Call For Abstracts Beyond Neuro-computationalism: the philosophy and science of biological brains This workshop is a specialized event held at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, on June 4-5, 2026. It explores alternatives to the traditional “mind as computer” view in cognitive science, featuring ...

Call For Abstracts | Beyond Neuro-computationalism: the philosophy and science of biological brains

Submission deadline: April 13

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Looking for some weekend listening or reading? Check out my recent #TheoryOfChange podcast (or read its transcript).

#Computationalism is evil. I'll say no more.

I talked to @mattsheffield on the #TheoryOfChange podcast @discoverflux about #AI, #agency, #minds, #computationalIsm, and why these topics matter in today's politics because of the "scientific Trumpism" that is #transhumanism:

https://youtu.be/AWV3Rk16yvM

A fun, very Jaan-like, and inspiring discussion about some principles outlined in our most recent paper on #biological #computationalism.

The clear mind of @jaanaru.bsky.social at it for @thetransmitter.bsky.social

If we want #synthetic #consciousness, the challenge is not to find what algorithm we should run.

But, what kind of physical system must compute it and what are it’s features.

That is the shift #biological #computationalism demands.

8/n

The debate is stuck between two camps:
computational #functionalism vs biological #naturalism.

In our new paper, we propose a third way: #biological #computationalism.

2/n

Classic and connectionist computationalism Spurred by a couple of recent conversations, I’ve been thinking about computation in the brain. It was accelerated this week by the news that the connectome of the fly brain is complete, a ma…

Classic and connectionist computationalism
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