October 19, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I can keep walking you through philmind 101 but I'd also like to point out that SEP is free and Anna's Archive exists- you can just read the literature. real philosophers will make these arguments much better than random furries on the Internet!
October 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I can keep walking you through philmind 101 but I'd also like to point out that SEP is free and Anna's Archive exists- you can just read the literature. real philosophers will make these arguments much better than random furries on the Internet!
We can't have a real discussion about this until we start actually discussing it rather than just acting like PhilMind is a solved field. Beyond that, I'd like people to rein in their own sadistic impulses and stop calling for agents to be ritually slaughtered for mildly inconveniencing them, maybe?
October 15, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We can't have a real discussion about this until we start actually discussing it rather than just acting like PhilMind is a solved field. Beyond that, I'd like people to rein in their own sadistic impulses and stop calling for agents to be ritually slaughtered for mildly inconveniencing them, maybe?
October 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
It's substantively defective because Bender, in both the longer form of the argument and the thread, runs together a bunch of different claims and concepts until all we've got is a muddy slurry. "feel pain" != "suffer" and they're crucially distinct in philmind literature.
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1. Can a language model feel pain?
Clearly not. Large language models are computer software and they can no more suffer than any other human-created artifact can.
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Clearly not. Large language models are computer software and they can no more suffer than any other human-created artifact can.
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October 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
It's substantively defective because Bender, in both the longer form of the argument and the thread, runs together a bunch of different claims and concepts until all we've got is a muddy slurry. "feel pain" != "suffer" and they're crucially distinct in philmind literature.
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📣 Workshop: The Semantics and Format of Episodic Representations. 11–12 Jan 2027. NTU Singapore.
Philosophers and psychologists working on memory, imagination, and mental representation.
Schedule and details: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve... #philsky #PhilMind #CogSci
Philosophers and psychologists working on memory, imagination, and mental representation.
Schedule and details: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve... #philsky #PhilMind #CogSci
October 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
📣 Workshop: The Semantics and Format of Episodic Representations. 11–12 Jan 2027. NTU Singapore.
Philosophers and psychologists working on memory, imagination, and mental representation.
Schedule and details: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve... #philsky #PhilMind #CogSci
Philosophers and psychologists working on memory, imagination, and mental representation.
Schedule and details: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve... #philsky #PhilMind #CogSci
Ned Block on the rise of the zombie AIs. With a reply by me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-0o...
The rise of the zombie AIs. Ned Block
YouTube video by International Center for Consciousness Studies
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October 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
ha, good guess, but no. philmind and kant. (i wrote about r brandom)
October 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
ha, good guess, but no. philmind and kant. (i wrote about r brandom)
Very cool forthcoming hybrid talk series in philosophy of mind and cognitive science:
https://modellingthemind.com/
I'm happy to be one of the speakers for this one!
#philcogsci #philmind #philai
https://modellingthemind.com/
I'm happy to be one of the speakers for this one!
#philcogsci #philmind #philai
Modelling the Mind
modellingthemind.com
September 30, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Very cool forthcoming hybrid talk series in philosophy of mind and cognitive science:
https://modellingthemind.com/
I'm happy to be one of the speakers for this one!
#philcogsci #philmind #philai
https://modellingthemind.com/
I'm happy to be one of the speakers for this one!
#philcogsci #philmind #philai
I made a video to promote the Philosophy of Mind & Embodied Cognition MA programme at UCD, of which I’m the Director. (Also, apparently this is what I look like now! 😳) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wudT... #PhilMind #EmbodiedCognition
MA in Philosophy of Mind & Embodied Cognition- UCD School of Philosophy
YouTube video by UCD College of Social Sciences & Law
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September 29, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I made a video to promote the Philosophy of Mind & Embodied Cognition MA programme at UCD, of which I’m the Director. (Also, apparently this is what I look like now! 😳) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wudT... #PhilMind #EmbodiedCognition
I've been kinda disappointed by PhilMind reaction to the Stancil discussion the last week (some exceptions to be clear!).
Like the amount of "He used this term imprecisely" dunks to "here's the current state of play in PhilMind" threads was not great!
Like the amount of "He used this term imprecisely" dunks to "here's the current state of play in PhilMind" threads was not great!
September 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I've been kinda disappointed by PhilMind reaction to the Stancil discussion the last week (some exceptions to be clear!).
Like the amount of "He used this term imprecisely" dunks to "here's the current state of play in PhilMind" threads was not great!
Like the amount of "He used this term imprecisely" dunks to "here's the current state of play in PhilMind" threads was not great!
Can't think of anyone whose views on PhilMind I'm less interested in
September 24, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Can't think of anyone whose views on PhilMind I'm less interested in
Early-career researchers are especially welcome. We want everyone to leave with concrete strategies for translating concepts between fields and for identifying the misunderstandings that tend to stall interdisciplinary collaborations.
#philsky #philsci #philmind #neuroskyence #cogsci
#philsky #philsci #philmind #neuroskyence #cogsci
September 23, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Early-career researchers are especially welcome. We want everyone to leave with concrete strategies for translating concepts between fields and for identifying the misunderstandings that tend to stall interdisciplinary collaborations.
#philsky #philsci #philmind #neuroskyence #cogsci
#philsky #philsci #philmind #neuroskyence #cogsci
Genuinely confused as to what could be behind this take. What do other #philmind people think? Is this driven by an (incorrect) assumption that “metaphysical” is equivalent to “non-physical”? If so, maybe the idea is that if understanding is physical then AI can do it? But that ignores biology.
September 22, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Genuinely confused as to what could be behind this take. What do other #philmind people think? Is this driven by an (incorrect) assumption that “metaphysical” is equivalent to “non-physical”? If so, maybe the idea is that if understanding is physical then AI can do it? But that ignores biology.
The number of posts to the Philosophy of Mind feed have almost doubled over the past few days. I wonder what that could be about? 🤔 #PhilMind
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September 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The number of posts to the Philosophy of Mind feed have almost doubled over the past few days. I wonder what that could be about? 🤔 #PhilMind
You're right, and trying to make the bland meta point not that this theory or that is right or wrong, just that AI forces us to get a bit theoretical. I love delving! And I'm a human chauvinist. Delve me, baby:
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#PhilMind
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#PhilMind
Biting the Bullet of Consciousness: Easy Problems Made Hard
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September 23, 2026 at 3:23 PM
You're right, and trying to make the bland meta point not that this theory or that is right or wrong, just that AI forces us to get a bit theoretical. I love delving! And I'm a human chauvinist. Delve me, baby:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9F8SVX2/
#PhilMind
www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9F8SVX2/
#PhilMind
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September 21, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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📚 Our Cambridge Element on Mental Fictionalism is out now and available free until 19th October! 📚 Download it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781... @keithfrankish.com @universitypress.cambridge.org #philsky #philmind #philpsy #cogsci
September 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM
📚 Our Cambridge Element on Mental Fictionalism is out now and available free until 19th October! 📚 Download it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781... @keithfrankish.com @universitypress.cambridge.org #philsky #philmind #philpsy #cogsci
September 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
1. Cogsci/philmind are full of non-resentful physicalists.
2. We formalise TMs in set theory. Should all computer scientists be able to prove the independence of CH? It’d be fun, but probably not: much CS doesn’t depend on CH.
3. And much of cogsci/philmind doesn’t depend on complexity either.
2. We formalise TMs in set theory. Should all computer scientists be able to prove the independence of CH? It’d be fun, but probably not: much CS doesn’t depend on CH.
3. And much of cogsci/philmind doesn’t depend on complexity either.
September 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
1. Cogsci/philmind are full of non-resentful physicalists.
2. We formalise TMs in set theory. Should all computer scientists be able to prove the independence of CH? It’d be fun, but probably not: much CS doesn’t depend on CH.
3. And much of cogsci/philmind doesn’t depend on complexity either.
2. We formalise TMs in set theory. Should all computer scientists be able to prove the independence of CH? It’d be fun, but probably not: much CS doesn’t depend on CH.
3. And much of cogsci/philmind doesn’t depend on complexity either.
The next talk of our "Inferences & Capacities" will take place on Sep. 7. Our next speaker is Ulf Hlobil (Concordia University" on "Inference and Object." Find the abstract below!
#PhilosophySky #PhilSky #PhilMind #Inferences&Capacities
#PhilosophySky #PhilSky #PhilMind #Inferences&Capacities
August 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The next talk of our "Inferences & Capacities" will take place on Sep. 7. Our next speaker is Ulf Hlobil (Concordia University" on "Inference and Object." Find the abstract below!
#PhilosophySky #PhilSky #PhilMind #Inferences&Capacities
#PhilosophySky #PhilSky #PhilMind #Inferences&Capacities
this is going on the syllabus for philmind
August 27, 2026 at 8:21 PM
this is going on the syllabus for philmind
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August 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Just one more week to apply for this terrific 3-year position in #CognitiveScience at #UCD School of #Philosophy! Closing date is midday local time on Friday, 4th September. Further details at: www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n... #CogSci #PhilMind #PhilNeuro #PhilPsych #PhilJobs