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• Lecture 17: Pattern Recognition and Representation Bearers (Turvey, 2019,...

  Last Lecture Turvey reviewed the basics of the computational approach, and highlighted again how it is just the latest iteration of the Cartesian programme. Read more

  The 15 january 2026 by   Andrew D Wilson
  @PsychScientists
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• CFA: Foundations of Physics, Irvine June 2026

  Foundations of Physics comes to North America for the first time in June 2026, for its 23rd iteration, after conferences spanning three decades held in various... Read more

  The 14 january 2026 by   Wuthrich
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• CFA: At the Edge of Spacetime: Rethinking Singularity Resolution, Geneva, 19-20...

  At the edge of spacetime: rethinking singularity resolutionUniversity of Geneva, May 19-20, 2026This workshop brings together physicists and philosophers of... Read more

  The 13 january 2026 by   Wuthrich
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• Venkatesh Rao's 'World Machines'

  As usual, I found Venkatesh Rao's writinting in his latest piece "The Divergence Machine" a bit opaque and wordy, so I asked ChatGPT 5. Read more

  The 05 january 2026 by   Deric Bownds
  @DericBownds
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• The Institutional Stance - an Evolved Intuitive Theory?

  I have just been sent an article by BBS (Brain and Behavioral Sciences) that is soliciting commentaries on an article by Jara-Ettinger and Dunham titled "The... Read more

  The 31 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
  @DericBownds
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• What Our Brains Are Doing as We Experience Musical Pleasure.

  I've been playing more Schubert lately, drawn by his genius for inserting melodic sections within his piano works (sonatas, impromptus, fantasies, etc.) that... Read more

  The 29 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
  @DericBownds
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• What Are Humans For? - AI Forces a Question We’ve Been Dodging

  . AI Is Already Fusing With Us — The Only Question Is How The argument about whether AI will enhance or diminish our our humanity usually starts in the wrong... Read more

  The 26 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
  @DericBownds
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• The Modernity Machine

  

  I want to pass on to readers this Venkatesh Rao substack essay that summarizes what his book club has learned in the past year: The Modernity Machine... Read more

  The 24 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
  @DericBownds
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• Human Machines and AI Machines

  The story of life is the story of machines that learned how to copy themselves and persist through time. Over billions of years these replicating systems evolve... Read more

  The 22 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
  @DericBownds
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• CFA: Postdocs and PhD Positions in Philosophy of Physics, Geneva

  Open positions in philosophy of physics: 2 Postdocs and 2 PhD FellowshipsGeneva Symmetry Group, Department of Philosophy, University of GenevaThe Department of... Read more

  The 20 december 2025 by   Wuthrich
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