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Philosophy Prof at UMass Amherst
Syllabus (draft) on modal thought:
flaxen-store-af3.notion.site/PHIL555-Moda...
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PHIL555: Modal Thought | Notion
Overview
https://flaxen-store-af3.notion.site/PHIL555-Modal-Thought-f6024a1bfd104ac0b871209f2ebc5b3a?source=copy_link
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So well-deserved!! š„³
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Only one week left to register for our conference "Essentialism in the Human Mind" at
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12 months ago
Hey folks- Iāll be doing the next one of these, if your grad students want to chat Philsci, game theory, evolutionary or agent based modeling, misinformation please share
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Spread the word & register for our conference "Essentialism in the Human Mind", combining perspectives from Phil & Psych, on April 26 at UMass Amherst!
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Evan Westra
about 1 year ago
In the past 5 years, thereās been an explosion of new work on the philosophy & cog sci of norms. If you want to get up to speed on it, check out this newly revised SEP entry on the Psychology of Normative Cognition by
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The Psychology of Normative Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/psychology-normative-cognition/
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Andrew Steele
about 1 year ago
A vaccine that prevents cancer: āScientists say the HPV vaccine works so well that this type of cancer could be eradicated in the near future.ā Over 99% of cervical cancers are caused by this virusāso preventing the infection prevents the cancer. Amazing news!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Our paper "Giving Generic Language Another Thought" (authored by myself, Annie Bosse, Guillermo Del Pinal, and Rachel Sterken) is now officially out in WIREs Cognitive Science.
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Giving Generic Language Another Thought
According to an influential research program in cognitive science, philosophy, and linguistics, there is a deep, special connection between generics and stereotyping. However, recent empirical and th...
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcs.70000
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Brian Nosek
about 1 year ago
The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving.
osf.io
Contact
[email protected]
if you need assistance
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Melissa Kibbe
about 1 year ago
Just a reminder that the deadline to submit to
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is (for real this time) Friday, Jan 31, at 11:59 Eastern! It's going to be a fantastic meeting, with keynotes from Louise Antony and Fei Xu, some incredible invited symposia, and a preconference "Possibilities Near and Far".
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Check out my new syllabus for my PhD seminar on foundations of cogsci! this semester will be so much fun
flaxen-store-af3.notion.site/PHIL-755-Fou...
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PHIL 755: Foundations of Cognitive Science | Notion
Spring 2025 Thursdays, 4-6:30pm, South College E301 Eleonore Neufeld UMass Amherst, Philosophy
https://flaxen-store-af3.notion.site/PHIL-755-Foundations-of-Cognitive-Science-8cd1f906ba194b4aa76e9028d1608652?pvs=74
about 1 year ago
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Will Fleisher
about 1 year ago
I have a new paper coming out in Ergo about algorithmic fairness, for anyone who might be interested in that sort of thing.
philpapers.org/rec/FLEAFC
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Will Fleisher, Algorithmic Fairness Criteria as Evidence - PhilPapers
Statistical fairness criteria are widely used for diagnosing and ameliorating algorithmic bias. However, these fairness criteria are controversial as their use raises several difficult questions. I ar...
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Kat Abughazaleh
about 1 year ago
This profoundly important piece by Mohammad Alsaafin is a must-read today:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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We Have a Ceasefire Deal, but This Isnāt the End
The widely reported agreement must hold. We havenāt begun to understand the full scope of the horrors Israel wrought. And Palestine is still not free.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-ceasefire-deal-israel-hamas-agreement/
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Eman Abdelhadi
about 1 year ago
I am following the cue of Gazans celebrating on the streets and trying to feel some joy. Iām facing how numb Iāve become in order to survive. I longed for this moment for 467 days, and itās here. And I donāt know how to access my feelings about it.
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Experimental Philosophy
about 1 year ago
I wrote a blog post about the very different approaches to citing old papers in philosophy vs. psychology - and which approach is the better one
xphi.net/2025/01/03/h...
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Is generic languageāeg āBrits have bad teethāāa unique cause of harmful social cognition (eg stereotyping)?
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et al review the evidence and conclude the genericsā social bias link is more complex and less direct than previously thought
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New paper alert! Junhyo Lee's & my paper on pornography's effects on desire is forthcoming in Philosophical Quarterly. We're expanding on Langton&West's presupposition model of pornography to explain its effects on desires, and argue that it issues implicit directives.
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about 2 years ago
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Edouard Machery
about 2 years ago
SPP abstracts for the 50th Anniversary Meeting are due in one month, with a great lineup of speakers and events!
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Tobias Gerstenberg
about 2 years ago
The talk recordings from the "Causality in Minds and Machines" workshop are live now.
sites.google.com/view/causali...
Thanks again to all the speakers and to the Society for Mathematical Psychology for sponsoring the workshop!
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Tomer Ullman
about 2 years ago
famous moments in psychology / cog-sci as lego sets, a thread. 1. Pavlov's dogs.
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What's your favorite definition (/characterization/..) of analog and digital representations?
over 2 years ago
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over 2 years ago
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Center for Philosophy of Science
Live talks and videos, featuring our visiting fellows and range of unique and engaging experts! Hosted by the Center for Philosophy of Science and University of Pittsburgh. The Center for Philosoph...
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Cognitive Science Society
over 2 years ago
š We've officially landed on Bluesky! Excited to join this vibrant new platform and (re)connect with all of you! š£ļøš¬ Help us spread the word by retweeting and following.
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Check out my syllabus for my grad seminar "Foundations of Cognitive Science"!
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