@timbayne.bsky.social on point in the Claude Global Workspace debate:

How to write a philosophy of neuroscience paper: 1. choose a narrow neuroscience definition 2. argue why the concept is much more complex 3. profit #neuroscience #neuroskyence #consci #philsci 🧪

i think its crucial to understand that any concept can be both underrated and overrated while not making it properly rated. Or as Tomas Nagel (1986) puts it:

Due to many requests, we have decided to extend the abstract submission deadline for #MoC7 to July 5th! This is shaping up to be our biggest conference yet, so submit your work and join us this year in Copenhagen. amcs-community.org/moc7-talk-ap... #neuroscience #neuroskyence #consci #philsci 🧪

If you are in or around Vienna have a look at this amazing interdisciplinary student conference we are organizing this year for the 11th time! thinkcommunity.network/application-...

"The dualism between a first-person description of experience and a third-person (or scientific) account of the same is a normal perspectival difference: the same brain phenomenon as experienced by that same brain itself, or by another." @rovelli.bsky.social www.noemamag.com/there-is-no-...

There Is No ‘Hard Problem Of Consciousness’ | NOEMA

Consciousness is not separate from the physical world — our “soul” is of the same nature as our body and any other phenomenon of the world.

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listen to anil!

Anil Seth@anilseth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Terrific line-up for this year's Models of Consciousness conference, organised by Camillo Signorelli and taking place in the beautiful city of Copenhagen amcs-community.org/events/moc7-...

cant wait to discuss conscious experience in such a stimulating space as the @louisianamuseum.bsky.social!

Models of Consciousness@moc7.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This year #MoC7 will feature an immersive experience at the world-renowned Louisiana Museum of Modern Art! This excursion is designed to stimulate innovative research into subjective experience through creative exploration and to open up new spaces for discussion #consci

Excited to co-organize the next edition of @moc7.bsky.social in Denmark!

Models of Consciousness@moc7.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The next Models of Consciousness Conference will take place in Copenhagen! 

 We are excited to bring #MoC7 to the University of Copenhagen on October 12–16, 2026. Call for Abstracts is now open on our website (link below!)

Interesting lineup for the next ECogS conference in Okinawa! www.oist.jp/conference/e...

ECogS 2026

What does embodied cognitive science have to say about recent developments in AI, and what might these developments reveal about the nature and limits of embodied cognition? Under the theme “From Embo...

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taking the simulation hypothesis seriously is just creationism for tech people.

Third, the peculiar idea that somehow we don't need to read, write, or perform literature reviews anymore; popping up like a satanic mushroom in almost all so-called OK uses of LLMs. Companies writing our papers via their chatbots is not scientific at all. See section 5: doi.org/10.31234/osf... 7/

"The more important issue [...] is not that physics is more ‘mature’ but that it deals with inherently simpler objects. [...] the brain and nervous system are exquisitely sensitive to surroundings – as they must be, for without this we could not perceive and respond to the world around us."

i love reading open peer review of papers. its like getting a deep dive into methodological issues in the format of academia gossip.

Happy to share my new paper w/ @cgershen.bsky.social, just published at @royalsocietypublishing.org Interface! Open Access🔓: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article... Instead of proposing a new theory, we offer a synthesis in theoretical biology. Want to know more? Read the full thread./1 👇🧵

Closing the loop: how semantic closure enables open-ended evolution?

Abstract. This study explores the evolutionary emergence of semantic closure—the self-referential mechanism through which symbols actively construct and in

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new commentary on embodiment in information systems with Tom Froese! we discuss Pitti et al.'s framework to formalise the embodied mind with information theory and sketch a way to cover the complementary perspective of the lived body and subjective experience as well

I started my PhD on the philosophy and neuroscience of consciousness in 2022. Even though people advised against it, I think it was good timing.

imagine there would be a way to experimentally study subjective qualities 🤔

Konrad Kording@kordinglab.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Let's compare our world models. I find that different people seem to have rather distinct internal world models. E.g. I personally have neither visual imagination nor an inner voice, found it weird others do. Here is a quick google forms to check idea: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

giving a talk at 2 am my time at the @philsci.bsky.social around the world online conference. japan time is the best...

new evidence for phenomenal consciousness just dropped! very interesting study by Makaela Natker, @chazfirestone.bsky.social, Howard Egeth, @ianbphillips.bsky.social

just did the computational functionalism about consciousness quiz by chris percy and I am surprised by how much cf leanings I apparently have!

i am not gonna make it because of the Japan timeshift, but you should join the discussion!

Johannes Kleiner@johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join us for Michael Levin's talk on Wednesday! Context: bamxi.org/research-act... To join, please register here: bamxi.org/kontaktnavig... This talk is co-organized with #AMCS. A huge thank you to @lenoreblum.bsky.social! #ConSci

these AI generated product brochures for neurotech are getting pretty unhinged

I think the most obvious but also most consequential take of embodied cognition is viewing the brain itself as part of the living body rather than as merely abstract neuronal signaling

get yourself a supervisor who attends your concerts

Tomas Marvan 🇪🇺@tmarvan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

You see this, post a concert pic you took @mokriegleder.bsky.social

Online Now: Testing circuit-level theories of consciousness in humans

Testing circuit-level theories of consciousness in humans

Our understanding of the neural basis of consciousness is mostly restricted to large-scale brain activity patterns as measured by methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magneto/electro-encephalography (M/EEG). In contrast, we lack even basic understanding of circuit-level mechanisms supporting consciousness – particularly in humans – despite the fundamental role that such mechanisms likely play in instantiating larger-scale brain activity patterns supporting conscious states and contents. Here, we review what progress has been made on circuit-level theories of consciousness (e.g., apical amplification theory, dendritic integration theory) and argue that such theories can be tested in humans using recently developed, state-of-the-art methods. Doing so will further facilitate translation of consciousness science into clinical settings and strengthen the bridge between circuit- and network-level theories of consciousness.

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"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪 True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Conrad Hackett@conradhackett.bsky.social · 12mo ago

NEW STUDY: Types of science🧪 articles shared on Bluesky: Health 29% Social 25% Physical 23% Life 23% arxiv.org/pdf/2507.18840 Worth reading--lots of other insights! Lately, I've been sharing our new article on global religious decline www.nature.com/articles/s41...

after the mixed bag of talks at ASSC I can't wait to read a proper review of INTREPID!

Andrew Corcoran@corcorana.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The first major output of the @templetonworld.bsky.social @arc-intrepid.bsky.social adversarial collaboration testing IIT & predictive processing theories of consciousness is out now arxiv.org/abs/2509.00555

you can't prove causality in a causally-closed universe

Thanks for the great discussion on studies of consciousness during EPSA25 at @rug.nl! Had a blast in this gorgeous building and seeing all these diverse approaches to philosophy of science.