@PhilipLaughlin

These days, mostly on: https://xitter.cf/t.co/RO3p1RZLPJ

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"Beauty is more than just a cognitive event in our minds. Beauty moves us in ways which seem to imply there’s something more to it." Nicholas Humphrey discussed his new book, "Why Is the World So Beautiful?," with @NautilusMag: nautil.us/what-makes-life-be…

What Makes Life Beautiful? - Nautilus

The magic of rhyme and the search for a creator

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@adammcroomOct 24
📚 Open Access (free) Kirchhoff, M. D. (2025). The Idealized Mind: From Model-Based Science to Cognitive Science. MIT Press. doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/158…
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📚 Open Access (free) Mallot, H. A. (2024). From Geometry to Behavior: An Introduction to Spatial Cognition. MIT Press. doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/962…
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📚 Open Access (free) Hohwy, J. (2026). The Self-Evidencing Agent: Mind, Existence, and Predictive Processing. MIT Press. doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/159…
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📚 Open Access (free) Kockelman, P. (2025). Mathematical Models of Meaning: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Possible World Semiotics. MIT Press. doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/156…
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Replying to @cathomist
mitpress.mit.edu/97802625529… this one came out last year. It's mainly philosophy of cognitive science, whereas the new one is much more rigorously engaged with computational methods on neuroscience. But I suspect you'll find it useful.

The Idealized Mind

We study nature, including the mind and brain, by building scientific models. In The Idealized Mind, Michael Kirchhoff brings together ideas from the philoso...

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Author copies of 'The Idealized Brain: Uniting Philosophy of Science and Computational Neuroscience' (MIT) have arrived. Exciting! Stay tuned for its official open access release on 15 December 2026. For more information about the book, see mitpress.mit.edu/97802620549…
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Gregory Hickok@GregoryHickokOct 19
Wonderful time at the FENS Brain Conference in Crete. Lots of great talks and fun conversations. Here with @davidpoeppel
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Michael C. Frank
@mcxfrankOct 16
Wordbank, my lab's open database of children's vocabulary development, has a new home. There's a new website, a new data release, and wordbankr is back on CRAN. A few details 🧵 wordbank.stanford.edu/

Wordbank

An open database of children’s vocabulary development

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"Rhyme is in the DNA of the world we live in." An interview with "Why Is the World So Beautiful?" author Nicholas Humphrey on Instant Genius @sciencefocus: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Nicholas Agar@AgarNicholasOct 13
AIs won't send us extinct unless we want them to abc.net.au/religion/nicholas…

I’m just a philosopher, but my p(doom) is very low - ABC Religion & Ethics

I think it’s highly unlikely that AI will make us extinct. I’m more worried about the technology being used to bully people out of jobs, alongside Big AI’s insane market valuations.

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New this week from the MIT Press. Happy publication day to our authors! 📖
Nine book covers on a blue background: "Fighting Fires and Building Flywheels," "The Spaceflight Narrative," "How We Govern Our Minds Through Others," "This Is Why We Love LEGO," "The Quantum Stock Market," "Morbid," "In Referees We Trust?," "Goodthink," and "Play Like A Fangirl."

ALT Nine book covers on a blue background: "Fighting Fires and Building Flywheels," "The Spaceflight Narrative," "How We Govern Our Minds Through Others," "This Is Why We Love LEGO," "The Quantum Stock Market," "Morbid," "In Referees We Trust?," "Goodthink," and "Play Like A Fangirl."

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Luiz Pessoa@PessoaBrainOct 11
𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 Excellent book on relational aspects of knowledge and world. Inspired by physics but providing a general process + perspectival framework. Quite convergent with The Blind Spot by Frank, Gleiser, and Thompson.
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Mark Coeckelbergh@MCoeckelberghOct 7
A review of my @mitpress book Artificial Religion: link.springer.com/article/10…
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Replying to @TheDissenterYT
New @mitpress book from Tomasello coming out soon: mitpress.mit.edu/97802620580…

The Organization of Human Experience

Modern cognitive science is dominated by a mind-as-computer model that pays scant attention to the evolutionary history via which human psychological process...

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I am still just SO excited that Felipe De Brigard got a MacArthur Genius Grant! He has done so much amazing work in experimental philosophy, cognitive neuroscience, and a million other fields, and it's absolutely wonderful to see him getting recognized like this
The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social@mitpressOct 3
We're thrilled to share that Felipe De Brigard has been named a 2026 MacArthur Genius Fellow for his work reshaping our understanding of the nature and function of memory. Felipe is the co-editor of "Neuroscience and Philosophy II,” publishing next month: bit.ly/4ABPYuF
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Artificial Religion

Artificial Religion argues that to fully understand our puzzling relation to AI, we must first look at the religious and existential background of our thinki...

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Mark Coeckelbergh@MCoeckelberghOct 7
Interview about AI and religion in @IndianExpress indianexpress.com/article/ex…

Why Anthropic is turning to religion to shape Claude’s values, and asking if AI can be conscious

As AI systems tackle more complex questions, Anthropic is drawing on religious and philosophical thinking to shape Claude’s behaviour. But could such a system itself be conscious and deserve moral...

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My latest vote of confidence on Infinitely More. infinitelymore.xyz/
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Who says there is no money in philosophy? Last week, Felipe De Brigard was awarded a MacArthur Genius grant. This week David Danks is awarded a million dollar fellowship from @schmidtsciences. I guess the trick is you've got to be an @mitpress author. ;-)
Daily Nous / Justin Weinberg@DailyNousEditorOct 6
Philosopher get $1 million fellowship for work on how our values and the values of AIs will coevolve and change each other... dailynous.com/2026/10/06/phi…

Philosopher Among New AI2050 Senior Fellows - Daily Nous

David Danks, professor of philosophy, artificial intelligence, and data science at the University of Virginia, has been awarded a $1 million three-year senior fellowship for […]

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We're thrilled to share that Felipe De Brigard has been named a 2026 MacArthur Genius Fellow for his work reshaping our understanding of the nature and function of memory. Felipe is the co-editor of "Neuroscience and Philosophy II,” publishing next month: bit.ly/4ABPYuF
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