Gavin Foster🦧
@gibbonitathought.bsky.social
- Purdue PhD student / Affiliate at Social and Cognitive Origins Group
- Animal cognition -- ToM
- Norm psych.
- Kant
Prev: UofT/IHPST, Carleton
- Animal cognition -- ToM
- Norm psych.
- Kant
Prev: UofT/IHPST, Carleton
It's okay if it's a few minutes after the deadline Brett, just email the prof and explain the circumstances. Just don't let it happen again!
August 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's okay if it's a few minutes after the deadline Brett, just email the prof and explain the circumstances. Just don't let it happen again!
Michael Dummett, the 17th angel.
August 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Michael Dummett, the 17th angel.
Here's another angle of you very clearly tracking everything and formulating a devastating objection in real time.
June 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Here's another angle of you very clearly tracking everything and formulating a devastating objection in real time.
Massive carp in the Wabash. Fun to watch but sadly invasive bottom feeders.
May 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Massive carp in the Wabash. Fun to watch but sadly invasive bottom feeders.
We must revive the Bruhathkayosaurus
March 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We must revive the Bruhathkayosaurus
Humeans when I bring up a Kantian point after they've been talking about laws as mosaics for 2 hours
March 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Humeans when I bring up a Kantian point after they've been talking about laws as mosaics for 2 hours
Today in obscure, pseudo-philosophers from the turn of the 20th century: Hermann von Keyserling.
He stumbled upon an important philosophical truth that is simply not remarked upon enough: Chicago bad.
He stumbled upon an important philosophical truth that is simply not remarked upon enough: Chicago bad.
March 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Today in obscure, pseudo-philosophers from the turn of the 20th century: Hermann von Keyserling.
He stumbled upon an important philosophical truth that is simply not remarked upon enough: Chicago bad.
He stumbled upon an important philosophical truth that is simply not remarked upon enough: Chicago bad.
Writing out my dissertation on here
March 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Writing out my dissertation on here
Best visualization of visual snow (which I've had my entire life) I've seen.
Also why I'm night-blind (it's magnitudes worse in the dark) and why my doctor says I shouldn't drive!
I've seen many optometrists, neurologists, etc. about this and they all have no clue what's going on.
Also why I'm night-blind (it's magnitudes worse in the dark) and why my doctor says I shouldn't drive!
I've seen many optometrists, neurologists, etc. about this and they all have no clue what's going on.
February 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Best visualization of visual snow (which I've had my entire life) I've seen.
Also why I'm night-blind (it's magnitudes worse in the dark) and why my doctor says I shouldn't drive!
I've seen many optometrists, neurologists, etc. about this and they all have no clue what's going on.
Also why I'm night-blind (it's magnitudes worse in the dark) and why my doctor says I shouldn't drive!
I've seen many optometrists, neurologists, etc. about this and they all have no clue what's going on.
His final section on ignoring the casual critics and embracing those who join you in seeking out the truth.
February 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
His final section on ignoring the casual critics and embracing those who join you in seeking out the truth.
Came across this fascinating article by Camus in the Atlantic (June 1953).
His concern: to complain that everyone keeps characterizing him as an absurdist, rather than just considering/criticizing a view he has come across.
His concern: to complain that everyone keeps characterizing him as an absurdist, rather than just considering/criticizing a view he has come across.
February 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Came across this fascinating article by Camus in the Atlantic (June 1953).
His concern: to complain that everyone keeps characterizing him as an absurdist, rather than just considering/criticizing a view he has come across.
His concern: to complain that everyone keeps characterizing him as an absurdist, rather than just considering/criticizing a view he has come across.
Me when my philosophy friends are tired of hearing me talk about ape cognition in the philosophy of mathematics class
January 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Me when my philosophy friends are tired of hearing me talk about ape cognition in the philosophy of mathematics class
Now that I own a proper anatomical model of the human brain, can I call myself a cognitive scientist?
December 25, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Now that I own a proper anatomical model of the human brain, can I call myself a cognitive scientist?
Badgers and weasels get a bad rap.
December 21, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Badgers and weasels get a bad rap.
The bane of eight-year-old me's existence.
December 19, 2024 at 2:23 PM
The bane of eight-year-old me's existence.
Did you know in the XCOM games, the percentages displayed are lower than actuality because players always overestimate how often they should be hitting based on the given probabilities. Hence, the devs make a 26% chance actually be a 36% chance, leading to greater satisfaction for the player.
December 19, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Did you know in the XCOM games, the percentages displayed are lower than actuality because players always overestimate how often they should be hitting based on the given probabilities. Hence, the devs make a 26% chance actually be a 36% chance, leading to greater satisfaction for the player.
No offense but I understand why Darwin is better known than Wallace -- he didn't okay goofy ass depictions like this
December 17, 2024 at 9:37 AM
No offense but I understand why Darwin is better known than Wallace -- he didn't okay goofy ass depictions like this
Von Uexküll's honorary doctorate at the University of Tartu -- one of the cooler things I've seen.
I somehow brought up his idea of umwelt in a talk in Tartu without realizing the links he had to the university! Thank goodness some of the great philosophers there let me know and showed this to me.
I somehow brought up his idea of umwelt in a talk in Tartu without realizing the links he had to the university! Thank goodness some of the great philosophers there let me know and showed this to me.
December 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Von Uexküll's honorary doctorate at the University of Tartu -- one of the cooler things I've seen.
I somehow brought up his idea of umwelt in a talk in Tartu without realizing the links he had to the university! Thank goodness some of the great philosophers there let me know and showed this to me.
I somehow brought up his idea of umwelt in a talk in Tartu without realizing the links he had to the university! Thank goodness some of the great philosophers there let me know and showed this to me.
We must abandon social media and return to IRC
December 9, 2024 at 1:45 AM
We must abandon social media and return to IRC
Don't worry Nintendo has it covered
December 8, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Don't worry Nintendo has it covered