Regina Fabry
@reginafabry.bsky.social
Philosopher of mind and cognition working at Macquarie University. She/her.
This week on the Diverse Grief Blog: Allan Køster reflects on the relationship between grief and existential identity. #philsky #grief diverse-grief.com/2026/10/29/o...
On Grievability - Diverse Grief
By Allan Køster In her book Grief Lessons, containing translations of Euripides, Anne Carson begins with a direct address to the reader in almost catechetical form: “Why does tragedy exist? Because yo...
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Your are warmly invited to attend a workshop titled "Imagining Diverse Grief" that is taking place at Cardiff University on 28 and 29 June 2027. Registrations are open now! philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsky #grief
Imagining Diverse Grief
Grief matters to everyone. It is a fundamental, universal experience in response to bereavement and non-bereavement losses, but it affects different people in different ways. Although philosophical re...
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This week on the Diverse Grief Blog: Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social reflects on the entitlement to grief, legal constraints on the compensation for bereavement loss, and the normative boundaries of the family from a historical perspective. diverse-grief.com/2026/10/15/c...
Compensating for Grief – the Limits of the Legal Family - Diverse Grief
By Katie Barclay In 1855, the Scottish Court of Session was asked to consider whether the brothers of John Greenhorn, a collier, had a cause of action against his employer, Addie, for their emotional ...
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Some specific features of this one: - like with Rogue One etc, there's a live actor there with the digital face superimposed, so it's really a composite rather than strict deepfake - no images were used to create the face *as these would have been copyrighted*; this was done with text prompts
Patrick Stokes@patrickstokes.com · 3w agoMy ethics segment on RN yesterday on Greta Garbo hawking ball bearings 36 years after she died:
This week on the Diverse Grief Blog: Louise Richardson-Self (@lvself.bsky.social) reflects on complicated grief, grief scripts, and the harms of bionormativity. diverse-grief.com/2026/09/18/g...
Grieving Off-Script: Making Sense of Blended Family Bereavement - Diverse Grief
By Louise Richardson-Self I lost a parent in 2013. This loss was complicated – not simply because grief is complicated, but because our relationship was complicated. I lost my ex-step-dad. He dropped ...
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We are launching the Diverse Grief Blog today! This blog provides a forum for exploring the diversity and complexity of grief. Our inaugural post is written by Tanya Evans and explores the complex relationship of family stories, grief, and the meaning of life. #philsky #grief diverse-grief.com
Diverse Grief
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The most recent issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences is on 'Grief in the Digital Age', edited by @reginafabry.bsky.social and @marilynstendera.bsky.social. Deathbots (or griefbots), virtual memorials, video games and more. link.springer.com/journal/1109...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences is an international and interdisciplinary journal that published papers that address the philosophical and scientific ...
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I am delighted to share that Alexandra Effe's and my article on the literary negotiation of grief experiences just got published in 'Mortality' (Open Access). #philsky #grief www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Literary negotiations of grief experiences: a philosophical-narratological analysis of Denise Riley’s Time lived, without its flow
Philosophical grief research frequently draws on literary autobiographical grief narratives to motivate or substantiate assumptions about the phenomenology of grief. Yet, this research has not prov...
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I'll be presenting some new research at the “Narrative, Imagination, and Well-Being” workshop on 25/9/26 with the Macquarie University Minds & Intelligences Research Centre, organised by the excellent @reginafabry.bsky.social Register: events.humanitix.com/workshop-nar... #philosophysky #philsky
Workshop: Narrative, Imagination, and Well-Being
This workshop facilitates an interdisciplinary conversation about narrative and imagination and their impact on individual and collective well-being.
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I'm very excited to share my latest paper, which has just been published (open access!) in Synthese. In "Synthetic Temporalities", I explore how using AI might impact the relationship between knowledge, agency, and time. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Synthetic temporalities – phenomenological perspectives on epistemic agency, time, and AI - Synthese
This paper will explore the kind of insights that the phenomenological tradition and its various conceptualisations of the temporalities of agency might have to offer for thinking about our increasing...
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If you read Danish, check this out. Frederik Stjernfelt interviewed me for the newspaper Information about the use of AI in mathematical research (if you don't read Danish - like myself - DeepL does a good job): www.information.dk/moti/2026/09...
AI er ved at revolutionere matematikken – på måder, mennesket slet ikke kan forstå
Kunstig intelligens er begyndt at løse matematiske problemer, som mennesker har kæmpet med i årtier. Dermed opstår ifølge matematikfilosoffen Markus Pantsar et nyt problem: Hvad er matematikken værd, ...
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"The (under)diagnosis of #endometriosis: epistemic and affective injustices in the medical niche" is in print! Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lucyosler.bsky.social #philsky #philosophysky
The (under)diagnosis of endometriosis: epistemic and affective injustices in the medical niche
This paper examines the systemic underdiagnosis of endometriosis as a case study of how the medical niche scaffolds epistemic and affective injustices against cisgender women. Drawing on Fricker’s ...
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Registration is still open for the Workshop on "Narrative, Imagination, and Well-Being." Get amongst it if you like. events.humanitix.com/workshop-nar...
Workshop: Narrative, Imagination, and Well-Being
This workshop facilitates an interdisciplinary conversation about narrative and imagination and their impact on individual and collective well-being.
events.humanitix.com
Regina Fabry@reginafabry.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhat is the relationship between narrative, imagination, and well-being? We'll explore this question in an interdisciplinary workshop (in-person only) at the Macquarie University Minds and Intelligences Research Centre on 25 September 2026. Join if you like! 1/2 events.humanitix.com/workshop-nar...
How can griefbots impact the complex temporalities of grief? @marilynstendera.bsky.social discusses this question in the current episode of the Undisciplinary podcast. #philsky undisciplinary.buzzsprout.com/1104002/epis...
Griefbots And Grief Time: a conversation with Marilyn Stendera - Undisciplinary
We talk with philosopher Marilyn Stendera about grief as a disruption of lived time and why AI griefbots raise questions that go beyond simple “deception” claims. Stendera talks us through how Heidegg...
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If you are producing scholarship with AI and your work could plausibly be accessed in the EU, you are now legally compelled to disclose the nature and extent of your AI use. A tremendous win for scholarly integrity. www.lexacademic.com/blog/the-sta...
The Stamp of Shame: What Claude’s New Legal Watermark Means for your Research - Lex Academic®
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Another new paper of mine from our ARC project on digital death and immortality:
Animated Personas and Remnant Personhood: The Case of Deathbots
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I am delighted to share that the thematic collection of Topoi that I edited with the brilliant Emily Hughes is now complete. Read 20 excellent articles, plus my editorial introduction, on the “Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration.” #philsky link.springer.com/collections/...
Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration
Paper submissions are invited for the special issue/collection of Topoi entitled: Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration. This special issue aims to ...
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What is the relationship between narrative, imagination, and well-being? We'll explore this question in an interdisciplinary workshop (in-person only) at the Macquarie University Minds and Intelligences Research Centre on 25 September 2026. Join if you like! 1/2 events.humanitix.com/workshop-nar...
Workshop: Narrative, Imagination, and Well-Being
This workshop facilitates an interdisciplinary conversation about narrative and imagination and their impact on individual and collective well-being.
events.humanitix.com
The Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences titled "Grief in the Digital Age," edited by @reginafabry.bsky.social and @marilynstendera.bsky.social, has now been published in full. 1/2 #philsky link.springer.com/journal/1109...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences is an international and interdisciplinary journal that published papers that address the philosophical and scientific ...
link.springer.com
DiverseGrief @diverse-grief.bsky.social is now live! Through this account, the wonderful @marilynstendera.bsky.social and I will share new insights into the diversity and variability of grief. Please follow, share, and engage! #philsky
I'm thrilled to announce that the Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences on 'Grief and the Digital Age' that the wonderful @reginafabry.bsky.social and I have co-edited is now complete! You can find the 12 papers and our editorial intro here: link.springer.com/collections/...
Grief in the Digital Age
Paper submissions are invited for the special issue/collection of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences entitled Grief in the Digital Age. The special ...
link.springer.com
2 more weeks to go! Please share this CfA with interested and suitable candidates (if you have not already done so)! #philsky
Regina Fabry@reginafabry.bsky.social · 7mo agoApplications are still open for 2 PhD scholarships on the “The Diversity and Variability of Grief” at Macquarie University Sydney until 30 April 2026. #philsky www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...
Applications are still open for 2 PhD scholarships on the “The Diversity and Variability of Grief” at Macquarie University Sydney until 30 April 2026. #philsky www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...
The diversity and variability of grief
Two scholarships are offered for candidates with a background in philosophy or a cognate discipline to study the diversity and variability of grief experiences.
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I am delighted to share Markus Pantsar's (@markuspantsar.bsky.social) and my new contribution to the philosophy of AI. Out now in Synthese (Open Access)! #philsky 1/3 doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Why mental metaphors do not help us understand chatbot mistakes - Synthese
Synthese - The function of chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT is based on detecting probabilistic patterns in the training data. This makes them vulnerable to generating factual mistakes in their...
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A field-shaping article by the brilliant @sconinxphil.bsky.social and @loehrgui.bsky.social. Highly recommended! #philsky
Sabrina Coninx@sconinxphil.bsky.social · 7mo ago🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 My colleague Guido Löhr and I are excited that our paper 'Rethinking Disruptive Technologies: Benefits, Harms, and Injustices of Human Niche Construction' has been published in 'Philosophy & Technology' - Open Access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Applications are now open for 2 PhD scholarships on the “The Diversity and Variability of Grief” at Macquarie University, Sydney. 1/3 www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...
The diversity and variability of grief
Two scholarships are offered for candidates with a background in philosophy or a cognate discipline to study the diversity and variability of grief experiences.
mq.edu.au
This paper by @liao.shen-yi.org and Zoe Brinner is such a helpful, clear primer on the central concepts in 4E cognitive science! Use it as your crib sheet on concepts like affordances, scaffolding, or niche construction + a fantastic list of recent work on hostile environments!
Shen-yi Liao & Zoe Brinner, Critical 4E Cognitive Science - PhilPapers
According to 4E cognitive science, our cognitive capacities depend on, and have been transformed by, the environments we have made. Most early works of 4E cognitive science tend to focus on ...
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Für @zeitonline.bsky.social habe ich einen Essay geschrieben über das, was wir gerade Backlash nennen und frage mich, ob es diesen wirklich gibt oder ob wir nicht seit langem etwas vor allem unter Aspekten der Gerechtigkeit diskutieren, obwohl es in Wirklichkeit essenziell für unsere Demokratie ist.
Gesellschaftlicher Backlash: Wovor wir Frauen wirklich Angst haben sollten
Was viele seit Beginn der Kanzlerschaft von Friedrich Merz als Backlash bezeichnen, ist gar keiner: Wir sind beim Feminismus nur nicht weit genug vorangekommen.
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