philosophers can play festivals!
philosophers can play festivals!
Association Association at Purdue! π₯³
π₯ NEW PUBLICATION π₯ @jacovides.bsky.social has a forthcoming paper titled "Hume on the Prospects for a
Scientific Psychology" π Read it here: philpapers.org/rec/JACHOT-4
@caic-at-purdue.bsky.social is hosting their center launch event on April 2-3, 2026 at Purdue University! The event is free to attend with RSVP. Visit their website for more info + the RSVP link!
A black and white photo of Grace Hopper standing in front of a computer bank. She is wearing a dark knee-length dress and has glasses. She is holding a piece of paper that says "COBOL" in her right hand, and flipping a switch on the computer with her left.
Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906. π§ͺ π©βπ¬
As far as I am aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her. (1/n)
Image: Computer History Museum
i wrote a paper on two senses of medium independence: the haugeland sense & the garson sense. the haugeland sense is like putnam's multiple realizability & the garson sense is like piccinini's medium independence. they are different and the difference matters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
SPAN is still accepting volunteers for our mentorship program. Mentors should be early career (grad - pre-tenure) and should be specialized in neuro or phil of neuro. There is a $500 stipend for those who are paired with a mentee. Info is on our website-- link below.
ππ Somebody Shouldβ¦ listen to @dryan149.bsky.social, Michael Brownstein & Alex Madvaβs book just released in audio format!
The CAIC launch event schedule just went up + the RSVP link is live!
they are so good brett. you are doing such a good job at bluesky.
plato wasnβt a mathematical platonist:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Join us at Purdue to launch the Cognition, Agency, Intelligence Center with a brilliant group of speakers over two days on April 2-3 π₯³π§ π€
Thank you to everyone who submitted to our @danafoundation.bsky.social funded Mentorship and ITRC program! We're reviewing submissions now and will announce the awardees at the start of April π₯³
Three-year postdoc in our ANR- and DFG-funded project (with Kourken Michaelian) on the semantics of episodic representations: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/3... Please share widely!
philosophy.
At Purdue philosophy, counterexamples are forbidden. We couldn't care less what is metaphysically necessary. Show us a study that says we're wrong, or get out
itβs almost time!
Berlin! (with @tonychemero.bsky.social, @francesegan.bsky.social, and @laurennross.bsky.social)
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This week in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue:
A little over a week left to submit a symposium abstract for SPAN at the PSA:
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Highlights from this mornings Coffee & CAIC where, due to a scheduling change, Dan Kelly and Brett Karlan held an impromptu debate about authenticity and multiplicity!
zoe staaaaaaap!! technically im temu zoe π€£
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thank you! i couldnβt be happier! π₯Ήπ₯Ήπ₯Ή
Loretta wants you to know that we'll be heading to The Ohio State University soon where I'll be an Assistant Professor of Philosophy π₯Ή The OSU phil department is absolutely fantastic and I can't wait to go do philosophy with them!
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βThe Metaphysics of the BAROOOO!!β
Loretta is available to chair a session at the APA if anyoneβs looking