Perhaps already a bit outdated, but my attempt at capturing systematicity in the context of verbal theories in psychology has just been published. If you're interested in the full text, dm me, I'd be happy to share :) doi.org/10.1007/978-... #philsci #psychology
Keynote speakers: Devon Bailey (University of Johannesburg), Louise Barrett (University of Lethbridge), Ali Boyle (LSE), Melina Gastelum Vargas (UNAM), Michael Kirchhoff (University of Wollongong), Yukie Nagai (University of Tokyo)
Call for abstracts for ISPSM’s 4th annual online conference. Philosophers working on any science of the mind (broadly construed) are welcome to submit. We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in the field.
It’s that time again! Delighted to announce the call for abstracts for ISPSM 2026 and our keynote speakers! ✨
Dates: 4-6 November 2026
Link for submissions: tinyurl.com/ISPSM-abstra...
Deadline for submissions: 31/07/2026
#philsky
Our lab has the capacity to test ~500 uni students each semester
If you’re a researcher in cognitive psychology or metascience and need data collection support, we’d love to collaborate. We can help collect high-quality data from a large student sample.
Get in touch to discuss potential projects!
Why did consciousness evolve at all? A superb special issue of @royalsocietypublishing.org brings together experts across disciplines to explore the functions of consciousness and why it emerged in some species but not others. @tecumsehfitch.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
Excited to share that EPSA 2029 will take place in Ljubljana! 🎉
Big congrats to the Warsaw team for hosting EPSA 2027 too!
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social @mmilkowski.bsky.social @hgreif.bsky.social
There are 10 days left to submit a proposal for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference (Bucharest, 18–19 September 2026).
Submission deadline: 15 February!
Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
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Dear EPSA members, In our first newsletter of 2026, we want to announce some good news and update you on some recent developments pertaining to EPSA. The good news is that we have now secured locations not only for EPSA27 but also for EPSA29! We were very lucky this year to receive nothing less than four bids to host EPSA27; all bids were very strong and carefully prepared, and the Steering Committee found it very difficult to decide. Eventually, we settled on Warsaw, Poland, for 2027 (with Marcin Milkowski and Hajo Greif as co-chairs) and Ljubljana, Slovenia, for 2029 (with Borut Trpin as chair). More details will follow in due course, but for now, we can all be happy that the next two EPSAs are in good hands and will take place in splendid locations! This is also a good moment to thank the Steering Committee members who have concluded their term (Lilia Gurova, Federica Russo, Marcel Weber, Catherine Herfeld, Edouard Machery and Caterina Marchionni) and in particular my predecessor Stéphanie Ruphy as EPSA President. Thanks to their good work, the current Steering Committee has found EPSA to be in excellent shape, which will allow us to continue to serve the philosophy of science community in Europe in constructive ways. We also want to thank Dunja Šešelja and Mathias Frisch, who have completed their terms as Editors-in-Chief of the European Journal for Philosophy of Science, and to welcome Samuel Fletcher and Catherine Herfeld as the new Editors-in-Chief of EJPS. Speaking of EJPS, we will soon be announcing the Call for Papers for the Proceedings of EPSA25, with Julie Jebeile as guest editor for the Proceedings (plus a team of co-editors to be announced shortly). Finally, the EPSA BlueSky account is now managed by Simon Lohse; if you are on BlueSky, please follow us there at https://bsky.app/profile/epsaphilsci.bsky.social Warm Regards, Catarina Dutilh Novaes and the EPSA Steering Committee
📣 Letter with the latest updates on EPSA2027 *and* EPSA2029, changes in the steering committee, the proceedings for EPSA25, and more... #philsci
Critica, the Latin American journal of philosophy, is seeking submissions to a special issue on social epistemology! For anyone interested in contributing, check out the details here:
Deadline in about 2 weeks. Send your abstracts!
Call for abstracts - Ernst Mach Workshop on Aesthetic Attention
w/ Paloma Atencia-Linares and Bence Nanay, deadline March 20
emw.flu.cas.cz?p=98
title of Michel's Consciousness Doesn't Do That
Is Signal Strength a Confound in Consciousness Research?
today's blog post, critiquing @matthiasmichel.bsky.social and @hakwan.bsky.social -- link in comments
A poster for the upcoming Carnap Lectures 2026
Get ready!
„We invite submissions by Postdocs and PhD students related to the themes of the lectures. Papers will be selected in a blind review process and presenters will be financially supported. Please submit abstracts (max.700 words)
before February 20th, 2026 to franziska.klasen@rub.de.“
🔥 My book Conversations on Rational Choice is finally out: Conversation partners include Kenneth Arrow, Gary Becker, C. Bicchieri, D. Kahneman, P. Suppes, Christian List, Vernon Smith, Tom Schelling, L.A.Paul, C. Camerer, Martin Shubik, R. Kranton, and many others. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Newly published: "Interview with Christian List", in Catherine Herfeld (@cherfeld.bsky.social), Conversations on Rational Choice, @universitypress.cambridge.org, 2025, philpapers.org/archive/LISI...
2nd CFA for the 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop, which will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFIS PAN in Warsaw.
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Theorizing the Mind: Creating a Functional Atlas of Scientific Theories Marcin Miłkowski, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences Have you ever wondered how scientists come up with theories about how our minds work or what’s happening in our brains? From understanding how we learn and remember, to explaining emotions, to developing treatments for mental health conditions, scientific theories are the essential roadmaps that guide discovery. But what makes a scientific theory in these fields a good one? And how can we make sure scientists are building the best possible theories to help us understand ourselves and improve our lives? Our Goal: Our goal is to create the first systematic map of the different jobs that scientific theories do when studying the brain and mind. Just like a builder needs different tools for different tasks (a hammer isn’t great for sawing wood!), scientists use different kinds of theories for different purposes – some are for classifying things, others for predicting what will happen, and some for explaining why things happen. Our project will provide a clear guide to what makes each type of theory effective and trustworthy for the job it's designed to do. What We'll Be Doing: Think of us as cartographers looking at how science itself works deep down. We will: ● Study Real Science in Action: We'll look closely at how theories are actually used and developed in leading research on the brain and mind. This involves careful philosophical thinking combined with looking at examples from scientific practice. ● Analyze Scientific Language: Using modern computer tools, we'll examine thousands of scientific articles and discussions. This helps us see broad patterns in how scientists talk about, use, and judge theories. It’s like looking at the fingerprint of scientific theorizing to see what’s common and what stands out. ● Build a Functional Atlas for Theories: Based on what we learn, we will …
My project Theorizing the Mind has been funded by the National Science Center.
Job opportunity — Junior Professorship in Psychological Metascience @zpid.bsky.social leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 h/t @bethclarke.bsky.social
The PSA Around the World 2025 is coming soon: Nov 6, 14 & 22 (online)!
Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe.
Great lineup, still time to register!
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
And as we approach the end of #ESPP2025, the last (though certainly not the least) symposium, this one on "Indexicality in Memory" with Tadeusz Ciecierski, Kristina Liefke ( @kristinaliefke.bsky.social ), Denis Perrin, Jakub Rudnicki & Kourken Michaelian
You can have a look too:
Gnot - Вечность
Faetooth - Labyrinthe
Kold - Det Falmede Håb
Morild - Disse Fugle Får Ingen At Se
All of them brought me quite a lot of joy on the first listen. :)
Really great symposium led by Emily Sullivan, with Michael Franke (@meanwhileina.bsky.social) and Bojana Grujičić on "LLMs and Human Reasoning"
#ESPP2025 IFiS PAN, Warsaw
Cameron Buckner delivers a keynote (Pałac Staszica, Warsaw 2025)
@cameronbuckner.bsky.social delivers his keynote on reasoning LLMs during #ESPP2025
Super! Gratulacje! :)
Nora Newcombe in the Hall of Mirrors (Staszic Palace, Warsaw 2025)
@noranewcombe.bsky.social delivers her keynote on cognitive maps and graphs #ESPP2025
#epsa25 event commemorating @helendecruz.net @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
We are organising the 1st Basic Principles of Cognition conference at RUB, Germany, 9-10 October 2025. Save the date! #MinimalCognition #BasalCognition #CognitiveScience #CogSci #Philosophy #Mind #Life #Organism #Evolution basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com
#EPSA25 #ESPP #GAP12 #KogWiss
Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.
Congratulations to the newly elected president of @epsaphilsci.bsky.social, @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social!
