This Friday Kristian Gonzalez Barman (University of Ghent) and Stuart Glennan (Butler University) will join the Mind & Cognition Research Group in the philosophy department to present their work 'The New Science of Artificial Intelligence' 🤖 Read the abstract below:

@sarahrobins.bsky.social and Kathryn Maxson Jones are heading to the gulf for DSPN ☀️🌴 Sarah will be talking about deciding & remembering and Kathryn will be talking about the giant squid axon as the history of neuroscience keynote! 🦑

New Publication! Maria Waggoner's paper 'Moral illusions' is forthcoming in @journalphp.bsky.social 🥳 Maria argues that we should rethink our conception of the ideal virtuous person and suggests alternative moral resources which a virtuous person could use to navigate cases of moral illusions. 📄👇

New Publication! @evanwestra.bsky.social's paper 'Belief in Social Cognition' is forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of the Cognitive Science of Belief 🥳 Evan argues that belief plays a modest role, rather than a central role, in everyday social cognition. Abstract here: philpapers.org/rec/WESBIS

Standing room only at the fascinating morning workshop! 🐜🐜🐜

New publication from @sarahrobins.bsky.social on memory traces! Her paper is featured in the newly published book 'Space, Time, & Memory' which includes contributions from a diverse and interdisciplinary range of authors across Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy 🥳 Link below!

Thanks so much to Mark Moffett for giving two talks in one day! One thing is for sure: we now know A LOT about ants 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜

Why AI needs Cog Sci 🤝 (including philosophers!): "The cognitive sciences...teach us that intelligence is about more than mere statistical mimicry." 👀 Check out Gary Marcus's insightful and timely new think piece discussing the relation between CS and AI. 🧠 🎂 🤖 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o...

✏️ 2 publications out in the current issue of Mind & Language 📄 Both engage the concept of 'medium independence.' @okaydaniellle.bsky.social argues that different concepts are being thrown around & @coreymaley.net argues we should get right of MI altogether: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680017...

@sarahrobins.bsky.social will be heading to The University of Mississippi for a philosophy forum titled 'Philosophy Meets the Life Sciences' on September 5th! She'll be presenting some of her recent work on memory during her talk titled "Memory Traces & Engrams, Minds & Brains" 🧠

A written interview with the Sociology Group www.sociologygroup.com/interview-wi... @dryan149.bsky.social @madva.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

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🚨 New Book Alert 🚨 @dryan149.bsky.social's new book 'Somebody Should Do Something' is available for preorder. Dr. Kelly and his co-authors show us how we can connect our personal choices to structural change and why individual choices matter, though not in the way people usually think.

Mark Moffett from the Smithsonian will be stopping by the Mind & Cognition Research group during his visit to Purdue on September 5th. We're looking forward to welcoming him to the philosophy department!