I know it's a bit early, but this stocking filler will be coming to a good bookstore near you on August 4th, 2026 😀
Tim Bayne
@timbayne.bsky.social
Philosopher and writer. Occasional traveller.
#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favaro, @anilseth.bsky.social, Marcello Massimini &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X
Thanks very much to The Royal Institute of Philosophy for awarding me the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize 2025. Thanks as well to the ERC who funded it, Peter Momtchiloff who commissioned it for OUP, all my LSE team members past and present, and everyone who made the book possible!
1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
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My department is advertising a permanent T&R position in non-Western Philosophy. I genuinely think I have the best job in the world. Do apply if you want to be in a fantastic department! Also Australia is great. Happy to answer any questions. philjobs.org/job/show/29770
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Philosophy, Monash University - PhilJobs:JFP Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Philosophy, Monash University
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At LSE Philosophy we have two assistant prof vacancies - one for sustainability-related areas, the other for AI-related areas - and for neither of these will you need a $100,000 visa.
Chatting with David Rutledge on ABC's "The Philosopher's Zone" about infant consciousness... www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Are babies conscious? - ABC listen
Babies cry, smile, laugh and react to their environment - so it seems odd to look at a baby and wonder whether or not it's conscious. But consciousness is a tricky thing to pin down, and according to ...
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I'm delighted happy to feature on the homepage of Die Zeit @diezeit.bsky.social today, for the first in a new feature of theirs, called "Just One Question", launching across print, online, audio, video, & newsletter www.zeit.de/wissen/2025-...
New paper with @ManuKirberg 💭 Is “unconscious mental imagery” real? The evidence is weaker than it seems. We explain why—and how to move the debate forward. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Aphantasia and the unconscious imagery hypothesis
Until recently, mental imagery has largely been regarded as an exclusively conscious phenomenon. However, recent empirical results suggest that mental…
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Great to work with @franciscorr25.bsky.social and the Transmitter folks on this piece about markers of consciousness www.thetransmitter.org/consciousnes...
Babies, bees, and bots: On the hunt for markers of consciousness
To truly understand consciousness, we need new methods to measure it and detect it in other intelligent systems.
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Great piece by @marilenharo.bsky.social on the quest to detect consciousness. Great to see this important topic getting the attention it deserves! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The quest to detect consciousness — in all its possible forms
Insights from human brains might inform how scientists search for awareness in other animals and AI.
nature.com
If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, specially targeting conscious vs. unconscious processing, contact me. We are recruiting 🙏🧠 please RT
Very pleased that my commentary on Jonathan Birch's fantastic "The Edge of Sentience" has finally appeared. @birchlse.bsky.social and I agree on many things, but there was enough distance between our views to make this a productive exchange.
Jonathan Birch@birchlse.bsky.social · last yr.Wonderful to read Tim Bayne's review of The Edge of Sentience in Mind & Language. Subscribers to the journal can read the full review and my responses. doi.org/10.1111/mila...
