Bartosz Radomski

Rudolf Carnap Lectures 2026 with L. A. Paul (Yale), May 27-29 at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Further details: www.pe.rub.de/carnaplectures.
L.A. Paul will present new work from her upcoming book, extending her work on the topic of Transformative Experience (OUP 2014).

A poster for the upcoming Carnap Lectures 2026

Get ready!
„We invite submissions by Postdocs and PhD students related to the themes of the lectures. Papers will be selected in a blind review process and presenters will be financially supported. Please submit abstracts (max.700 words)
before February 20th, 2026 to franziska.klasen@rub.de.“

Non-conceptual content - old folder

Found someone‘s old folder and got intrigued by „non-conceptual content“ so I opened it. It was empty. Tbh I don’t know what I expected

Found this old folder from someone. It is empty. I don’t know what else I expected

Big up to @krysdolega.bsky.social for suggesting the idea!

Come to my talk tomorrow! I will be looking at the bibliometrics of the free energy principle framework: is it a degenerating research programme? #psaatw #philosophyofscience #fep #actinf #friston

*she sure doesn’t

Yes, we have recorded the talks. I will contact our IT support to get the files and then consider the best way to share them :)

1st Basic Principles of Cognition (BPC) Conference 1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

The conference was a blast! Thanks to everyone participating in-person and online and to our wonderful speakers for their amazing contributions!

Here are the abstracts of talks from the first edition: basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com/abstracts/

#cognition #philosophy #biology #psychology

Thanks for spreading the word! It’s mind blowing that our mini-conference has attracted over 30 people in person (and dozens online!) while our website has drawn hundreds of views in the last days. This positive reception is very motivating for us to carry on promoting basal #cognition research :))

Maybe for the 2nd BPC Conference we will all pay you a visit in Dublin! 😁 discussing cognition on the cliffs of Howth or while bathing in the Irish Sea wouldn’t be half bad 😁

Thanks, Kev! A great presentation, as always :)

Almost 800 views and 180 unique visitors in just the last three days. It’s amazing to see such interest in our project :))

I am amazed that our Basic Principles of Cognition conference was met with such enthusiasm and attended by dozens of people both in person and online. It’s not too late to join! Register at basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com/registration/ #Cognition #Mind #Philosophy #CogSci #Online #Biology

I'm very much looking forward to the BPC conference tomorrow and on Friday at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Everyone is welcome to attend and you can also watch the stream on zoom. I will give a talk at 4pm about early 20th century concepts of plant agency (featuring Arber, Ungerer and Francé). 🌿

1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference The Basic Principles of Cognition Reading Group is turning 4 years old! To celebrate this fact, we are will be meeting in-person for the first time. During the Conference, we will present our current ...

The 1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference (9-10 Oct, hybrid) is around the corner! Feel free to share this neat overview of our conference with your colleagues and students:
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If you still haven’t, register to attend online! Or join us in person in Bochum :)

Put together by Bochum’s early career researchers to celebrate the 4th anniversary of establishing the Basic Principles of Cognition reading group (we accept new members:) you can sign up for this one too! PM me)

Registration Zoom Registration If you have any questions, send us a message!

Register here and join us in Bochum or attend online: basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com/registration/

1st Basic Principles of Cognition (BPC) Conference 1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

What has formerly been called “minimal cognition” research has now been renamed to “basal cognition”.

The phenomena in question are not merely reduced instances of ‘proper’ cognition, but rather represent a pervasive and fundamental aspect of cognition. 

basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

Philosophy of Science Association <div style="font-size: 40px;"><h1 class="fr-text">Philosophy of Science Around the World - 2025</h1></div>

Don't forget to register for PSA Around the World 2025! This year spotlights Eastern & Central Europe 🌍

📅 The conference will take place:
Thu, Nov 6 (3–6:15pm CET)
Fri, Nov 14 (3–6:15pm CET)
Sat, Nov 22 (3–6:30pm CET)
🔗 Register here:

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Zoom registration link is up on the website:) you can find it by clicking on the "Registration" tab in the top right corner

I have this problem with "adaptive AI" - there’s a very trivial sense in which AI adapts (like rivers which "adapt" their flow), there’s a normative sense (adaptive in contrast to maladaptive), and then there’s this inexplicable quality that somehow distinguishes proprietary LLMs from "static" AI

With every problem that AI solves, our lives are not getting easier but progressively more difficult: when all the easy problems are solved, the only tasks left are the *really difficult* ones

Save the date! Remote participation will be also possible:)

We should fine-tune an LLM on Stanisław Lem’s writings and call it an “LLLEM”

Btw, fun fact: Philip K. Dick at the height of his paranoia thought that “Lem” was in fact not a person but a secret collective of Soviet spies smuggling coded messages through sci-fi novels

Not The Onion

Our RTG has been accepted to host a Satellite workshop at the GAP.12 called “The Situated Mind: Perception, Experience, and Imagination“. See you next week in Düsseldorf! 😁

Bartosz Radomski standing next to a presentation slide on citation network analysis that shows a gigantic node of karl friston’s citations relative to other fep researchers

#EPSA25 was fun! So many great minds and kind souls under one roof :) Hats off to the organisers for making it smooth sailing for nearly half a thousand philosophers:)
Next stop: #ESPP and a talk on adaptivity as a missing link in theories of cognition!

Basic Principles of Cognition 1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

We are organising the 1st Basic Principles of Cognition conference at RUB, Germany, 9-10 October 2025. Save the date! #MinimalCognition #BasalCognition #CognitiveScience #CogSci #Philosophy #Mind #Life #Organism #Evolution basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

#EPSA25 #ESPP #GAP12 #KogWiss