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

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Discussants include Caitlin Mace (@caitlinmace.bsky.social) and Johan Heemskerk (NMO/ISPSM), Zoe Drayson (@zoedrayson.bsky.social), Alex Grzankowsi, Manolo Martínez, Tobias Schlicht, Krys Dołęga (@krysdolega.bsky.social) and Mark Sprevak (PhiMiSci) 💫

Poster advertising symposia on Frances Egan’s book ‘Deflating Mental Representation’ (13/04 - 15/04). More info: https://tinyurl.com/NMO-ISPSM and https://tinyurl.com/Phimisci-Egan

🔔✨Call for papers and symposia on Frances Egan’s (@francesegan.bsky.social) ‘Deflating Mental Representation’ (13/04 - 15/04) alongside Neural Mechanisms Online and Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (@phimisci.bsky.social)!

More info: tinyurl.com/NMO-ISPSM and tinyurl.com/Phimisci-Egan

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Discussants include Caitlin Mace (@caitlinmace.bsky.social) and Johan Heemskerk 🪩

Another Philosophy & Neuroscience Salon hosted by
@pessoabrain.bsky.social is coming up on November 5th!
Link below 👇

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End of a busy week. I just presented at ISPSM. I argued that plants realize beliefs and desires when they are coarsely defined. I also presented at the American Society for Aesthetics. I explained why painful art can still induce hedonic states. @ispsm.bsky.social @amersocaesthetics.bsky.social

Highlight from our symposium on laws of appearance today. Lots of participants and hectic discussion on my proposed laws of appearance!

Photo credit to @remisramos.bsky.social

#ispsm25

Your talk was awesome! Thank you so much.

brb updating my cv 👀

The ISPSM was a lot of fun and even more fun to be able to submit a meme that matched my talk!

A meme that reads “Can you tell me the function the brain performs?” And below it, the response: “Best I can do is give you a model missing the same information”.

Oh, and for those who enjoy spitting their coffee out at memes, we have an absolute winner from @okaydaniellle.bsky.social 10/10, Danielle!

And just like that, ISPSM 2025 is done! Thank you to all our wonderful speakers and participants for making it the event it was. We are touched to be a part of all of your philosophical journeys, and will continue to strive forward in our efforts to make it is truly global community ❤️

Huge thanks to @ispsm.bsky.social for a great and truly international online conference - it was a privilege to wrap up the event as the final keynote speaker!

@zoedrayson.bsky.social

Aaand last but not least, the excellent Zoe Drayson with the closing keynote on “Mind beyond mechanism: explanations in cognitive science” 🚀

@michelleybliu.bsky.social

And now our esteemed penultimate keynote with Michelle Liu on “Mental imagery and harmful language” 👁️🌌

We’re about to start the third and final day of ISPSM with our keynote from Mpho Tshivhase, who is giving a talk titled “No ghost in the machine: resisting digital appropriations of African ancestors” ⭐️

Having lots of fun at the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind 2025 conference this weekend, with plenty more exciting talks yet to come. I’ll be speaking tomorrow about psychedelic "visions" — why and how they matter in psychedelic therapy.

@linyingtung.bsky.social

Up and at ‘em! We start the second day of ISPSM with a keynote from Ying-Tung Lin, on the self and other in observer-perspective mental simulation 🌸

It was a wonderful talk and way to begin the day - thank you Sabrina!

Live NOW
Fiona Macpherson (University of Glasgow) - A problem for determining the structural features of experience: a pessimistic meta-induction

Next ISPSM keynote of the day is Fiona Macpherson, who is discussing a problem for determining the structural features of experience 💥

Our first keynote of ISPSM 2025 kicks off with Sabrina Coninx @sconinxphil.bsky.social media who is speaking about disruptive technologies and human niche construction! 📡

Live N O W
Keynote Talk: Sabrina Coninx (UVA) - Distruptive Technology and Human Niche Construction

Starting in ~5 minutes with the opening remarks from the ISPSM president Fabrizio Calzavarini! 📣

Online conference hosted by the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind this weekend - my keynote is on Sunday. Registration is free!

We have now included some technical instructions for using our online platform on the webpage below 👇

I'm presenting my work on affective valence, meditative experience and active inference this Sunday 9:30am GMT at the 3rd Annual Web Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind: www.ispsmind.com/internationa...

Come by!

This Saturday, @okaydaniellle.bsky.social will be giving a talk during @ispsm.bsky.social's annual conference. The talk is part of a symposium on realism in neuroscience. Check out the ISPSM profile for a link to watch online 🧠