Really looking forward to this book! Much needed right now

Dennett's Real Patterns in Science and Nature How the concept of a pattern, as understood in information science and applied in contemporary AI, can address deep questions in science and philosophy.The

Daniel Dennett’s Real Patterns in Science and Nature— new collected volume is now out. All chapters open access, including my paper with Acyuth Parola on what emergence can possibly mean.

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I'm incredibly excited to announce that my new podcast, Dreaming Against the Machine, is launching next week with @multitude.productions! Join me for conversations about what a better future could look like. Available wherever you get your podcasts! Here's the trailer for the show:

Dennett's Real Patterns in Science and Nature How the concept of a pattern, as understood in information science and applied in contemporary AI, can address deep questions in science and philosophy.The

This new book of essays on Real Patterns looks really great: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...

Podcast episode 58: Ryan Nefdt on linguistic relativity and AI In this interview, we talk to Ryan Nefdt about the light latest work in “artificial intelligence” can cast on questions of linguistic relativity.

New episode 🤩

This time, James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks with Ryan Nefdt (@ryannefdt.bsky.social) about how the work in "artificial intelligence" relates to questions of linguistic relativity and to the philosophy of linguistics.

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Ryan Nefdt, Language, Science, and Structure | BJPS Review of Books Christopher Viger reviews Language, Science, and Structure, by Ryan Nefdt

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Christopher Viger reviews

Language, Science, and Structure
By Ryan Nefdt

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This is so sad. I was just in contact with him about a book chapter for an upcoming project. I've known him a bit for a few years and he seemed so kind and generous.

Fantastic! Looks really great

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Qualifying Knowledge and Knowledge Sharing in Multilingual Models

Nicolas Guerin, Ryan M. Nefdt, Emmanuel Chemla

Action editor: Jeffrey Pennington

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PhiLang Online Seminar with Ryan Nefdt - Wed, 18/03

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New on the Archive:

Ladyman, James and Nefdt, Ryan M. (2026) Are AI language models scientific models of language? [Preprint]

https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27973/

Ryan Nefdt, Language, Science, and Structure | BJPS Review of Books Christopher Viger reviews Language, Science, and Structure, by Ryan Nefdt

New from the BJPS Review of Books:

Christopher Viger reviews

Language, Science, and Structure
By Ryan Nefdt

www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...

#philsci #philsky

there's an Oxford handbook about that social media site? That is pretty funny

Yeah but it's a nightmare to sortal...

A Reader's Guide to Classic Papers in Formal Semantics This volume contains 21 new and original contributions to the study of formal semantics, written by distinguished experts.

This book is amazing! Cleo Condoravi's chapter is on Kratzer on modals: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

cuisses de grenouille for breakfast? Bold

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The Dynamic semantics school (like Frank Veltman's work) has some interesting stuff on the semantics of mixed conjunctions (like imperative + declarative) and so on.

Have you looked at Liebesman and Magidor's property versatility view? It lives in related territory (they also have a bunch of papers on it) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Compositionality
by Ryan M. Nefdt and Christopher Potts

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Pleased to announce that my Scientific American piece with @hikemix.bsky.social and James Humphries was one of this year's winners of the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Op-Ed Contest.
See our cringe bios and the other winners here:
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I really can't believe this volume is finally approaching the light of day with @oupphilosophy.bsky.social! What a journey, what amazing partners, and what a truly excellent cast. Here's a teaser trailer for what's in the book. Get excited!

I really can't believe this volume is finally approaching the light of day with @oupphilosophy.bsky.social! What a journey, what amazing partners, and what a truly excellent cast. Here's a teaser trailer for what's in the book. Get excited!

It has been so so fun to think with some of my favorite scientists about what it means to understand!

Yes indeed. If I were inclined to anthropomorphise (and I'm not of course!), I would think of them as machine mnemonics

This one was set in Cape Town and surprisingly didn't just film in the picturesque spots but went into the real parts too (close to where I grew up).

Thanks David! We've got a new version of the paper, where we cut to the chase more quickly :) ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/008...

Congrats old friend! I really enjoyed the book

Looks good! Can't wait to read it