Ed Baggs
@edbaggs.bsky.social
University of Southern Denmark
Cognitive science, perception, culture
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Ed Baggs
@edbaggs.bsky.social
· Jun 8
Our thematic collection on Progress in radical embodiment is now published in the May 2026 issue of Topoi
Issue here
link.springer.com/journal/1124...
Our editorial introduction here
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
@segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social
Issue here
link.springer.com/journal/1124...
Our editorial introduction here
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
@segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social
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Hey! Do you know anyone interested in pursuing a Ph.D. about ecological validity in comparative cognitive science? If so, @susanamonso.com and I are looking for them! Please, share and distribute!
Interested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia?
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
Call for expressions of interest: PhD position
The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation is about to publish a call for pre-doctoral scholarships (FPI) adhered to scientific projects that have been approved for funding in 2026. We invite …
ecologicalvalidity.wordpress.com
September 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Hey! Do you know anyone interested in pursuing a Ph.D. about ecological validity in comparative cognitive science? If so, @susanamonso.com and I are looking for them! Please, share and distribute!
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Interested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia?
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
Call for expressions of interest: PhD position
The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation is about to publish a call for pre-doctoral scholarships (FPI) adhered to scientific projects that have been approved for funding in 2026. We invite …
ecologicalvalidity.wordpress.com
September 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Interested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia?
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
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New book! Compiled by Manuel Heras-Escribano and me. Reed’s work was prescient and is definitely still worth reading.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
The Selected Writings of Edward S. Reed | Manuel Heras-Escribano, Anth
The Selected Writings of Edward S. Reed brings to light the groundbreaking contributions of one of the most original thinkers in ecological psychology and
www.taylorfrancis.com
August 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
New book! Compiled by Manuel Heras-Escribano and me. Reed’s work was prescient and is definitely still worth reading.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
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Virtual lecture I offered at the Cognitive Institute in Istanbul recently released. youtu.be/v6XujmyKgrI
Replacing Functional Localization with Psycho-Neural-Behavioral Constraint - Michael Anderson (PhD)
YouTube video by CogIST
youtu.be
August 27, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Virtual lecture I offered at the Cognitive Institute in Istanbul recently released. youtu.be/v6XujmyKgrI
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what does @tonychemero.bsky.social's new book 'Intertwined Creatures' have to offer to the “AI consciousness” debate?
here is my take on it
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
here is my take on it
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception
A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body.
www.nature.com
August 24, 2026 at 10:19 AM
what does @tonychemero.bsky.social's new book 'Intertwined Creatures' have to offer to the “AI consciousness” debate?
here is my take on it
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
here is my take on it
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Here's a really nice paper by @edbaggs.bsky.social on "James J. Gibson’s affordance examples". The affordance idea is often glossed as about "possibilities for action". Anyone who actually reads Gibson will see many examples that don't fit that schema. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
July 30, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Here's a really nice paper by @edbaggs.bsky.social on "James J. Gibson’s affordance examples". The affordance idea is often glossed as about "possibilities for action". Anyone who actually reads Gibson will see many examples that don't fit that schema. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Our thematic collection on Progress in radical embodiment is now published in the May 2026 issue of Topoi
Issue here
link.springer.com/journal/1124...
Our editorial introduction here
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
@segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social
Issue here
link.springer.com/journal/1124...
Our editorial introduction here
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
@segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social
June 8, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Our thematic collection on Progress in radical embodiment is now published in the May 2026 issue of Topoi
Issue here
link.springer.com/journal/1124...
Our editorial introduction here
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
@segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social
Issue here
link.springer.com/journal/1124...
Our editorial introduction here
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
@segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social
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Leeds Beckett School of Humanities and Social Sciences has funding for 5 UK fees-only PhD studentships - many projects available, including one with me on skill acquisition across the lifespan - details here. Drop me a line if interested in working with me!
School of Humanities and Social Sciences Studentships | Research students | Leeds Beckett University
Funded PhD opportunities across our academic schools give you the chance to work on a specific research project and have your fees funded by our university and/or an external partner organisation. The...
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
April 28, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Leeds Beckett School of Humanities and Social Sciences has funding for 5 UK fees-only PhD studentships - many projects available, including one with me on skill acquisition across the lifespan - details here. Drop me a line if interested in working with me!
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The UC Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc! Anyone who will earn a PhD in a related discipline with interest in public engagement is encouraged to apply.
Please share widely! More details and apply here: jobs.uc.edu/job/Postdoct...
#SciComm #philsci 🧪
Please share widely! More details and apply here: jobs.uc.edu/job/Postdoct...
#SciComm #philsci 🧪
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Public Engagement with Science
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Public Engagement with Science
jobs.uc.edu
April 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
The UC Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc! Anyone who will earn a PhD in a related discipline with interest in public engagement is encouraged to apply.
Please share widely! More details and apply here: jobs.uc.edu/job/Postdoct...
#SciComm #philsci 🧪
Please share widely! More details and apply here: jobs.uc.edu/job/Postdoct...
#SciComm #philsci 🧪
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We (@edbaggs.bsky.social, @segundo-ortin.bsky.social, @guicogsci.bsky.social, & I) have organised the conference "Dimensions of Radical Embodiment" for the last few years [Stay tuned for the next one!]. And we just edited a special issue around it. Here's the intro: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Introduction: Progress in Radical Embodiment - Topoi
Topoi -
link.springer.com
April 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We (@edbaggs.bsky.social, @segundo-ortin.bsky.social, @guicogsci.bsky.social, & I) have organised the conference "Dimensions of Radical Embodiment" for the last few years [Stay tuned for the next one!]. And we just edited a special issue around it. Here's the intro: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Really enjoyed this discussion on Brain Inspired. We talk about how EP is currently showing up in the mainstream, and how it might be done better. We also talk about neuro developments within the ecological community itself. Thanks for leading us through it, Paul @braininspired.bsky.social!
Do neuroscientists know what "affordance" actually means?
(it seems perhaps not)
Luis, Vicente, and Matthieu @dewitmm.bsky.social on neuroscience trying to adopt ecological psychology for an "ecological neuroscience"
braininspired.co/podcast/232/
(it seems perhaps not)
Luis, Vicente, and Matthieu @dewitmm.bsky.social on neuroscience trying to adopt ecological psychology for an "ecological neuroscience"
braininspired.co/podcast/232/
February 25, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Really enjoyed this discussion on Brain Inspired. We talk about how EP is currently showing up in the mainstream, and how it might be done better. We also talk about neuro developments within the ecological community itself. Thanks for leading us through it, Paul @braininspired.bsky.social!
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Luis Favela and I just finished editing a special issue on dynamical cognitive science for topiCS. The great contributors of the issue talk a little bit about what happened in the last 30 years, where we are now, and where we are heading to.
Here's the intro (open access): doi.org/10.1111/tops...
Here's the intro (open access): doi.org/10.1111/tops...
Dynamical Cognitive Science! Wherefore Art Thou?
How has dynamical systems theory—especially the dynamical hypothesis—influenced the cognitive sciences since the 1990s? This topic brings together informatics, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, ...
doi.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Luis Favela and I just finished editing a special issue on dynamical cognitive science for topiCS. The great contributors of the issue talk a little bit about what happened in the last 30 years, where we are now, and where we are heading to.
Here's the intro (open access): doi.org/10.1111/tops...
Here's the intro (open access): doi.org/10.1111/tops...
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New book with more Chomsky-bashing. The website says March 2026, but it is available now.
cup.columbia.edu/book/intertw...
cup.columbia.edu/book/intertw...
February 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
New book with more Chomsky-bashing. The website says March 2026, but it is available now.
cup.columbia.edu/book/intertw...
cup.columbia.edu/book/intertw...
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Call for papers: 2026 International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA) in Omaha, NE, June 23–26, 2026 icpa2026omaha.com (please RT!)
ICPA - ICPA 2026
Welcome to the 2026 International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA). This year, we meet in Omaha, Nebraska, bringing the international ecological psychology community together in a setting th...
icpa2026omaha.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Call for papers: 2026 International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA) in Omaha, NE, June 23–26, 2026 icpa2026omaha.com (please RT!)
We're hosting a PhD school in Odense, 7-9 January 2026 on Cognitive processes in social settings (will be in English!).
Deadline for registration extended to Friday 19 December at noon.
www.conferencemanager.dk/kognitivepro...
Deadline for registration extended to Friday 19 December at noon.
www.conferencemanager.dk/kognitivepro...
Kognitive processer i sociale sammenhænge
www.conferencemanager.dk
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We're hosting a PhD school in Odense, 7-9 January 2026 on Cognitive processes in social settings (will be in English!).
Deadline for registration extended to Friday 19 December at noon.
www.conferencemanager.dk/kognitivepro...
Deadline for registration extended to Friday 19 December at noon.
www.conferencemanager.dk/kognitivepro...
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A little bit of spam, but this one is honestly one of my favourite papers I've participated in.
I still think there's a whole dissertation to be written on this topic--ecological psychology & epistemology.
I still think there's a whole dissertation to be written on this topic--ecological psychology & epistemology.
Ecological psychology and the mirror of nature (by @diovicen.bsky.social, @tonychemero.bsky.social)
Ecological psychology and the mirror of nature | 6 | Analytic Philosop
There is a passage in The Language of Thought in which Jerry Fodor criticizes James and Eleanor Gibson’s theory of perception. Richard Rorty discusses this
www.taylorfrancis.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A little bit of spam, but this one is honestly one of my favourite papers I've participated in.
I still think there's a whole dissertation to be written on this topic--ecological psychology & epistemology.
I still think there's a whole dissertation to be written on this topic--ecological psychology & epistemology.
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At last, the final publication in 'Cognitive Technologies and their Histories': the editorial introduction to the issue in TopiCS, by myself and @helenamiton.bsky.social. 4.5 years since our initial @cogscisociety.bsky.social panel. Free access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cognitive Technologies and Their Histories
Cognitive technologies are socially acquired and culturally evolved systems whose primary function is cognitive. There is a tremendous untapped opportunity for a broad range of disciplines across the...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
At last, the final publication in 'Cognitive Technologies and their Histories': the editorial introduction to the issue in TopiCS, by myself and @helenamiton.bsky.social. 4.5 years since our initial @cogscisociety.bsky.social panel. Free access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share!
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
2026 Conference
Call for Papers: Science and Technology in the Anthropocene April 2 – 3, 2026 A conference about human experience in a world with non-biological intelligent systems and the environmental prob…
uchumanitiestech.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share!
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
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"meaningful affordances"
"bio-mechanical affordances"
"mental affordances"
"non-representational affordances"
Please stop. Stop with the adjectives. It makes no sense. Thank you.
"bio-mechanical affordances"
"mental affordances"
"non-representational affordances"
Please stop. Stop with the adjectives. It makes no sense. Thank you.
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"meaningful affordances"
"bio-mechanical affordances"
"mental affordances"
"non-representational affordances"
Please stop. Stop with the adjectives. It makes no sense. Thank you.
"bio-mechanical affordances"
"mental affordances"
"non-representational affordances"
Please stop. Stop with the adjectives. It makes no sense. Thank you.
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Radical embodied memory - new preprint from Robyn Wilford and Mike Anderson osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Radical embodied memory - new preprint from Robyn Wilford and Mike Anderson osf.io/preprints/ps...
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New paper out today with Zach Peck, “A radical embodied account of responsibility”. Not open access alas. Hit me up if you want a copy.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A Radical Embodied Account of Responsibility - Topoi
In this paper, we argue that radical embodied cognitive science implies an ethics of responsibility that prioritizes what we refer to as taking collective responsibility. By taking responsibility, we ...
link.springer.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New paper out today with Zach Peck, “A radical embodied account of responsibility”. Not open access alas. Hit me up if you want a copy.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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@edbaggs.bsky.social, @valtour.bsky.social, Sarah Bro Trasmundi, and yours truly teach a Ph.D. course on Cognitive Processes in Social Settings - at Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark, January 7-9, 2026.
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@edbaggs.bsky.social, @valtour.bsky.social, Sarah Bro Trasmundi, and yours truly teach a Ph.D. course on Cognitive Processes in Social Settings - at Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark, January 7-9, 2026.
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Just submitted a BBS commentary (w/ @edbaggs.bsky.social) on the paper "Let’s go WILD: Increasing Inclusivity in Theories of Developmental Psychology"
To make psychology more inclusive we need to confront the WEIRDness of our methods & metatheoretical commitments!
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
To make psychology more inclusive we need to confront the WEIRDness of our methods & metatheoretical commitments!
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
October 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Just submitted a BBS commentary (w/ @edbaggs.bsky.social) on the paper "Let’s go WILD: Increasing Inclusivity in Theories of Developmental Psychology"
To make psychology more inclusive we need to confront the WEIRDness of our methods & metatheoretical commitments!
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
To make psychology more inclusive we need to confront the WEIRDness of our methods & metatheoretical commitments!
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Call for papers: #PhiMiSci is inviting submissions for a Special Issue on Social Perception, understood as the perception of socially relevant properties in others. It is edited by Géraldine Carranante and Joulia Smortchkova.
Estimated publication date: 2nd quarter of 2027
Deadline: July 1st, 2026.
Estimated publication date: 2nd quarter of 2027
Deadline: July 1st, 2026.
Call for Papers: Social Perception
| Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
philosophymindscience.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Call for papers: #PhiMiSci is inviting submissions for a Special Issue on Social Perception, understood as the perception of socially relevant properties in others. It is edited by Géraldine Carranante and Joulia Smortchkova.
Estimated publication date: 2nd quarter of 2027
Deadline: July 1st, 2026.
Estimated publication date: 2nd quarter of 2027
Deadline: July 1st, 2026.