in Kraków.
Currently, completing work on my first book on musical meaning.
Institute of Philosophy&Cog. Sci., University of Szczecin.
PhD in Philosophy & SET Studies from JU in Kraków.
Currently, completing work on my first book on musical meaning.
What kind of functions musical emotions are and how do they fit into biological and cultural evolution?
Managed finally to put on virtual paper and in english some preliminary ideas regarding my functional-teleosemantic account of musical emotion:
argument.uken.krakow.pl/article/view...
Managed finally to put on virtual paper and in english some preliminary ideas regarding my functional-teleosemantic account of musical emotion:
argument.uken.krakow.pl/article/view...
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
What kind of functions musical emotions are and how do they fit into biological and cultural evolution?
Managed finally to put on virtual paper and in english some preliminary ideas regarding my functional-teleosemantic account of musical emotion:
argument.uken.krakow.pl/article/view...
Managed finally to put on virtual paper and in english some preliminary ideas regarding my functional-teleosemantic account of musical emotion:
argument.uken.krakow.pl/article/view...
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The 2026 application round for the MA in Logic and Philosophy of Science at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social is now open. Please help us spread the word. www.philosophie.lmu.de/en/study/deg...
Master in Logic and Philosophy of Science
Our Master (MA) program in Logic and Philosophy of Science was founded in October 2012. It is an international MA program of the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies at L...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The 2026 application round for the MA in Logic and Philosophy of Science at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social is now open. Please help us spread the word. www.philosophie.lmu.de/en/study/deg...
I'm speaking today at PSA Around the World 2025: "From Signal to Symbol: a Teleosemantic Framework for Musical Emotions".
The PSA Around the World 2025 series begins this Thursday, 6 Nov! 🔥🌈🎉
Join us online for sessions highlighting philosophy of science from and about Eastern & Central Europe.
Registration still open — fee waivers available!
👉
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
#philsci
Join us online for sessions highlighting philosophy of science from and about Eastern & Central Europe.
Registration still open — fee waivers available!
👉
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
#philsci
PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association
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November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'm speaking today at PSA Around the World 2025: "From Signal to Symbol: a Teleosemantic Framework for Musical Emotions".
Here's some outcome of philosophical fieldwork; a mentoring session in the woods with my boss. Evidence that supervision can provide fruiting bodies.
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Here's some outcome of philosophical fieldwork; a mentoring session in the woods with my boss. Evidence that supervision can provide fruiting bodies.
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Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
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October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
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8th SURe Workshop www.filozofia.pl/2025/10/14/8...
8th SURe Workshop | filozofia.pl
W dniach 27-29 maja 2026 roku w Instytucie Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Warszawie odbywa się 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop. Współorganizator...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
8th SURe Workshop www.filozofia.pl/2025/10/14/8...
My first book (in Polish) is out: "Music and Mind: The Problem of Musical Meaning in the Light of Contemporary Cognitive Aesthetics of Music". Historical & contemporary philosophical accounts mapped on neuro/cog/evo takes. Musical representation is structural, neo-mechanistic and teleosemantic.
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My first book (in Polish) is out: "Music and Mind: The Problem of Musical Meaning in the Light of Contemporary Cognitive Aesthetics of Music". Historical & contemporary philosophical accounts mapped on neuro/cog/evo takes. Musical representation is structural, neo-mechanistic and teleosemantic.
Huge thanks to the #ESPP2025 team at IFiS PAN for a superb meeting in Warsaw. I presented a teleosemantic account of musical emotions—how function & history give music content. Grateful for the sharp questions! espp2025.ifispan.edu.pl
Home | ESPP 2025 Conference Warsaw
ESPP 2025 Interdisciplinary Conference in Warsaw: Submit abstracts by March 3, 2025. Explore philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science with keynotes by Borg, Buckner, Newcombe, and Schumacher. Tra...
espp2025.ifispan.edu.pl
September 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Huge thanks to the #ESPP2025 team at IFiS PAN for a superb meeting in Warsaw. I presented a teleosemantic account of musical emotions—how function & history give music content. Grateful for the sharp questions! espp2025.ifispan.edu.pl
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How I’ll be spending the day.
Hokusai, Philosopher Looking at Two Butterflies
Hokusai, Philosopher Looking at Two Butterflies
September 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
How I’ll be spending the day.
Hokusai, Philosopher Looking at Two Butterflies
Hokusai, Philosopher Looking at Two Butterflies
CEEPUS - Central European Exchange Program for University Studies - allowed me to provide a series of lectures on music cognition last week at KRE in Budapest. Amazing group of international students - thank you all for great discussions!
April 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
CEEPUS - Central European Exchange Program for University Studies - allowed me to provide a series of lectures on music cognition last week at KRE in Budapest. Amazing group of international students - thank you all for great discussions!
It's always important to remember to care about our philosophical health! Please do not procrastinate, we should find time to deal with it: www.philosophyexperiments.com/health/Defau... Most likely there is nothing to worry about, but—reportedly—a check-up at every career stage is strongly advised.
February 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's always important to remember to care about our philosophical health! Please do not procrastinate, we should find time to deal with it: www.philosophyexperiments.com/health/Defau... Most likely there is nothing to worry about, but—reportedly—a check-up at every career stage is strongly advised.
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I knew, of course, that William Whewell first coined the word “scientist,” but I had no idea that the idea remained so controversial that Nature was still weighing in on the appropriateness of the term at least as late as 1925.
https://www.nature.com/articles/115253a0.pdf
#HistSTM #PhilSci #STS
https://www.nature.com/articles/115253a0.pdf
#HistSTM #PhilSci #STS
February 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I knew, of course, that William Whewell first coined the word “scientist,” but I had no idea that the idea remained so controversial that Nature was still weighing in on the appropriateness of the term at least as late as 1925.
https://www.nature.com/articles/115253a0.pdf
#HistSTM #PhilSci #STS
https://www.nature.com/articles/115253a0.pdf
#HistSTM #PhilSci #STS
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No longer drinking Americano coffees. Upping the stakes.
My boycott of the US is starting with not measuring anything in cups, and continuing to keep as far away from Oreos as I can.
February 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
No longer drinking Americano coffees. Upping the stakes.
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Had the privilege of being asked to write a Preface to a new Ukrainian edition on John Stuart Mill *On Liberty*. Here's my final paragraph (pre-translation!).
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Had the privilege of being asked to write a Preface to a new Ukrainian edition on John Stuart Mill *On Liberty*. Here's my final paragraph (pre-translation!).
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Does technology evolve as biology? In many ways, it does. Is it continuous or occurs in bursts? By analyzing the evolution of programming languages with @svalver.bsky.social, we found the answer. Wrok started at @sfiscience.bsky.social.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
January 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Does technology evolve as biology? In many ways, it does. Is it continuous or occurs in bursts? By analyzing the evolution of programming languages with @svalver.bsky.social, we found the answer. Wrok started at @sfiscience.bsky.social.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
I wonder what Feyerabend would have to say about the separation of science and the state these days. That was one of the topics at the XXXVII Polish Philosophy Olympiad, where I’m thrilled to be part of the reviewing team. Submissions are outstanding, and the fellow teachers truly inspiring!
January 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I wonder what Feyerabend would have to say about the separation of science and the state these days. That was one of the topics at the XXXVII Polish Philosophy Olympiad, where I’m thrilled to be part of the reviewing team. Submissions are outstanding, and the fellow teachers truly inspiring!
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In my 2023 article with @heintz-c.bsky.social, we concluded that chimpanzee interaction is 'Ladyginian' rather than 'Gricean'
Human life is full of Gricean conventions: this new study describes a Ladyginian convention. Nice work!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Human life is full of Gricean conventions: this new study describes a Ladyginian convention. Nice work!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Great ape interaction: Ladyginian but not Gricean | PNAS
Nonhuman great apes inform one another in ways that can seem very humanlike. Especially
in the gestural domain, their behavior exhibits many simila...
www.pnas.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In my 2023 article with @heintz-c.bsky.social, we concluded that chimpanzee interaction is 'Ladyginian' rather than 'Gricean'
Human life is full of Gricean conventions: this new study describes a Ladyginian convention. Nice work!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Human life is full of Gricean conventions: this new study describes a Ladyginian convention. Nice work!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Einstein: 'What I most admire about your art, is your universality. You don't say a word, yet the world understands you!'
Chaplin: 'True. But your glory is even greater! The whole world admires you, even though they don't understand a word of what you say.'
Chaplin: 'True. But your glory is even greater! The whole world admires you, even though they don't understand a word of what you say.'
January 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Einstein: 'What I most admire about your art, is your universality. You don't say a word, yet the world understands you!'
Chaplin: 'True. But your glory is even greater! The whole world admires you, even though they don't understand a word of what you say.'
Chaplin: 'True. But your glory is even greater! The whole world admires you, even though they don't understand a word of what you say.'
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Never did get round to Principia Mathematica. Thinking of getting it as an audio book.
January 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Never did get round to Principia Mathematica. Thinking of getting it as an audio book.
The Centre for Cognitive Science at Jagiellonian University in Krakow is offering a post-doc position in Błażej Skrzypulec's project 'Ontology of Multisensory Unification': euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/283833
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (post-doc), Faculty of Philosophy, Center for Cognitive Science in the field of philosophy
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow Employment duration: 36 monthsProject title: Ontology of multisensory unification
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
December 18, 2024 at 2:16 PM
The Centre for Cognitive Science at Jagiellonian University in Krakow is offering a post-doc position in Błażej Skrzypulec's project 'Ontology of Multisensory Unification': euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/283833