In "Enactive Problem Solving and Chatbot Architectures", Riccardo Viale and Shaun Gallagher defend the notion of enactive problem solving (EPS) and they consider how it applies to the use of therapeutic chatbots. All articles are open access, free of charge. #philsky

Talking about how a semantic notion of information could help make sense of panpsychism, at the Contemporary Philosophical Issues 2026 conference, organised by the Croatian Society for Analytic Philosophy and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Rijeka. Many thanks to the organisers! 🙂

The newest issue of the Croatian Journal of Philosophy (vol. 26, no. 76) kicks off with a special issue on The Behavioral and Ethical Consequences of Large Language Models (three articles), along with four standalone articles. All articles are open access, free of charge. #philsky

Tune in tomorrow to see me on Mind Chat! I’ll be talking about why I think functionalists should accept Platonism, and that the mind is a mathematical object. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rz6...

I used to think analytic philosophy writing was too dry and neutral, but there’s character in how papers are structured and ideas are explained. It’s like a little journey through someone’s thinking. Now that AI slop and summaries are common, my opinion has really changed. #philsky

My new publication, "Tallis’s Take on Panpsychism: A Thorough Assessment", is out in Palgrave’s Companion to the Philosophy of Raymond Tallis. I look at Tallis’s objections to panpsychism and argue that the view remains viable. You can also read Tallis’s reply directly in the volume! 🙂 #philsky

Mind-body workshop in Lugano today. Accessible online. www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/15203

“In a couple of years, students at the University of Hertfordshire will be unable to take a philosophy course there.” #philsky Please sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/save-the-h...

I'm happy to announce that I've been selected as an advisor for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund's AS1 Next Generation Advisory Council, as part of the Conscious Connection project! I'm looking forward to the work ahead! 🙂 #philsky

Summer School on Moral Progress and Moral Change — Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb, Croatia — 16-18 June 2026 💭 Extended deadline: 30 April 2026 If you’d like to apply, either as a presenter or attendee, please do so here: mpmc.ifzg.hr #philsky

In "Sobel-esque Sequences and Felicity…", Adam Michael Sennet and Tyrus Fisher consider reverse Sobel sequences, NPI licensing, and related speaker judgments as they bear on von Fintel-style dynamic approaches to the semantics of subjunctive conditionals. All CJP papers are open acces. #philsky

In "A Defense of Lexical Accounts of Slurs: Comments on Stojnić and Lepore’s Inflammatory Language", Louise Antony defends a lexical account of slurs and faces it off against Stojnić and Lepore's articulation account. All CJP papers are open acces. #philsky

99% of the time, saying that feature F explains why humans are unique or special is just rhetorical window dressing for something like "F is a thing humans do and I think that's neat."

Does language have, for lack of a better phrase, a carrying capacity? An upper limit of how many words it can support in its vocabulary given various factors? If no, why aren't languages larger? If yes, why does English have a bajillion words compared to similar languages?

🔓 Fazakas, I., Bois, M., & Gozé, T. (2026). Giving thickness to the minimal self: Coenesthetic depth and the materiality of consciousness. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 25, 409–429. doi.org/10.1007/s110...

In 'On the Ethics of the New Conspiracism', Juha Räikkä and Barbora Baďurová explain that a new conspiracism, known for either doubt-sowing or agitation, raises various new ethical problems and its practitioners face new kinds of blames. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

In 'Words Without Intentions', J.T.M. Miller analyses a standard assumption in metaphysics of language that for a tokening of a word, intentions are jointly or independently necessary or sufficient. Miller offers a counterexample. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

I never expected that I would begin a paragraph in an academic paper with 'In a thread on Steam', but here we are… 😅 #philsky

They should’ve called it ‘metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology’ instead of just ‘metaphysics’ 😔 #philsky

In 'Kant on Educating for Disgust...', Serena Feloj discusses the role of digust in Kant's conception of moral education. She argues that digust is valuable pedagogical and cultural tool in the process of human civilization and refinement. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

As a student when on the job market I was all style no substance. Obvs I got a job. I see a lot of candidates out there try the opposite approach, all substance no style. Obvs it's a disaster. When will people learn: reality doesn't matter, appearances do? Just sad that philosophers don't know this.

Do you think that panpsychism manages to escape the idealism charge or not? Can physical structure truly be mind-independent if it is grounded in consciousness? Would admitting that panpsychism is a form of idealism strengthen or undermine the view? #philsky

To the critics of her book 'The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System' - Andrija Šoć, Monika Jovanović, Ted Kinnaman, and Luigi Filieri (all contained in this CJP special issue) - Lara Ostaric offers an exhaustive response. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

A truly excellent video on personal identity and the teleporter scenario! Thanks to XxYwise from Substack for the recommendation! 🙂 #philsky

🚨 Our Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Computer Simulations in Science is now live. It was a lot of work but I’m proud of this substantial update. I hope it helps those in #philsci interested in the philosophical implications of computational methods. plato.stanford.edu/entries/simu...

Heard a new term yesterday. Apatheist. Someone who can’t be bothered to form any views pro or anti religion.

Would you personally dare step into the teleporter to Titan? Do you think that you would survive the process? Which theory of personal identity do you find most convincing? #philsky

Hope everyone has a lovely Valentine’s Day! 🙂❤️

Consciousness is an echo of an always-already present dasein, meta-narratively representing itself as differánce that haunts being as a spectre of the reified past. I thought this was obvious. #philsky

Gratifying to see that the academic #philosophy community is an identifiable blob! #PhilSky

Physicalism says everything is ultimately physical, yet physics only tells us how things relate, not what they are in themselves. Can Russellian physicalism fill that gap with intrinsic physical properties without smuggling in consciousness? #philsky

Want to read some books? We have free book reviews for you! Follow this thread... #newbooks #philosophy #vol39issue1 #vol39issue2 1/10

A reminder for recent arrivals to Bluesky… #PhilSky #philosophy

In ‘Unity, Freedom, and History…’, Andrija Šoć, building on Lara Ostaric’s thesis, argues Kant’s primacy of the practical makes freedom a transcendental condition even for theoretical cognition, so the moral ‘image’ has real historical-political significance. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

If panpsychism starts off as a ‘sober’ theory of consciousness (meant to avoid reductive physicalism and substance dualism), does it lose its appeal when it starts expanding into a systematic worldview about purpose, spirituality, morality, or is that exactly where it was always heading? #philsky

I interviewed Anil about AI consciousness for my Sub Stack prior to the talk. Subscribe now so you don't miss it! philipgoff.substack.com

I had a great time at the ‘Panpsychism, Non-Physicalism, and the Causal Powers of Consciousness’ workshop with @heddamorch.bsky.social at Ruhr Uni Bochum. So many compelling new views that push the debate forward. I’m very grateful to have had this opportunity! Photo by @finnthwaite.bsky.social! 📸

Why Kant’s 250-Year-Old Ideas Are Exactly What We Need Right Now In his new book Kant: A Revolution in Thinking, Prof. Marcus Willaschek shows how the great philosopher’s ethical insights are more relevant than ever. www.hup.harvard.edu/features/ide... #Kant #today #PhilosophySky #philsky

Apparently, there’s a ‘single-neuron’ theory of consciousness. Perhaps monadic panpsychism is its metaphysical equivalent? 🤔 #philsky

You can now read about monadic panpsychism on the Landscape of Consciousness, a website presenting over 350 diverse theories of consciousness in an organised way, created and curated by Robert Lawrence Kuhn! #philsky

I hate when philosophers randomly add terms in other languages to explain (es erklären) basic terms that seem obvious (c’est évident) to everyone (πάντες τοῦτο οἴδασιν). #philsky

In 'Beautiful Mind, Unconquerable Soul: Productive Imagination and the Unity of Kant’s System', Monika Jovanović, leaning on Lara Ostaric's views about Kant's aesthetics, claims that Kant was an aesthetic cognitivist in a strong sense of the word. All CJP papers are open-access. #philsky

If consciousness is either present or absent with no in-between cases, then how could physical concepts which always admit of borderline cases, ever account for it? Is panpsychism the only solution? #philsky

What’s the difference between the powerful qualities view, and the view that there are both categorical and dispositional properties, but there’s a necessity relation among them? 🤔 #philsky

Join us for another great Sussex Philosophy Society panel in Brighton! Open to academics and public alike. Registration required (free event). @sussex.ac.uk @triphilosophy.bsky.social @davidpapineau.bsky.social @arianneshahvisi.bsky.social #philosophy

Here's some info on my reserch, given this influx of more followers than I can possibly be interesting enough for: Atm I am writing on epistemic injustice interrupting social input to self-knowledge, and how false testimony can 'resonate' in the ways metaphors do, so shouldn't always be dismissed.

Science does not yet rise (aufhebung) to the heights of philosophy.

I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!

Is panpsychism a philosophical dead-end or a legitimate response to the hard problem of consciousness? I respond to Walter Veit's critique and defend panpsychism as a serious metaphysical option, not ornamental fluff. #philsky @walterveit.bsky.social