Sascha Benjamin Fink
@sfink.bsky.social
Director of Research at the Centre for Philosophy and AI Research @ Erlangen University. The usual: Doing philosophy, paying rent. Opinions are my own.
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COMPAIN Lectures: The Complexity of Pain and Its Normative Implications
The Taiwanese-German research group COMPAIN (compain.weebly.com) invites you to join the COMPAIN Lecture Series featuring talks on pain from philosophical, medical, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
The Taiwanese-German research group COMPAIN (compain.weebly.com) invites you to join the COMPAIN Lecture Series featuring talks on pain from philosophical, medical, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
COMPAIN Lectures: The Complexity of Pain and Its Normative Implications
The Taiwanese-German research group COMPAIN (compain.weebly.com) invites you to join the COMPAIN Lecture Series featuring talks on pain from philosophical, medical, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
The Taiwanese-German research group COMPAIN (compain.weebly.com) invites you to join the COMPAIN Lecture Series featuring talks on pain from philosophical, medical, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
A press release by Aarhus University on our paper on the multiple generator hypothesis (Kirkeby-Hinrup, Fink, & Overgaard 2025)
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Daily Neuron comments on The Multiple Generator Hypothesis
In a recent paper published in Neuroscience of Consciousness, researchers Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup, Sascha B. Fink, and Morten S. Overgaard propose a paradigm-shifting alternative. They reject the old ass...
neurocampus.au.dk
October 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
A press release by Aarhus University on our paper on the multiple generator hypothesis (Kirkeby-Hinrup, Fink, & Overgaard 2025)
neurocampus.au.dk/display/arti...
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Our article on the multiple generator hypothesis for consciousness has been talke about at „The Daily Neuron“. Have a look:
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The Multiple Generator Hypothesis Could Revolutionize Our Search for Consciousness - Daily Neuron
The multiple generator hypothesis challenges the idea that only one theory of consciousness can be right, suggesting multiple pathways exist in the brain.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our article on the multiple generator hypothesis for consciousness has been talke about at „The Daily Neuron“. Have a look:
dailyneuron.com/multiple-gen...
dailyneuron.com/multiple-gen...
Join the „Philosophy of AI“ Conference in Amsterdam (23-24. October 2025):
www.pt-ai.org/2025/
And join the associated Society for Philosophy of AI while you are at it.
www.pt-ai.org/2025/
And join the associated Society for Philosophy of AI while you are at it.
PhAI 2025 – PT-AI & Related Conferences
www.pt-ai.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Join the „Philosophy of AI“ Conference in Amsterdam (23-24. October 2025):
www.pt-ai.org/2025/
And join the associated Society for Philosophy of AI while you are at it.
www.pt-ai.org/2025/
And join the associated Society for Philosophy of AI while you are at it.
@philpsy.bsky.social Adrian Kind just won the Open Access Prize by the OLH.
What a great achievement! Congratulations, Adrian! And all of you: Check out his other work.
dailynous.com/2025/09/25/p...
What a great achievement! Congratulations, Adrian! And all of you: Check out his other work.
dailynous.com/2025/09/25/p...
Philosopher Wins Open Access Award - Daily Nous
Adrian Kind, a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy and psychology at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, is one of the winners of the 2025 Open Access Award. The award is given by Open Library of ...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
@philpsy.bsky.social Adrian Kind just won the Open Access Prize by the OLH.
What a great achievement! Congratulations, Adrian! And all of you: Check out his other work.
dailynous.com/2025/09/25/p...
What a great achievement! Congratulations, Adrian! And all of you: Check out his other work.
dailynous.com/2025/09/25/p...
What if there is no unified theory of consciousness? What if there is just a motley crew of multiple generators?
Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup, Morten Overgaard and I investigate what this would mean for consciousness studies. (Thanks to both of you!)
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Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup, Morten Overgaard and I investigate what this would mean for consciousness studies. (Thanks to both of you!)
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The multiple generator hypothesis of consciousness
Abstract. It is well known that in interdisciplinary consciousness studies there are various competing hypotheses about the neural correlate(s) of consciou
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September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What if there is no unified theory of consciousness? What if there is just a motley crew of multiple generators?
Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup, Morten Overgaard and I investigate what this would mean for consciousness studies. (Thanks to both of you!)
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup, Morten Overgaard and I investigate what this would mean for consciousness studies. (Thanks to both of you!)
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
I just quit academia.edu. Even trying to get such a permission – together with AI-screening of my uploaded articles being ON per default – is a no go. All of my newer stuff is open access anyway and I will move it to philpapers.org.
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I just quit academia.edu. Even trying to get such a permission – together with AI-screening of my uploaded articles being ON per default – is a no go. All of my newer stuff is open access anyway and I will move it to philpapers.org.
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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
Forbes reports that Germany established a psilocybin access programme. That is quite big news for psychedelic research and therapy in Europe.
Germany Approves EU’s First Psilocybin Access Program
Germany has given the green light for two medical facilities to offer psilocybin to adults with treatment-resistant depression.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Forbes reports that Germany established a psilocybin access programme. That is quite big news for psychedelic research and therapy in Europe.
Lovely that this little programmatic article is now out in #Gastronomica!
Many thanks to Brandon Ashby and all member of project SENSOR (Derek Brown, Jack Lyons, & Fiona @macpherson.bsky.social ).
Watch out for more on #SensoryEngineering! Bon appétit!
Many thanks to Brandon Ashby and all member of project SENSOR (Derek Brown, Jack Lyons, & Fiona @macpherson.bsky.social ).
Watch out for more on #SensoryEngineering! Bon appétit!
Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering
Is gastronomy a case of sensory engineering? Is sensory engineering relevant to gastronomy?We argue that gastronomy is a familiar and widespread example of sensory engineering. This has two consequenc...
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August 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Lovely that this little programmatic article is now out in #Gastronomica!
Many thanks to Brandon Ashby and all member of project SENSOR (Derek Brown, Jack Lyons, & Fiona @macpherson.bsky.social ).
Watch out for more on #SensoryEngineering! Bon appétit!
Many thanks to Brandon Ashby and all member of project SENSOR (Derek Brown, Jack Lyons, & Fiona @macpherson.bsky.social ).
Watch out for more on #SensoryEngineering! Bon appétit!
What a great conference of the Consciousness Research Network (CORN) in Bangkok! The whole team at Chulalongkorn (under the lead of Chaipat Chunharas and Kanit Mitinunwong Sirichan) were such excellent hosts and organisers. Thank you to all participants for the great discussions and all the fun!
CoRN 2025
We would like to invite submissions of abstracts to be presented at the 5th Meeting of CoRN to be held August 6-8 at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Please submit an abstract no longer than 1800 ch...
www.conresnet.org
August 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
What a great conference of the Consciousness Research Network (CORN) in Bangkok! The whole team at Chulalongkorn (under the lead of Chaipat Chunharas and Kanit Mitinunwong Sirichan) were such excellent hosts and organisers. Thank you to all participants for the great discussions and all the fun!
Thank you, Adrian, for posting this. Beside our editors and advisors, we are grateful to all authors that have trusted us with their manuscripts.
The Diamond OAJ ournal @phimisci.bsky.social received metrics for the first time. Sure metrics are not the whole story, but its amazing to see them directly behind Philosophy of Science, and ahead of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Science SJR Value! Lets keep pushing OA Philosophy!
#philsky
#philsky
July 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Thank you, Adrian, for posting this. Beside our editors and advisors, we are grateful to all authors that have trusted us with their manuscripts.
Das PHILOSOPHIE MAGAZIN hat dieses kurze Interview publiziert über unser COMPAIN Schmerzprojekt. Humor wurde leider rauseditiert, aber ich danke Nils Althaus (dem Interviewer) herzlich für das tolle Gespräch! www.philomag.de/artikel/sasc...
Sascha Fink: „Nicht Schmerz ist das Interessante, sondern schmerzinduziertes Leiden”
Der Erlanger Philosoph Sascha Fink fordert eine neue Sprache für Schmerz, einen neuen Fokus auf Leid und neue Ställe für Schweine.
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July 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Das PHILOSOPHIE MAGAZIN hat dieses kurze Interview publiziert über unser COMPAIN Schmerzprojekt. Humor wurde leider rauseditiert, aber ich danke Nils Althaus (dem Interviewer) herzlich für das tolle Gespräch! www.philomag.de/artikel/sasc...
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May 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Ohne Transparenz regiert sich’s leichter — besonders ins eigene Tascherl. Deswegen: Halten wir’s a bisserl schwerer. Ist eh noch undurchsichtig genug.
Die Union will offenbar das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) abschaffen, meldet @fragdenstaat.de. Dahinter stecke Philipp Amthor – der wg. seiner früheren Tätigkeit für Augustus Intelligence selbst unter IFG-Anfragen von uns & FragDenStaat zu leiden hatte 🧵
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Lex FragDenStaat: Union will Informationsfreiheitsgesetz abschaffen
In den Koalitionsverhandlungen drängen CDU und CSU darauf, das Recht auf staatliche Informationen abzuschaffen. Angetrieben wird das Vorhaben von Philipp Amthor – der wegen seiner umstrittenen Nebentä...
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March 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ohne Transparenz regiert sich’s leichter — besonders ins eigene Tascherl. Deswegen: Halten wir’s a bisserl schwerer. Ist eh noch undurchsichtig genug.
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Wissenschaftliche Artikel hinter Paywalls und wir haben keinen Zugriff? Ein ziemlicher Skandal, denn schließlich haben wir für diese Forschung ja mit unseren Steuergeldern bezahlt! Bei MAITHINK X decken wir heute auf, wie milliardenschwere Verlage die Wissenschaft im Würgegriff haben! Schaut rein! 🧐
Steuerskandal: Wissenschaft hinter Paywalls
Wissenschaftliche Artikel hinter Paywalls und milliardenschwere Verlage profitieren. Bei MAITHINK X zeigt Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, was man noch tun kann.
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March 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Wissenschaftliche Artikel hinter Paywalls und wir haben keinen Zugriff? Ein ziemlicher Skandal, denn schließlich haben wir für diese Forschung ja mit unseren Steuergeldern bezahlt! Bei MAITHINK X decken wir heute auf, wie milliardenschwere Verlage die Wissenschaft im Würgegriff haben! Schaut rein! 🧐
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#PhiMiSci announced a Call for Papers for the special issue "Philosophy and Chemosenses", edited by G. Martina & B. Young. It aims to stimulate research on perception, experience, and cognition in the chemosenses, covering established and under-explored questions. Submission deadline: Sept 1, 2025.
Call for Papers: Philosophy and Chemosenses
| 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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March 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
#PhiMiSci announced a Call for Papers for the special issue "Philosophy and Chemosenses", edited by G. Martina & B. Young. It aims to stimulate research on perception, experience, and cognition in the chemosenses, covering established and under-explored questions. Submission deadline: Sept 1, 2025.
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#PhiMiSci just announced a Call for Abstracts for a book symposium on “The Brain Abstracted. Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience” by Mazviita Chirimuuta, which offers a novel philosophical study of the brain sciences. Deadline: 15th of April 2025.
Call for Abstracts: „The Brain Abstracted“ by Mazviita Chirimuuta
| 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...
philosophymindscience.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#PhiMiSci just announced a Call for Abstracts for a book symposium on “The Brain Abstracted. Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience” by Mazviita Chirimuuta, which offers a novel philosophical study of the brain sciences. Deadline: 15th of April 2025.
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US to use AI to revoke visas of students it sees as Hamas supporters, Axios reports
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US to use AI to revoke visas of students perceived as Hamas supporters, Axios reports
The U.S. State Department will use artificial intelligence to revoke visas of foreign students who are perceived as supporters of Palestinian Hamas militants, Axios reported on Thursday, citing senior State Department officials.
www.reuters.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
US to use AI to revoke visas of students it sees as Hamas supporters, Axios reports
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As a philosopher, I stand with the Maltese entry to #Eurovision: We should hear Conte’s song “KANT”, no matter how BBC announcers feel. #DivaNOTdown #conte #KantBringMeDown
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No kant do: Eurovision bars Malta’s entry over title’s similarity to C-word
Singer Miriana Conte told to change title and lyrics owing to suggestive play on Maltese word for ‘singing’
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March 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
As a philosopher, I stand with the Maltese entry to #Eurovision: We should hear Conte’s song “KANT”, no matter how BBC announcers feel. #DivaNOTdown #conte #KantBringMeDown
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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The 2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced.
The 2025 Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced.
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The 2025 Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced.
mpe-project.info/the-mpe-proj...
The MPE Project – MPE Project
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March 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The 2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced.
The 2025 Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced.
mpe-project.info/the-mpe-proj...
The 2025 Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced.
mpe-project.info/the-mpe-proj...
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We're recruiting for new postdoc and RA positions on our @erc.europa.eu project "ConsciousComputation"
To apply and for more details, please see:
RA: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Postdoc: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Very happy to chat to anyone interested! 🧠🧪
To apply and for more details, please see:
RA: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Postdoc: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Very happy to chat to anyone interested! 🧠🧪
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We're recruiting for new postdoc and RA positions on our @erc.europa.eu project "ConsciousComputation"
To apply and for more details, please see:
RA: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Postdoc: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Very happy to chat to anyone interested! 🧠🧪
To apply and for more details, please see:
RA: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Postdoc: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Very happy to chat to anyone interested! 🧠🧪
CDU Anfrage zielt auf #Greenpeace, #Foodwatch, #PeTA, #BUND und #OmasgegenRechts. Man munkelt “Schattenstrukturen”. Ziel ist es, Förderungen in Frage zu stellen. — klar, die Gefahr für die Demokratie kommt ja von Omas gegen Rechts, etc….
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February 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
CDU Anfrage zielt auf #Greenpeace, #Foodwatch, #PeTA, #BUND und #OmasgegenRechts. Man munkelt “Schattenstrukturen”. Ziel ist es, Förderungen in Frage zu stellen. — klar, die Gefahr für die Demokratie kommt ja von Omas gegen Rechts, etc….
dserver.bundestag.de/btd/20/150/2...
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Zu den Urnen! Gegen den Rechtsruck.
February 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Zu den Urnen! Gegen den Rechtsruck.