Keynote speakers: Devon Bailey (University of Johannesburg), Louise Barrett (University of Lethbridge), Ali Boyle (LSE), Melina Gastelum Vargas (UNAM), Michael Kirchhoff (University of Wollongong), Yukie Nagai (University of Tokyo)
Call for abstracts for ISPSM’s 4th annual online conference. Philosophers working on any science of the mind (broadly construed) are welcome to submit. We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in the field.
It’s that time again! Delighted to announce the call for abstracts for ISPSM 2026 and our keynote speakers! ✨
Dates: 4-6 November 2026
Link for submissions: tinyurl.com/ISPSM-abstra...
Deadline for submissions: 31/07/2026
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09.03.2026 11:18
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Today I am excited to introduce respyra - an open-source Python toolbox for respiratory tracking experiments in interoception research!
Now on PyPI (pip install respyra) with a preprint on PsyArXiv:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
GitHub: github.com/embodied-com...
27.02.2026 12:55
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@sanjasreckovic.bsky.social
27.02.2026 11:51
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🌟KLI Fellow, Liberty Severs @libertysevers.bsky.social, gave a Brown Bag Talk on "Reinforcement learning and the organisation of agency" and sparked great discussion on agency and adaptation, representation in strange agents, etc. 👏👏👏
Check out her new paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
26.02.2026 15:15
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After several years of work, my lab is starting to put out our first papers on learning in a unicellular organism (Stentor coeruleus).
Here we show evidence for a form of associative learning in Stentor:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
26.02.2026 11:39
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learningfromscratch
march 16th, workshop day 1 @ cosyne 2026
Excited to be co-organising a #cosyne2026 workshop with Alison Comrie on 'algorithms for learning from scratch'! With a great line-up of speakers, we'll be tackling the question of what processes enable naive biological & artificial agents to adapt to new situations. Info here: tinyurl.com/4u8enf7k
24.02.2026 18:33
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Congrats!!🥳 🎉🎉💐
20.02.2026 18:42
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Ida Momennejad, The Ontological Reversal of Computation and the Brain - PhilArchive
The Brain Abstracted (2025) critiques treating abstractions in neuroscience as complete explanations of the brain, for their oversimplification and control-orientation. Chirimuuta argues that neurosci...
On the invitation for a commentary on Mazviita Chirimuuta's The Brain Abstracted, I had the pleasure of writing on equating the brain with computation.
The Ontological Reversal of Computation and the Brain
in Philosophy & the Mind Sciences.
Below see what I agree & disagree with in the book.
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17.02.2026 16:52
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BAMB! 2026 | Barcelona Summer School for Advanced Modeling of Behavior
Intensive training for experienced researchers in cognitive science, computational neuroscience and neuro-AI. Five interconnected modules, expert faculty, hands-on projects. July 12-23, 2026.
Applications for BAMB! 2026 are officially open!
Join us in Barcelona (July 12–23) to master the art of behavioral modeling with our incredible faculty:
@meganakpeters.bsky.social
@marcelomattar.bsky.social
@khamascience.bsky.social
@thecharleywu.bsky.social
Apply now here: www.bambschool.org
12.02.2026 13:08
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My lab is looking to recruit 1-2 paid summer interns to do wet lab work on learning in a unicellular organism (Stentor coeruleus). You can apply here:
forms.gle/b47WpSobjFjo...
05.02.2026 11:21
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The Brain Prize Course - Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience - CAJAL
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A special year for the Cajal Course in Computational Neuroscience: the BRAIN Prize winners Haim Sompolinsky and Larry Abbott will join us as keynote speakers. And we will bring you the same great roster of instructors as every year. Applications are now open! cajal-training.org/on-site/comp...
31.01.2026 21:20
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Dennett’s powerful ideas
Published in Philosophical Psychology (Ahead of Print, 2026)
With this brief editorial, I present our special issue on Dennett's Powerful Ideas, due out very soon in @journalphp.bsky.social. I'm very pleased with the quality and variety of contributions we received! doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
26.01.2026 10:32
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Join our KLI Colloquium:
"O Theory Where Art Thou? The Changing Role of Theory in Theoretical Biology in the 20th Century and Beyond"
Speaker: Jan BAEDKE (Ruhr University Bochum)
🕒 26 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
🗺️ at KLI, join online via ZOOM (link & info: www.kli.ac.at/content/en/e...)
23.01.2026 08:57
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Poster advertising symposia on Frances Egan’s book ‘Deflating Mental Representation’ (13/04 - 15/04). More info: https://tinyurl.com/NMO-ISPSM and https://tinyurl.com/Phimisci-Egan
🔔✨Call for papers and symposia on Frances Egan’s (@francesegan.bsky.social) ‘Deflating Mental Representation’ (13/04 - 15/04) alongside Neural Mechanisms Online and Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (@phimisci.bsky.social)!
More info: tinyurl.com/NMO-ISPSM and tinyurl.com/Phimisci-Egan
#philsky
21.01.2026 12:56
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⭐️An exciting opportunity for a fully funded PhD with BTO British Trust for Ornithology and Liverpool John Moores University, to study the population-level movement patterns of over-wintering #Curlew!⭐️
#ornithology #movementecology
20.01.2026 10:48
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People
Over the years, I have written a few Jupyter/Rmd/Matlab notebooks that attempt to teach some statistical concepts, particularly in neuroimaging. You can find them here: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/rik.h..., though I will say a bit more about each one in a number of posts over next few days.
19.01.2026 17:46
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💐 Congratulations to our Writing-up Fellow Liberty Severs on her new publication! 👏👏👏
16.01.2026 08:09
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The best time to leave X was when it became a Nazi bar; the second best time is now.
14.01.2026 10:17
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Join our KLI Colloquium:
"On Experimental Models of Developmental Plasticity and Evolutionary Novelty"
Speaker: Patricia BELDADE (Lisbon University)
🕒 15 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
🗺️ at KLI, join online via ZOOM (link & info: www.kli.ac.at/en/the_kli/n...)
13.01.2026 14:09
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PhD position(s)🚨deadline 20th Jan
1-development of brain & behaviour in the precocial spiny mouse tinyurl.com/yaxhy5y2
2-social behaviour & neurophysiology in a menstruating rodent using AI tinyurl.com/ykv93cts
apply ✍️
@ai4bicdt.bsky.social @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
08.01.2026 17:43
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Woman with red hair in snorkeling gear next to text that says "Sari N., postdoc. dives deep" with UniVienna logo
Please share widely! #ESTEEM #postdoc CFA: 20 positions for female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences, economics @univie.ac.at: careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
To save you a click: PhD completed in 2022 or after (minus career interruption), defended by deadline #UniVienna
07.01.2026 14:55
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Join our first KLI Colloquium in 2026!
Title: Embodied Rationality: Normative and Evolutionary Foundations
Speaker: Enrico Petracca
🕒 8 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
🗺️ at KLI, join online via ZOOM (link & info: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...)
08.01.2026 08:38
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The @kli.ac.at are now on bluesky, too! 🦋
08.01.2026 12:06
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KLI colloquium poster with speaker and event details
At the KLI today (08/01) for the Fall-Winter Colloquium: a talk by Enrico Petracca on 'Embodied Rationality: Normative and Evolutionary Foundations' (3–4:30 PM CET)
Info & link: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
#philsky
08.01.2026 08:16
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a cartoon cat is laying on top of a laptop .
Alt: pusheen the a cartoon cat is typing on a laptop.
Hello friends! In 2025 I wrote 5 grants and aiming to keep it up in the new year! Anyone willing to share a Dutch Research Council VENI FULL proposal example with me? (especially a successful one from recent years?) #neuroskyence #cogsci #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #Psychiatry #Netherlands #VENI 🙏🙏🙏
03.01.2026 12:14
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Thank you v much Darius :D
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