Philip Laughlin
@philiplaughlin.bsky.social
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Developmental Language Disorder by Chloë Ruth Marshall: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.1d3e0934
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Developmental Language Disorder by Chloë Ruth Marshall: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.1d3e0934
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From the transformation of higher education in the age of generative AI to how animals and smart machines measure up to human intelligence, get a great deal on MIT Press ebooks focused on AI via @humblebundle.com. Purchases support Sandy Hook Promise: www.humblebundle.com/books/human-...
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
From the transformation of higher education in the age of generative AI to how animals and smart machines measure up to human intelligence, get a great deal on MIT Press ebooks focused on AI via @humblebundle.com. Purchases support Sandy Hook Promise: www.humblebundle.com/books/human-...
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The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
Call for Papers: Book Symposium on "Deflating Mental Representation" by Frances Egan
| Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
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Cultural Evolution by Alex Mesoudi: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.304de239
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Cultural Evolution by Alex Mesoudi: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.304de239
David taught me about "the nostalgia bump" -- the fact that the majority of people's autobiographical memories come from period of life between 12 and 22. Rings true to this card-carrying Gen-Xer.
We’re saddened to hear of the passing of David Huron, a longtime MIT Press author and, most recently, the author of "The Science of Sadness" (available open access). He made lasting contributions to our understanding of music, emotion, and what it means to be human: www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
David taught me about "the nostalgia bump" -- the fact that the majority of people's autobiographical memories come from period of life between 12 and 22. Rings true to this card-carrying Gen-Xer.
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Social Identity by Jolanda Jetten: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.d85def4e
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Social Identity by Jolanda Jetten: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.d85def4e
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Word Learning by Michael C. Frank: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.5e3f2bda
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Word Learning by Michael C. Frank: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.5e3f2bda
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A beautiful stack of "Mereological Syntax," which publishes on November 18th! More information here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255327...
Look what just arrived early! It’s chunkier than I thought. Open access version on publication day which I think is the 18th on the @mitpress.bsky.social website. I must admit, I’m very fond of the colour!!! 🐦🐦 #syntax #newbook
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A beautiful stack of "Mereological Syntax," which publishes on November 18th! More information here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255327...
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Discover how greater gender parity and the growth of female leadership across Latin America created the conditions for a successful social movement, in this illuminating case study from Somebody Should Do Something
www.amba-bga.com/insights/voi...
www.amba-bga.com/insights/voi...
Voices of change: Leadership’s role in the rise of social movements
Many sparks fail to start fires where conditions seem right, while others flare up into fires where nobody would have expected. Few movements in recent history provide as good an example of this as t…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Discover how greater gender parity and the growth of female leadership across Latin America created the conditions for a successful social movement, in this illuminating case study from Somebody Should Do Something
www.amba-bga.com/insights/voi...
www.amba-bga.com/insights/voi...
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Book excerpt published by the Association of MBAs today! Most case studies in our book were drawn from the US but here we assembled insights from Latin American feminism and the success of the "Green Tide"
@mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social #booksky #feminism #GreenTide
@mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social #booksky #feminism #GreenTide
Discover how greater gender parity and the growth of female leadership across Latin America created the conditions for a successful social movement, in this illuminating case study from Somebody Should Do Something
www.amba-bga.com/insights/voi...
www.amba-bga.com/insights/voi...
Voices of change: Leadership’s role in the rise of social movements
Many sparks fail to start fires where conditions seem right, while others flare up into fires where nobody would have expected. Few movements in recent history provide as good an example of this as t…
www.amba-bga.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Book excerpt published by the Association of MBAs today! Most case studies in our book were drawn from the US but here we assembled insights from Latin American feminism and the success of the "Green Tide"
@mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social #booksky #feminism #GreenTide
@mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social #booksky #feminism #GreenTide
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I had the opportunity to speak with Siamak Goudarzi about #AI personhood, #robotrights, and the moral/legal status of artifacts for the Nexter AI Group podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvUa...
Virtual Personhood & the End of Human Exceptionalism | Siamak Goudarzi x Prof. David Gunkel
YouTube video by Nexter AI Group
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November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I had the opportunity to speak with Siamak Goudarzi about #AI personhood, #robotrights, and the moral/legal status of artifacts for the Nexter AI Group podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvUa...
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color theory on a book cover
I just noticed something cool about the cover of BYE BYE I LOVE YOU: for slides I'm creating (for a talk in Belgium in December), I pulled colors from the cover and realize the lighter color of the YOU isn't in fact silver (as it had always registered to me) but
I just noticed something cool about the cover of BYE BYE I LOVE YOU: for slides I'm creating (for a talk in Belgium in December), I pulled colors from the cover and realize the lighter color of the YOU isn't in fact silver (as it had always registered to me) but
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
color theory on a book cover
I just noticed something cool about the cover of BYE BYE I LOVE YOU: for slides I'm creating (for a talk in Belgium in December), I pulled colors from the cover and realize the lighter color of the YOU isn't in fact silver (as it had always registered to me) but
I just noticed something cool about the cover of BYE BYE I LOVE YOU: for slides I'm creating (for a talk in Belgium in December), I pulled colors from the cover and realize the lighter color of the YOU isn't in fact silver (as it had always registered to me) but
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Shared Intentionality by Michael Tomasello: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.0c47da2b
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Shared Intentionality by Michael Tomasello: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.0c47da2b
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Get award-winning Press titles that interrogate important questions surrounding computer science, machine learning, and technology. Pay what you want for this ebook bundle @humblebundle.com and help support Sandy Hook Promise: www.humblebundle.com/books/human-...
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Get award-winning Press titles that interrogate important questions surrounding computer science, machine learning, and technology. Pay what you want for this ebook bundle @humblebundle.com and help support Sandy Hook Promise: www.humblebundle.com/books/human-...
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Autism by Uta Frith: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.db4c7c20
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Autism by Uta Frith: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.db4c7c20
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My talk at the "Workshop on Emerging Topics in #AI: Consciousness and Moral Patienthood" Google NYC. Presenting material from "The Machine Question" trilogy @mitpress.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My talk at the "Workshop on Emerging Topics in #AI: Consciousness and Moral Patienthood" Google NYC. Presenting material from "The Machine Question" trilogy @mitpress.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"A nice, high-level view of some of the issues surrounding the adoption of artificial intelligence....a good read to help people understand key issues in having AI make the major impact on society that it will." -- @forbes.com
Now is paperback: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255392...
Now is paperback: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255392...
A Citizen's Guide to Artificial Intelligence
AI has generated a staggering amount of hype in the past several years. Is it the game changer it’s been cracked up to be? If so, how is it changing th...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"A nice, high-level view of some of the issues surrounding the adoption of artificial intelligence....a good read to help people understand key issues in having AI make the major impact on society that it will." -- @forbes.com
Now is paperback: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255392...
Now is paperback: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255392...
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Reasoning and Argumentation by Hugo Mercier: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.96cf440a
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reasoning and Argumentation by Hugo Mercier: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.96cf440a
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We are excited to welcome Peter Hagoort as our keynote speaker at #CNS2026 in Vancouver. For decades, he has been studying how the brain becomes language ready. Hear some of his thoughts and get a sneak preview of his talk in Vancouver:
www.cogneurosociety.org/making-the-b...
🧪 @mpi-nl.bsky.social
www.cogneurosociety.org/making-the-b...
🧪 @mpi-nl.bsky.social
Making the Brain Language Ready: A Journey of Discovery
For more than four decades, CNS 2026 keynote speaker Peter Hagoort has focused on one key question: What makes the human brain language ready?
www.cogneurosociety.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We are excited to welcome Peter Hagoort as our keynote speaker at #CNS2026 in Vancouver. For decades, he has been studying how the brain becomes language ready. Hear some of his thoughts and get a sneak preview of his talk in Vancouver:
www.cogneurosociety.org/making-the-b...
🧪 @mpi-nl.bsky.social
www.cogneurosociety.org/making-the-b...
🧪 @mpi-nl.bsky.social
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Warm congratulations to author Chris Collins, whose book "Principles of Argument Structure: A Merge-Based Approach" is a finalist for the Linguistic Society of America's 2026 Leonard Bloomfield Book Award: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254827... @lingsocam.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Warm congratulations to author Chris Collins, whose book "Principles of Argument Structure: A Merge-Based Approach" is a finalist for the Linguistic Society of America's 2026 Leonard Bloomfield Book Award: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254827... @lingsocam.bsky.social
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Seven years ago I published a book called POST-TRUTH. Today's NYT makes clear just how far down the authoritarian road we've now traveled. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Seven years ago I published a book called POST-TRUTH. Today's NYT makes clear just how far down the authoritarian road we've now traveled. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...