My book on the philosophy of Robert Musil was published yesterday. You can download the pdf freely and legally from the Oxford University Press website. Hard copy only in August. Link: academic.oup.com/book/63024

DAN SPERBER IN ANTWERP, APRIL 23 Who: Dan Sperber (Paris) When: April 23, 4pm Where: Room B.002, Main Campus, Antwerp 2000. No Zoom, only in person! There will be a reception after the lecture. What: Ostensive Communication, Relevance Theory, and the Gricean Legacy

As the last stop of my Shanghai - Hangzhou - Wuhan - Beijing mini lecture tour in China, I will give a talk at Peking University tomorrow at 3pm. If you're around, come along!

LAST CALL: Deadline in a week Two Postdocs in Philosophy of Mind (one ot two years), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp - to work with me! Deadline: March 20, 2026 More info on PhilJobs

Cover design of my book on Musil (coming out in June/August). Racehorse is Kevin Lande's idea. What do we think? I'm not sure about the color..

I'm hiring again!! Two Postdocs in Philosophy of Mind (one ot two years), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp - to work with me! Deadline: March 20, 2026 More info on PhilJobs

Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception is 10 year old!! And what better way to celebrate than to come to Prague in May for the 14th Ernst Mach Workshop on aesthetic attention, where I will be keynoting (with Paloma Atencia Linares). More info: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Aaaand we're back!! Two Postdocs in Philosophy of Mind (one ot two years), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp - to work with me! Deadline: March 20, 2026 More info on PhilJobs

This is the King of Belgium, presenting me with the 2025 Ernest-John Solvay Prize, somewhat loftily also referred to by the press here as the Flemish Nobel Prize. Awarded every 5 years, the first winner in 1965 was Ilya Prigogine. The latest in 2020 was Johan Wagemans. Quite a company to be in...

LAST CALL: Fourteenth Annual Essay Prize at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp Topic: The philosophical implications of aphantasia/hyperphantasia Length: 3000 words. Deadline: December 1, 2025. Prize money: 3,000 Euros.

Giving a talk in the ever so beautiful Lugano at 4.30 today on the translucent mind. It's also on zoom: www.usi.ch/en/feeds/33307

Fourteenth Annual Essay Prize at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp Topic: The philosophical implications of aphantasia/hyperphantasia Length: 3000 words. Deadline: December 1, 2025. Prize money: 3,000 Euros.

I'm still in shock that I won the FWO excellentieprijs, which they insist on calling the 'Flemish Nobelprize'. It's awarded every 5 years and I am apparently the youngest person ever to win it (at the tender age of 50). I am told that the award will be presented by the King of Belgium himself...

My first publication in Trends in Cognitive Sciences: Varieties of aphantasia www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mind & Language just published a symposium on my 2023 Mental Imagery book. With commentaries by Amy Kind, Christian Scholz and Neil Van Leeuwen. Mostly open access. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680017...

On my way to Toronto for the CPA. Toronto friends, come say hi!

In my humble opinion, The Phoenician Scheme is better than any of his films since Grand Budapest Hotel

Book symposium on my Mental Imagery book in Mind & Language with precis, comments byAmy Kind, Neil Van Leeuwen and Christian Scholz and my response. Much of it open access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Symposium on my Mental Imagery book on the Brains Blog this week. Yesterday: my faux-precis. philosophyofbrains.com/2025/03/31/m... Today: Blomkvist on aphantasia! philosophyofbrains.com/2025/04/01/u...

13th Annual Marc Jeannerod Lecture Hanna Pickard 27 March, 4pm Lange Sint-Annestraat 7, Antwerp

My 'Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction' in Japanese. Nice cover!

This one is wild...

Interview about my recently completed ERC project on the European Commission website (in 6 languages): cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...

Got 580,000 Euros from the FWO for what I hope to be my next grand project on the Translucent Mind!

The audiobook of my Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction is now only 3.90 USD (until Jan 2). Literally less than a coffee!! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

LAST CALL: Thirteenth Annual Essay Prize at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp Topic: Representational format Length: 3000 words. Single spaced! Deadline: December 15, 2024. Prize money: 3,000 Euros. More info: bencenanay.com

My 2016 book, Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception is now also freely downloadable at the Oxford University Press website: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

My 2013 book, Between Perception and Action is now freely downloadable at the Oxford University Press website: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Any fans of Robert Musil here? I have a 66,000 word book manuscript on the philosophy of Robert Musil that I'd love to get comments on. Email me!

And last but not least: Margherita Arcangeli's commentary on my Mental Imagery book and my response: junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2024/11...

Next up: Dominic Gregory's commentary on my Mental Imagery book and my response (with an intriguing photo): junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2024/11...

Today: Daniel Munro's commentary on my Mental Imagery book and my response. Check it out: junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2024/11...

There is a book symposium on my 2023 book Mental Imagery: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience (Oxford University Press) this week, starting with my intro, but there will be three commentaries in the next three days. Check it out, comment, etc... junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2024/11...

Thirteenth Annual Essay Prize at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp Topic: Representational format Length: 3000 words. Single spaced! Deadline: December 15, 2024. Prize money: 3,000 Euros. More info: bencenanay.com

My book Mental Imagery: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience (OUP, 2023) is now officially open access. You can download the PDF for free here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Two books arrived on the same day: 1. The Geography of Taste (co-authored with Dom Lopes, Samantha Matherne and Mohan Matthen) 2. Perception: The Basics Pretty covers as well...

This is finally out. Short, cheap, everything you've ever wanted in a book... www.routledge.com/Perception-T...

LAST CALL: CFP: Final conference of the ERC-funded Mental Imagery Project. All expenses covered + 1000 Euro honorarium May 30-31, 2024, Antwerp More info: bencenanay.com/paw.htm

The 11th Annual Marc Jeannerod Lecture, University of Antwerp: Who: Kathleen Akins (SFU) When: January 18, 4pm Where: Room S.004, Lange Sint-Annestraat, Antwerp 2000. No Zoom, only in person! What: Colour Bit-by-Bit: The Problem of Human Colour Development

Centre for Philosophical Psychology and European Network for Sensory Research   Who: Dustin Stokes (Utah) When: January 11, 4pm Where: Room P.002, Prinsstraat 10, Antwerp 2000. No Zoom, only in person! What: Perceptual expertise and creativity    Attendance is free.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Final conference of the ERC-funded Mental Imagery Project. All expenses covered + 1000 Euro honorarium May 30-31, 2024, Antwerp More info: bencenanay.com/paw.htm