Majid D. Beni
@majidbeni.bsky.social
Professional philosopher of science; amateur Stoic
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Majid D. Beni
@majidbeni.bsky.social
· Oct 13
It seems one must cultivate an online presence to validate one's existence. Expect, therefore, a forthcoming deluge of judiciously curated publications and humblebragging bibliometric data. Aha.
Another excellent paper secured for our edited topical collection on Dennett in Synthese
Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era
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November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Another excellent paper secured for our edited topical collection on Dennett in Synthese
Reposted by Majid D. Beni
AI and Agency: Karl Friston
Please join us for the final installment of our interview series on AI and Agency, featuring Karl Friston in discussion with Brains editor Majid D. Beni!
Please join us for the final installment of our interview series on AI and Agency, featuring Karl Friston in discussion with Brains editor Majid D. Beni!
AI and Agency: Karl Friston
Please join us for the final installment of our interview series on AI and Agency, featuring Karl Friston in discussion with Brains editor Majid D. Beni!
philosophyofbrains.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
AI and Agency: Karl Friston
Please join us for the final installment of our interview series on AI and Agency, featuring Karl Friston in discussion with Brains editor Majid D. Beni!
Please join us for the final installment of our interview series on AI and Agency, featuring Karl Friston in discussion with Brains editor Majid D. Beni!
The finale of our interview series on AI and Agency with Karl Friston is now released.
AI and Agency: Karl Friston
YouTube video by Brains Blog
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November 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The finale of our interview series on AI and Agency with Karl Friston is now released.
Just published in New Ideas on Psychology: theory‑free consciousness science remains out of reach
The flawed logic of theory-free natural kind reasoning
This paper critiques the theory-neutral Natural Kind Reasoning (NKR) in consciousness science. It demonstrates a methodological incompatibility arisin…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Just published in New Ideas on Psychology: theory‑free consciousness science remains out of reach
New paper: the FEP, Peirce, and grounding rationality in adaptive behaviour and skillful action
Beyond Bayesian Accuracy: Skill, Abduction, and the Free Energy Principle in Normative Rationality - Foundations of Science
This paper challenges traditional accuracy-centric accounts of rationality by synthesising the Free Energy Principle (FEP) with Charles Peirce’s pragmatist epistemology. Whereas the FEP frames cogniti...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New paper: the FEP, Peirce, and grounding rationality in adaptive behaviour and skillful action
Coming soon in our Agency and AI interview series: Karl Friston on active inference, artificial minds, and agency; The trailer is rolling...
October 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Coming soon in our Agency and AI interview series: Karl Friston on active inference, artificial minds, and agency; The trailer is rolling...
Another excellent piece just dropped in our Synthese collection on Dennett: Gładziejewski on real patterns. rdcu.be/eMkl5
Real patterns, the predictive mind, and the cognitive construction of the manifest image
rdcu.be
October 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Another excellent piece just dropped in our Synthese collection on Dennett: Gładziejewski on real patterns. rdcu.be/eMkl5
Tables Turned on Table Talk is now out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. A modest tribute to @srdfrench.bsky.social, with a Bayesian inflection, www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tables turned on table talk
Eliminative structural realism is in line with mereological nihilism. This contrasts with reconciliatory, non-eliminativist versions of structural rea…
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October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Tables Turned on Table Talk is now out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. A modest tribute to @srdfrench.bsky.social, with a Bayesian inflection, www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The third excellent paper in our edited volume on Dennett: rdcu.be/eKIQe
Biological object as real patterns: reconciling processualism and scientific realism
rdcu.be
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The third excellent paper in our edited volume on Dennett: rdcu.be/eKIQe
It seems one must cultivate an online presence to validate one's existence. Expect, therefore, a forthcoming deluge of judiciously curated publications and humblebragging bibliometric data. Aha.
October 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It seems one must cultivate an online presence to validate one's existence. Expect, therefore, a forthcoming deluge of judiciously curated publications and humblebragging bibliometric data. Aha.
Maedeh sent me a great photo, in my background now, did my bit of eccentricity in cutting away though, aha
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Maedeh sent me a great photo, in my background now, did my bit of eccentricity in cutting away though, aha
A fantastic paper by David Rosenthal in the Synthese special issue on Daniel Dennett: rdcu.be/eEUZS
Dennett, nonhuman animals, and consciousness
rdcu.be
September 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A fantastic paper by David Rosenthal in the Synthese special issue on Daniel Dennett: rdcu.be/eEUZS
An excellent paper by Christian List in the Synthese special issue on Daniel Dennett's philosophy. rdcu.be/eEUYO
Can AI systems have free will?
rdcu.be
September 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
An excellent paper by Christian List in the Synthese special issue on Daniel Dennett's philosophy. rdcu.be/eEUYO
Free will is real—I could not have believed otherwise: Philosophical Psychology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Free will is real—I could not have believed otherwise
This paper seeks to advance the compatibilist theory of free will, particularly building upon contributions by Christian List (and also Daniel Dennett) regarding the agential capacity to act otherw...
www.tandfonline.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Free will is real—I could not have believed otherwise: Philosophical Psychology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Agency as a functional kind - Beni - Mind & Language - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Agency as a functional kind - Beni - Mind & Language - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
For more interviews on the same topic with Tim Crane, David Papineau, and Jenann Ismael see Brains Blog page on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyO...
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May 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
For more interviews on the same topic with Tim Crane, David Papineau, and Jenann Ismael see Brains Blog page on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyO...
Here is an interview with Anil Seth on AI, Consciousness, and Agency,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osgg...
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AI and Agency: Interview with Anil Seth
YouTube video by Brains Blog
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May 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Here is an interview with Anil Seth on AI, Consciousness, and Agency,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osgg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osgg...