It is out and OPEN ACCESS: "The Senses: Perception and Experience" (Cambridge University Press, Elements: Philosophy of Mind, ed. by @keithfrankish.com) #PhilSky #booksky #HPBio #philosophy #cogsci www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Delighted Megan Peters (@meganakpeters.bsky.social) is able to join us as a speaker! Over 160 people registered so far! Full schedule: computationalconsciousness.github.io

i found @basl.bsky.social’s coffee bar. looks like good company 😀

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this year @natashasnature.bsky.social and I will be taking over the SSPP as Philosophy Program Co-Chairs 🥳🥳 We can’t wait to plan some sessions 🤓🤓 See yall in Atlanta! ✌️🍑 southernsociety.org/AnnualMeeting/

A philosopher wins a substantial prize for her work building “a bridge between philosophy and the actual practice of science.”

@caitlinmace.bsky.social talking about representational vehicles at IPM5 🥳

i'm heading to northeastern this month to give a couple of talks: one on AI (and opacity) and one on the history of AI (and cognitive science)! 🥳 it's really cool to be included on this list with some really amazing researchers 🥹

the california mind cannot comprehend the midwest sunny and 80 to torrential downpour in a matter of minutes weather of indiana. i am the california mind. what is happening. why is it like this

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We're recruiting postdocs to study how people build structured knowledge from experience & use it to act flexibly. Behavioral work, fMRI, computational & AI models, with a lifespan focus. You don't need experience with every method; fit & curiosity matter most. Please repost & share! 🧠

i have about 3 years of improv training and performance experience doing improv. i cannot oversell the value of this kind of training for academics who present their work to other people (other academics and the public). 10/10 recommend hitting up the local improv shop. also alan alda is super rad.

Purdue has a VAP position posted for next year: philjobs.org/job/show/31517

Today we’re learning how to do popular writing at the ITRC workshop! 🧠🥳 @danafoundation.bsky.social

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I'm really looking forward to seeing this workshop and SPANs grant come to life with our ITRC groups together in the same room for the first time! I'm looking forward to meeting everyone, but I'm especially excited for the PEWS session!! 🥳🧠✏️🔥

The second SPAN seminar on MRI methods happens on May 22nd at 11am EST. It's free for SPAN members to attend and there's still time to sign up! philandneuro.wildapricot.org/seminar-Series

the original hexagon does not include AI, it includes computer science. the 1978 report explicitly defined the connections. (1) doesn’t work when you swap CS for AI. idk where the AI one came from but it can’t be used interchangeably with the one that came from the Sloan Foundation special report.

how to find typos in your manuscript: step 1: submit it to a journal

The first SPAN seminar session on MRI methods is underway with @pessoabrain.bsky.social 🧠

new post up on THE FEEDBACK!

The first SPAN Seminar series is in 5 days on May 15th at 10am EST. If you plan to attend, be sure to sign up soon! philandneuro.wildapricot.org/event-6629149

There's a postdoc opportunity in social ontology in the Philosophy Department at Purdue next year: philjobs.org/job/show/31449

philosophy: i'm going to use this word. others use that word. these words are different but also similar. i use this one because i want to talk about this thing. other people interested in that thing use the other word. however, what i say will also matter for that word even though i use this word.

do you want a free book or what

postdoc years are equivalent to dog years

Very nice write up describing the motivations and desired outcomes of SPAN's Interdisciplinary projects and mentorship program:

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fun read: yohanjohn.substack.com/p/fallacies-...

my hamster went to the vet. here is a photo of her after she broke out of her travel box and threatened me through the glass of her incubator. it took 2x the normal sedative to sedate her for her teeth trimming. may we all be as strong (and menacing) as poppy.

The SPAN seminar series is coming up next month. It's a great opportunity to learn/brush up on MRI methods in neuroscience. Membership fee waivers are available for students and postdocs who would like to attend. See the flyer below!

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cool online, open to the public, speaker series on representations in minds, brains, and AI. talks are by the authors of some recent papers that you can pre-read ahead of time: www.pe.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophie/...

This Friday at 10am Elsayed Issa, an Assistant Professor of Computational Linguistics and Arabic in the School of Languages and Cultures at Purdue will be joining us for Coffee & CAIC 🥳 ☕ 🍰 Check out the abstract below!

What makes a philosophy publication attention-worthy? Highlights from Alexandra Plakias’ Coffee & CAIC talk ☕️ 🍰

@socphilneuro.bsky.social is offering a seminar series that's free to SPAN members! Anyone can become a SPAN member, so anyone can join the seminars! register here: philandneuro.org

Looking forward to speaking at this ICML workshop on ML & Philosophy! Check out the full lineup and CFP below (deadline: May 11th). Despite the title, the CFP is open to work in many areas of the philosophy of AI, not just AI ethics. sites.google.com/view/philmli...

sorry, i can't. i have to do THE EMAILS.

"This is not a secret test: Perlocutionary speech acts in philosophy job interviews," by Danielle Williams (forthcoming).

i think that when interviewers tell you that what they are asking you is not a "secret test" that they are telling you the truth only in that they have exposed that what they are asking you is a test, but that it's no longer a secret one.

The Cognitive Tools Lab at Stanford (cogtoolslab.github.io) is recruiting two new research staff members to join in AY 26-27. Full-Time Lab Manager: forms.gle/UVwfx5wbY9Km.... IRiSS Predoc Researcher: iriss.stanford.edu/predoc/2026-.... Please share widely in your networks, thank you!!

Highlights from Yaroslav Rosokha’s wonderfully engaging Coffee & CAIC talk on cooperation and power dynamics 👾

oh thank goodness

i recently learned there’s a tunnel system running under all of purdue. feels like day 1 info honestly

If you're going to the PSA this year and you want to pre-read David Sussillo's new book and attend the SPAN session, message me to arrange for SPAN to send you a copy of the book! The book is yours to keep, just attend the session and enjoy the conversation.

@socphilneuro.bsky.social is offering a seminar series that's free to SPAN members! Anyone can become a SPAN member, so anyone can join the seminars! register here: philandneuro.org

The OSU just announced a postdoc for researchers working on AI and ethics. It's a great opportunity to think about AI in a fantastic department! I'll be there starting the 2nd year and I'm looking forward to working with whomever joins! Lmk if you have questions. 🤖 tinyurl.com/4esd4z6a

Purdue's one of the friendliest and most supportive places to do philosophy and I'm so grateful to have had some time here to learn from this incredibly diverse group of excellent researchers (especially Sarah & Dan ☺️). It's such a privilege to be a small part of what they're building here <3

Highlights from day 1 of the CAIC conference!