#PhiMiSci published a new standalone article: In “What active inference still can’t do: The (frame) problem that just won’t go away”, Darius Parvizi-Wayne argues that both new and old attempts to solve the frame problem on the basis of the active inference framework are explanatorily inadequate.
What active inference still can’t do: The (frame) problem that just won’t go away
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October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#PhiMiSci published a new standalone article: In “What active inference still can’t do: The (frame) problem that just won’t go away”, Darius Parvizi-Wayne argues that both new and old attempts to solve the frame problem on the basis of the active inference framework are explanatorily inadequate.
Last but not least among the contributions to its special issue on dreaming and mind wandering, #PhiMiSci has published “Involuntary ‘what if’ moments: Improbable simulations across the sleep–wake cycle and their relationship with anxiety” by M. C. Poulos, V. Kuvar, R. Mallett, and C. Mills.
Involuntary “what if” moments: Improbable simulations across the sleep-wake cycle and their relationship with anxiety
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October 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Last but not least among the contributions to its special issue on dreaming and mind wandering, #PhiMiSci has published “Involuntary ‘what if’ moments: Improbable simulations across the sleep–wake cycle and their relationship with anxiety” by M. C. Poulos, V. Kuvar, R. Mallett, and C. Mills.
A new article has been published in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism and the science of consciousness: “Neurophenomenal Structuralism as a General Theory of Consciousness?” by Jakub Mihálik and Tomáš Marvan.
Neurophenomenal structuralism as a general theory of consciousness?
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October 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A new article has been published in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism and the science of consciousness: “Neurophenomenal Structuralism as a General Theory of Consciousness?” by Jakub Mihálik and Tomáš Marvan.
A new article has been published in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism and the science of consciousness: “Neurophenomenal Structuralism as a General Theory of Consciousness?” by Jakub Mihálik and Tomáš Marvan.
Neurophenomenal structuralism as a general theory of consciousness?
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October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Call for papers: #PhiMiSci is inviting submissions for a Special Issue on Social Perception, understood as the perception of socially relevant properties in others. It is edited by Géraldine Carranante and Joulia Smortchkova.
Estimated publication date: 2nd quarter of 2027
Deadline: July 1st, 2026.
Estimated publication date: 2nd quarter of 2027
Deadline: July 1st, 2026.
Call for Papers: Social Perception
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September 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Call for papers: #PhiMiSci is inviting submissions for a Special Issue on Social Perception, understood as the perception of socially relevant properties in others. It is edited by Géraldine Carranante and Joulia Smortchkova.
Estimated publication date: 2nd quarter of 2027
Deadline: July 1st, 2026.
Estimated publication date: 2nd quarter of 2027
Deadline: July 1st, 2026.
To conclude our special issue on successful and unsuccessful remembering and imagining, the editors have written an introduction in which they give an overview of all 14 articles. You will find it #OpenAccess in #PhiMiSci: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Successful and unsuccessful remembering and imagining: Editorial introduction
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December 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
To conclude our special issue on successful and unsuccessful remembering and imagining, the editors have written an introduction in which they give an overview of all 14 articles. You will find it #OpenAccess in #PhiMiSci: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Shaun Gallagher's new article „Molyneux and motor plasticity“ is now available on #PhiMiSci. In it, he argues that the key to answering Molyneux’s question involves properly understanding plastic changes not just in the visual areas of the brain, but also in areas involved in motor control.
Molyneux and motor plasticity
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December 12, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Shaun Gallagher's new article „Molyneux and motor plasticity“ is now available on #PhiMiSci. In it, he argues that the key to answering Molyneux’s question involves properly understanding plastic changes not just in the visual areas of the brain, but also in areas involved in motor control.
#PhiMiSci has published a new article as part of our ongoing special issue on dreaming and mind wandering: "Why do we remember our dreams so well? Implications of dream recollection on the imagination vs. hallucination debate" by Ludwig Crespin and Melanie G. Rosen. Take a look!
Why do we remember our dreams so well? Implications of dream recollection on the imagination vs. hallucination debate
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April 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
#PhiMiSci has published a new article as part of our ongoing special issue on dreaming and mind wandering: "Why do we remember our dreams so well? Implications of dream recollection on the imagination vs. hallucination debate" by Ludwig Crespin and Melanie G. Rosen. Take a look!
#PhiMiSci just published the fifth article in our special issue on successful and unsuccessful remembering and imagining: “Memory Identification and its failures” by Fabrice Teroni. Just have a look at it here: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Memory identification and its failures
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December 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
#PhiMiSci just published the fifth article in our special issue on successful and unsuccessful remembering and imagining: “Memory Identification and its failures” by Fabrice Teroni. Just have a look at it here: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
“Exploring the range of reported dream lucidity” by Remington Mallett, Michelle Carr, Martin Freegard, Karen Konkoly, Ceri Bradshaw, and Michael Schredl now #OpenAccess in #PhiMisci: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Exploring the range of reported dream lucidity
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December 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
“Exploring the range of reported dream lucidity” by Remington Mallett, Michelle Carr, Martin Freegard, Karen Konkoly, Ceri Bradshaw, and Michael Schredl now #OpenAccess in #PhiMisci: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Another Call for Papers from #PhiMiSci: We welcome submissions for a special issue titled “Centering Experience in Mental Health: Bridging Psychiatry and Consciousness Science”, edited by C. Caporuscio, R. McAlpine, K. Jerotic, S. Dohnany, V. Joris, and R. Beaute. Deadline: February 1, 2026.
Call for Papers: Centering Experience in Mental Health: Bridging Psychiatry and Consciousness Science
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July 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Another Call for Papers from #PhiMiSci: We welcome submissions for a special issue titled “Centering Experience in Mental Health: Bridging Psychiatry and Consciousness Science”, edited by C. Caporuscio, R. McAlpine, K. Jerotic, S. Dohnany, V. Joris, and R. Beaute. Deadline: February 1, 2026.
#PhiMiSci recently published the second contribution to our new special issue on successful and unsuccessful remembering and imagining: Daniel Munro's “Remembering religious experience: Reconstruction, reflection, and reliability” Now #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Remembering religious experience: Reconstruction, reflection, and reliability
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December 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
#PhiMiSci recently published the second contribution to our new special issue on successful and unsuccessful remembering and imagining: Daniel Munro's “Remembering religious experience: Reconstruction, reflection, and reliability” Now #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Christopher Mole comments on Stokes’s “Thinking and Perceiving” at #PhiMiSci: “Stokes’s malleability thesis and the normative grounding of propositional attitudes” doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Stokes’s malleability thesis and the normative grounding of propositional attitudes
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December 20, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Christopher Mole comments on Stokes’s “Thinking and Perceiving” at #PhiMiSci: “Stokes’s malleability thesis and the normative grounding of propositional attitudes” doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Another article of our special issue on Molyneux's question today was published on #PhiMiSci last week: E. J. Green's "Newly sighted perceivers and the relation between sight and touch" is now available #OpenAccess on our website:
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October 28, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Another article of our special issue on Molyneux's question today was published on #PhiMiSci last week: E. J. Green's "Newly sighted perceivers and the relation between sight and touch" is now available #OpenAccess on our website:
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#PhiMiSci extends the deadline for the special issue "Structuralism in the Science of Consciousness" until the 15th of September. Further inquiries can be made via structuralism@phimisci.org or directly to sascha.fink@fau.de
July 17, 2024 at 6:53 AM
#PhiMiSci extends the deadline for the special issue "Structuralism in the Science of Consciousness" until the 15th of September. Further inquiries can be made via structuralism@phimisci.org or directly to sascha.fink@fau.de
🥳 Exciting news! Our paper on 'lucid sleep' is finally published! Dive into the EEG and phenomenology of five episodes including lucid dreamless sleep, lucid dreaming, and out-of-body-like experiences 💫🧠💤. Check it out here: 🔗https://philosophymindscience.org/index.php/phimisci/article/view/10227
January 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🥳 Exciting news! Our paper on 'lucid sleep' is finally published! Dive into the EEG and phenomenology of five episodes including lucid dreamless sleep, lucid dreaming, and out-of-body-like experiences 💫🧠💤. Check it out here: 🔗https://philosophymindscience.org/index.php/phimisci/article/view/10227
#PhiMiSci started its new special issue on “Molyneux's question today”, edited by B. Glenney and G. Ferretti. The first contribution comes from C. Spence and N. Di Stefano: “Old and new versions of the Molyneux question: A review of experimental answers.” doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Old and new versions of the Molyneux question: A review of experimental answers
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December 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
#PhiMiSci started its new special issue on “Molyneux's question today”, edited by B. Glenney and G. Ferretti. The first contribution comes from C. Spence and N. Di Stefano: “Old and new versions of the Molyneux question: A review of experimental answers.” doi.org/10.33735/phi...
New paper by Ezequiel Di Paolo, Evan Thompson, and Randall Beer in Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci): “Laying down a forking path: Tensions between enaction and the free energy principle”. doi.org/10.33735/phi...
Laying down a forking path: Tensions between enaction and the free energy principle
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December 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
New paper by Ezequiel Di Paolo, Evan Thompson, and Randall Beer in Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci): “Laying down a forking path: Tensions between enaction and the free energy principle”. doi.org/10.33735/phi...
#PhiMiSci has launched a new "Commentaries" section. The first piece is by J. Galiano-Landeira, responding to Michael Newall’s “What is it like to be a tetrachromat?” It connects Newall’s analysis of tetrachromatic color perception with reflections on the question of AI phenomenal consciousness.
A commentary on “What is it like to be a tetrachromat?” by Michael Newall
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June 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
#PhiMiSci has launched a new "Commentaries" section. The first piece is by J. Galiano-Landeira, responding to Michael Newall’s “What is it like to be a tetrachromat?” It connects Newall’s analysis of tetrachromatic color perception with reflections on the question of AI phenomenal consciousness.
What is the relevance of mathematical communication theory for theories of representation? Is it really blind to representational content? If you want to know, have a closer look at Stephen F. Mann’s new paper on this topic, now #OpenAccess in #PhiMiSci: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
The relevance of communication theory for theories of representation
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December 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
What is the relevance of mathematical communication theory for theories of representation? Is it really blind to representational content? If you want to know, have a closer look at Stephen F. Mann’s new paper on this topic, now #OpenAccess in #PhiMiSci: doi.org/10.33735/phi...
As part of our special issue on dreaming and mind wandering, a new article has been published #OpenAccess on #PhiMiSci: "Minimal states of awareness across sleep and wakefulness: A multidimensional framework to guide scientific research" by Adriana Alcaraz-Sánchez:
Minimal states of awareness across sleep and wakefulness: A multidimensional framework to guide scientific research
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December 14, 2024 at 10:06 AM
As part of our special issue on dreaming and mind wandering, a new article has been published #OpenAccess on #PhiMiSci: "Minimal states of awareness across sleep and wakefulness: A multidimensional framework to guide scientific research" by Adriana Alcaraz-Sánchez:
#PhiMiSci just published the next article of its actual special issue on successful and unsuccessful remembering and imagining: „Successfully remembering a belief and the problem of forgotten evidence“ by Shin Sakuragi. Please have a look here: philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
March 18, 2024 at 9:18 AM
#PhiMiSci just published the next article of its actual special issue on successful and unsuccessful remembering and imagining: „Successfully remembering a belief and the problem of forgotten evidence“ by Shin Sakuragi. Please have a look here: philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
#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
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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.
Since we have deactivated our X account, PhiMiSci will repost messages regarding previously published articles that have not been advertised on Bluesky yet.
December 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Since we have deactivated our X account, PhiMiSci will repost messages regarding previously published articles that have not been advertised on Bluesky yet.
New #OpenAccess article in #PhiMiSci: “The many problems with S-representation (and how to solve them)” by Jonny Lee and Daniel Calder, discussing objections (and replies) to the structural representation account. doi.org/10.33735/phi...
The many problems with S-representation (and how to solve them)
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December 20, 2024 at 12:12 PM
New #OpenAccess article in #PhiMiSci: “The many problems with S-representation (and how to solve them)” by Jonny Lee and Daniel Calder, discussing objections (and replies) to the structural representation account. doi.org/10.33735/phi...