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

Ed Baggs@edbaggs.bsky.social · last yr.

Our special issue of Topoi on "Progress in radical embodiment" can be found here I'll post the articles in the thread below as they are published link.springer.com/collections/...

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...

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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 🧪

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 -

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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!

Paul Middlebrooks@braininspired.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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/

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...

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, ...

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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...

Intertwined Creatures | Columbia University Press

In one common view, the mind is immaterial, internal, and invisible. From this perspective, the mind is inherently individual and isolated: It is unknowable ... | CUP

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Alejandro Vázquez M.@tormentas.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If you think Chomsky gets burned in the Epstein files, wait until you read @tonychemero.bsky.social (2009) on the poverty of stimulus argument.

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...

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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...

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.

Andrew D Wilson@adw.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Ecological psychology and the mirror of nature (by @diovicen.bsky.social, @tonychemero.bsky.social)

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...

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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...

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…

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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.

Radical embodied memory - new preprint from Robyn Wilford and Mike Anderson osf.io/preprints/ps...

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...

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 ...

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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.

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...

Western Philosophy Department is hiring! www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

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.

Contemporary historians, take note:

Gareth Millward@millieqed.bsky.social · 11mo ago

If you (or people you know) are interested in applying for a Marie Curie postdoc in 2026, my research centre is offering three-week research fellowships for you to come here and develop your ideas. More details are on our website - or get in touch with me. 🗃️ www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/in...

Some friends and I submitted a commentary Preprint here: doi.org/10.31234/osf... @guicogsci.bsky.social @segundo-ortin.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social @tonychemero.bsky.social

Ed Baggs@edbaggs.bsky.social · last yr.

A paper on affordances open for commentaries at BBS. Cites basically no ecological psychologists. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Is ecological neuroscience a feasible enterprise? After some theoretical work on ecological resonance, we've engaged on experimental research to test some of the hypotheses that follow from it. These are the first results of (hopefully) many more to come! It's open access 👇 doi.org/10.1111/psyp...

<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library

This study bridges brain and body through ecological psychology and neuroscience by demonstrating how ecological information—in this case, “time to contact” or tau—constrains brain activity and as mu...

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Cover of new book.

How does Radical Embodied Cognitive Science relate to Marxism? In a recent preprint, I discuss this question at length, drawing on work by @tonychemero.bsky.social, @sorenmau.bsky.social, @edbaggs.bsky.social and many others.

David Lee just died. He formulated tau/time-to-contact, the most famous bit of ecological information. He is one of the main reasons why ecological psychology is still alive. We all are indebted to him. I met him once and ended up having dinner at his place. Very cool guy! RIP

A paper on affordances open for commentaries at BBS. Cites basically no ecological psychologists. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Hypatia has an upcoming special issue on Feminist Philosophy of Mind. hypatiaphilosophy.org/uncategorize...

Farewell to Dimensions of Radical Embodiment 3 at the University of Southern Denmark Once again, this was a lot of fun! Some photos here radicalembodiment3.github.io/gallery/ Any volunteers to host DRE4?

Just published! Why direct social perception theory needs to be more Gibsonian Co-authored with Martyna Meyer! edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4...