Corey J. Maley
@coreymaley.net
Philosopher of computation, neuroscience, and AI. Associate professor at Purdue University.
https://coreymaley.net
https://coreymaley.net
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📖 NEW PUBLICATION: The mind-brain is a computer, but what is (neural) computation? By @coreymaley.net & Oron Shagrir
Out now in: Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind 🧠
Find it here: www.routledge.com/Neurocogniti...
Out now in: Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind 🧠
Find it here: www.routledge.com/Neurocogniti...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
📖 NEW PUBLICATION: The mind-brain is a computer, but what is (neural) computation? By @coreymaley.net & Oron Shagrir
Out now in: Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind 🧠
Find it here: www.routledge.com/Neurocogniti...
Out now in: Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind 🧠
Find it here: www.routledge.com/Neurocogniti...
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This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."
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✏️ 2 publications out in the current issue of Mind & Language 📄 Both engage the concept of 'medium independence.' @okaydaniellle.bsky.social argues that different concepts are being thrown around & @coreymaley.net argues we should get right of MI altogether: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680017...
September 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
✏️ 2 publications out in the current issue of Mind & Language 📄 Both engage the concept of 'medium independence.' @okaydaniellle.bsky.social argues that different concepts are being thrown around & @coreymaley.net argues we should get right of MI altogether: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680017...
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These words by Michael Schwalbe counter any notion that academic freedom is a niche or quaint concern.
August 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
These words by Michael Schwalbe counter any notion that academic freedom is a niche or quaint concern.
Is computation necessarily independent of its physical implementation? Now there’s a whole symposium on this question in the journal Mind & Language!
June 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Is computation necessarily independent of its physical implementation? Now there’s a whole symposium on this question in the journal Mind & Language!
New paper is live! It’s part of a symposium with Danielle Williams and Zoe Drayson. It’s open access, so you can actually read it.
doi.org/10.1111/mila...
doi.org/10.1111/mila...
Declaring independence from medium independence
Computation is widely assumed to be necessarily medium independent, meaning that it is not defined in terms of any physical properties, but only by abstract automata (or something similar). I argue f...
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June 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
New paper is live! It’s part of a symposium with Danielle Williams and Zoe Drayson. It’s open access, so you can actually read it.
doi.org/10.1111/mila...
doi.org/10.1111/mila...
Great talk by Danielle Williams (@okaydaniellle.bsky.social) at SPAN (@socphilneuro.bsky.social). on the historical context in which computing and computational concepts were introduced into neuroscience.
May 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great talk by Danielle Williams (@okaydaniellle.bsky.social) at SPAN (@socphilneuro.bsky.social). on the historical context in which computing and computational concepts were introduced into neuroscience.
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The 1st Society for Philosophy & Neuroscience @socphilneuro.bsky.social meeting was outstanding! I'm so sorry I have to miss the last day. Thanks to the organizers for putting together such an amazing lineup - great to see so many folks working at the intersection.
ANNUAL MEETING | SPAN
www.philandneuro.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The 1st Society for Philosophy & Neuroscience @socphilneuro.bsky.social meeting was outstanding! I'm so sorry I have to miss the last day. Thanks to the organizers for putting together such an amazing lineup - great to see so many folks working at the intersection.
Great, reflective talk by Joe LeDoux at @socphilneuro.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Great, reflective talk by Joe LeDoux at @socphilneuro.bsky.social
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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
If you’ve not yet heard the good news (or you’re not convinced) about analog computation, here’s a new publication for you!
doi.org/10.1002/wcs....
#philsci #cogsci
doi.org/10.1002/wcs....
#philsci #cogsci
April 24, 2024 at 3:35 PM
If you’ve not yet heard the good news (or you’re not convinced) about analog computation, here’s a new publication for you!
doi.org/10.1002/wcs....
#philsci #cogsci
doi.org/10.1002/wcs....
#philsci #cogsci
April 9, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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The Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy goes to...
Maley Wins Herbert A. Simon Award
The executive board of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) has selected Corey J. Maley, associate professor of philosophy at Purdue University, as the winner of its 2024...
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March 4, 2024 at 1:54 PM
I’m now the proud owner of one of the coolest books about analog computers, published in 1960. The illustrations are fantastic, both in terms of how well they help explain complex mechanical components, and their Mad Men-esque aesthetic.
February 14, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I’m now the proud owner of one of the coolest books about analog computers, published in 1960. The illustrations are fantastic, both in terms of how well they help explain complex mechanical components, and their Mad Men-esque aesthetic.
The classes I’m teaching this semester are in Grissom Hall. Very cool.
January 10, 2024 at 8:08 PM
The classes I’m teaching this semester are in Grissom Hall. Very cool.
Friends: what are some gluten-free versions of normally gluten-full foods y’all like?
January 4, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Friends: what are some gluten-free versions of normally gluten-full foods y’all like?
“How much depends on the way things are presented in this world can be seen from the very fact that coffee drunk out of wine glasses is really miserable stuff, as is meat cut at the table with a pair of scissors.”
— G.C. Lichtenberg
— G.C. Lichtenberg
December 22, 2023 at 5:22 PM
“How much depends on the way things are presented in this world can be seen from the very fact that coffee drunk out of wine glasses is really miserable stuff, as is meat cut at the table with a pair of scissors.”
— G.C. Lichtenberg
— G.C. Lichtenberg
Does a neural circuit have to be “closed” in any sense to be functional, the way an electrical circuit must be? The wires of an electrical circuit must be loops, but the connections of a neural circuit don’t need to be, right?
December 21, 2023 at 10:04 PM
Does a neural circuit have to be “closed” in any sense to be functional, the way an electrical circuit must be? The wires of an electrical circuit must be loops, but the connections of a neural circuit don’t need to be, right?
A modest proposal: let’s replace talk of “courser/finer grain” with “lower/higher resolution.”
December 6, 2023 at 4:49 PM
A modest proposal: let’s replace talk of “courser/finer grain” with “lower/higher resolution.”
My article criticizing Gualtiero Piccinini's account of computation is now out in Ergo, an Open Access Journal of Philosophy. Check it out here:
doi.org/10.3998/ergo...
doi.org/10.3998/ergo...
November 17, 2023 at 9:20 PM
My article criticizing Gualtiero Piccinini's account of computation is now out in Ergo, an Open Access Journal of Philosophy. Check it out here:
doi.org/10.3998/ergo...
doi.org/10.3998/ergo...
The physical copy arrived today! It’s a small (and somewhat arbitrary) thing, but it’s quite cool to have a chapter between David Marr and Alan Turing, two heroes of mine.
Check out the many other fantastic contributions, both classics and new work.
Check out the many other fantastic contributions, both classics and new work.
November 11, 2023 at 6:20 PM
The physical copy arrived today! It’s a small (and somewhat arbitrary) thing, but it’s quite cool to have a chapter between David Marr and Alan Turing, two heroes of mine.
Check out the many other fantastic contributions, both classics and new work.
Check out the many other fantastic contributions, both classics and new work.