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Matthieu de Wit

@dewitmm.bsky.social
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Liberal Arts college professor at Muhlenberg College | Working on empirical and conceptual integration of ecological psychology, neuroscience, and 4E cognition. dewitlab.wordpress.com

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Ed Baggs @edbaggs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 We will be hosting the European Workshop on Ecological Psychology in Nyborg, Denmark 22-25 June, 2027. Deadline for submission of abstracts for talks, posters, and symposiums is February 5 ewep2027.github.io
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EWEP 2027 — The 17th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology | EWEP 2027 — 17th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, June 22-25, 2027
June 22–25, 2027, Nyborg, Denmark
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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wow, I did not realize this book is open access... Thank you, @tonychemero.bsky.social and Manuel Heras-Escribano! I am very excited to get started on this. www.routledge.com/The-Selected...
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The Selected Writings of Edward S. Reed
The Selected Writings of Edward S. Reed brings to light the groundbreaking contributions of one of the most original thinkers in ecological psychology and philosophy of mind. This volume offers reader...
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Paul Middlebrooks @braininspired.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I kept trying to pin @marcofacchin.bsky.social down, but he scores high for openness on the big 5 philosopher personality traits. Should've known... he did write the paper "Why can’t we say what cognition is (at least for the time being)" braininspired.co/podcast/244/
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 11/08/2026
Many of you will have seen the recent post about changes at OSF. If you'd like to learn more about how to use other services (particularly Zenodo) to share data and code, see my book chapter on resource sharing. bettercode-book.org/book-sharing...
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12  Sharing Research Objects – Better Code, Better Science
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The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The HPS Podcast is back! 🎙️ Season 6 returns at the end of this month, and we've spent the past few months collecting and preparing some exciting new interviews that we can't wait to share with you. Stay tuned for more updates! In the meantime, why not revisit some episodes from Season 5? 🎧
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The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Leading scholars in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (HPS) introduce contemporary topics for a general audience. Developed by graduate students from the HPS program at the University ...
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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
For your weekend reading pleasure: Olesya Bondarenko reviews Plasticity in the Life Sciences, by Antonine Nicoglou www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #philsci #philsky #hpbio
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Antonine Nicoglou, Plasticity in the Life Sciences | BJPS Review of Books
Olesya Bondarenko reviews Plasticity in the Life Sciences, by Antonine Nicoglou
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
But not impossible; there's EEG work from van der Meer/van der Weel, for example, and plenty of ideas about what to look for in brains (resonance to information, vs encoding of affordances). And some of that work already explicitly connects the dynamical behavioural analyses to the neural scale
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Miguel Segundo Ortin @segundo-ortin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Finally, our chapter (with Louise Barrett and Paco Calvo) on ecological psychology and comparative cognition is Open Access. Please, read and share :-) www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
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A World of minds | 17 | Ecological psychology as a framework for compa
This chapter argues that ecological psychology offers a powerful alternative framework for comparative cognition, challenging the dominant computational and
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I wrote a piece for the Yale Review on AI and "jagged intelligence". (Note: headline was not written by me.) yalereview.org/article/mela...
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Melanie Mitchell: What We Get Wrong About AI
Melanie Mitchell probes the jagged landscape of AI and its uncertain future.
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Ed Baggs @edbaggs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Our thematic collection on Progress in radical embodiment is now published in the May 2026 issue of Topoi Issue here link.springer.com/journal/1124... Our editorial introduction here doi.org/10.1007/s112... @segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social
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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
All they do is move on to the next very similar desire. Their mind and senses haven't been purified at all.
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Matthew Sims @philosobio.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I'm extremely excited to be taking part in this workshop at the University of Murcia next week! embodiedcomparativepsychology.square.site
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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Now published! We studied the relationship between movement and sound in the singing Siamang, by multi-source acoustic-kinematic tracking two juvenile individuals from Jaderpark Tierpark Germany. escholarship.org/content/qt10... @mouniakehy @marcogamba.bsky.social @andrearavignani.bsky.social
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Brava, Sophie!! “The project is designed to strengthen pediatric health care practices by addressing reported gaps in practitioner training and fostering collaboration with American health care professionals,” says Tomov, a pre-med biology major, French minor, and Shankweiler Scholar”
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Sophie Tomov ’26 Awarded Fulbright for Research in Bulgaria - Muhlenberg College
The pre-med biology major and French minor will work to strengthen pediatric health care practices in partnership with a nonprofit.
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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 23/04/2026
Did you know - your library hold can easily nudge a library to order more books! At my local library, THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS had 1 e-copy the morning of release day. 40 people in line. By end of day they'd ordered 5 more copies & the audiobook Libraries rule & your holds legit increase our sales 🥰
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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Last word: History of science exists. Philosophy of science exists. Science and technology studies exist. There is no excuse for writing about science in complete and utter oblivion about vast scholarship that has produced a lot of knowledge and understanding about what science is and how it works.
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
@mjcrockett.bsky.social is totally killing it (pun intended) in talk about DEAD cognitive benchmarks. DEAD = Decontextualized, Engineered, Anonymized, Disembodied Super insightful talk at @sfiscience.bsky.social 's annual Science Symposium.
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Dio D. Vicen @diovicen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We (@edbaggs.bsky.social, @segundo-ortin.bsky.social, @guicogsci.bsky.social, & I) have organised the conference "Dimensions of Radical Embodiment" for the last few years [Stay tuned for the next one!]. And we just edited a special issue around it. Here's the intro: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Introduction: Progress in Radical Embodiment - Topoi
Topoi -
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Paul Middlebrooks @braininspired.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
All we are is manifolds in the wind... That's not quite what Juan @juangallego.bsky.social says, but I do wish he sang it to me. We discuss all things neural manifolds, and a little motor control and BCI for spinal injury prosthetics braininspired.co/podcast/234/
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Marco Facchin @marcofacchin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Excited to announce that Prof. Alicia Juarrero just joined the fantastic line-up of Keynote speakers for the "Beyond Neuro-Computationalism" workshop. CFA here: www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-... #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 20/03/2026
⚡🏠 With power outages becoming a recurring event across much of the US, backup power and grid support have become two handy uses for EVs. UCS's Sam Houston breaks down how to take advantage of these features in her new blog. Read it here: act.ucsusa.org/3NrnnEw
"Graphic illustrating Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) technology. An illustration shows energy flow between an EV and a home. Includes a quote by Sam Houston of UCS describing EVs as clean, quiet backup power generators during outages."
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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A guitarist performing classic 90's Autechre electronic music. I'm hearing not just a cover but something more and different from the original track. Delightful and unexpected. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe-9...
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Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I’m thrilled to announce the release of #Simbrain 4, which I have been working on for over 10 years! For the last five of those years I have met almost every weeknight with Yulin Li and we have pair-programmed our way through the entire app, adding hundreds of new features.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
@braininspired.bsky.social talks to @dewitmm.bsky.social, Luis Favela and @diovicen.bsky.social about the trend of neuroscientists importing concepts from ecological psychology, how an organism’s interactions with its environment explains perception and action. #neuroskyence bit.ly/3OyNEkp
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Three ecological psychologists on the right and wrong ways to use the field’s principles in neuroscience
Matthieu de Wit, Luis H. Favela and Vicente Raja weigh in on the recent trend of neuroscientists importing concepts from ecological psychology, the study of how an organism’s interactions with its…
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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Really enjoyed this discussion on Brain Inspired. We talk about how EP is currently showing up in the mainstream, and how it might be done better. We also talk about neuro developments within the ecological community itself. Thanks for leading us through it, Paul @braininspired.bsky.social!
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Paul Middlebrooks @braininspired.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Do neuroscientists know what "affordance" actually means? (it seems perhaps not) Luis, Vicente, and Matthieu @dewitmm.bsky.social on neuroscience trying to adopt ecological psychology for an "ecological neuroscience" braininspired.co/podcast/232/
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Dio D. Vicen @diovicen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Luis Favela, @dewitmm.bsky.social, and yours truly talked to @braininspired.bsky.social about ecological neuroscience. Among other things, we tried to comment on how to make "affordances" and "ecological information" helpful for neuroscientists. Check it out! youtu.be/p987y_v-_PE?...
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BI 232 How Should Neuroscience Integrate with Ecological Psychology?
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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New book with more Chomsky-bashing. The website says March 2026, but it is available now. cup.columbia.edu/book/intertw...
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Intertwined Creatures | Columbia University Press
In one common view, the mind is immaterial, internal, and invisible. From this perspective, the mind is inherently individual and isolated: It is unknowable ... | CUP
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The call for abstracts for ICPA 2026 in Omaha is open and includes an intriguing idea for a book icpa2026omaha.com/schedule
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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? "High-resolution activity maps of PFC did NOT align with cytoarchitecturally defined subregions." Key tenet in neuroscience is that cytoarchitectonic boundaries correspond to functional ones. NB: study in the mouse #neuroskyence doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The real question is whether Lilliputian mushrooms make you hallucinate tiny people, or allow you to see the tiny people that we ordinarily can't perceive
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Marieke Hoetjes @mariekehoetjes.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
New paper, out now! direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
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Foreign Language Learners Show a Kinematic Accent in Their Co-Speech Hand Movements
Abstract. Humans typically move and vocalize in a time-synchronized fashion, aligning prominence-lending hand movements to acoustically emphasized syllables. This requires complex coordination. When s...
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🐭 Danielle Williams 🐹 @okaydaniellle.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The second SPAN program just dropped and its amazing!! Consider submitting a project proposal. 🥳
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Samuli Reijula @samulireijula.net · 28/11/2025
A funded PhD position in philosophy of science: AI in scientific problem solving. At @helsinki.fi @tint-philosophy.bsky.social #philsci jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Doctoral Researcher, Philosophy of science: AI in scientific problem solving
Doctoral Researcher, Philosophy of science: AI in scientific problem solving
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Evan Thompson @evanthompson.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Here's my review in Mind of Mazviita Chirimuuta's fantastic book The Brain Abstracted. @pessoabrain.bsky.social you'll be interested in this one! academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
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The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience, by M. Chirimuuta
‘What’s in the brain that ink may character?’ asked Warren S. McCulloch (1964) (borrowing from Shakespeare) shortly before his death. Trained in philosophy
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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Early career people: We have funding to subsidize travel to the conference.
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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share! uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
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2026 Conference
Call for Papers: Science and Technology in the Anthropocene April 2 – 3, 2026 A conference about human experience in a world with non-biological intelligent systems and the environmental prob…
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
Clear out toys now!
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 30/10/2025
If you want to implement an AI tutor, you need to study it’s performance in naturalistic settings with the kinds of context windows that student learners will provide. You can’t begin with a well formulated question about a single topic. Students don’t know how to formulate questions well at first.
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Brains @philosophyofbrains.com · 27/10/2025
Symposium: Neurocognitive Functions of Mind Join us this week for a symposium on the new book, Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind, edited by Brains Blog founder Gualtiero Piccinini!
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Symposium: Neurocognitive Functions of Mind
Join us this week for a symposium on the new book, Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind, edited by Brains Blog founder Gualtiero Piccinini!
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
In the latest episode of @braininspired.bsky.social, Vincente Raja suggests that neuroscientists should pay more attention to the principles of Gibsonian ecological psychology, such as affordances, ecological information and resonance. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
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Vicente Raja brings ecological psychology to neuroscience
Neuroscientists should pay attention to the principles of Gibsonian ecological psychology, such as affordances, ecological information and resonance.
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The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until Oct. 24! @djnicholson.bsky.social uncovers Schrödinger’s motivations for writing "What Is Life?", revisits its central arguments & examines the book’s lasting impact on cell & molecular biology👇 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Book cover of “What Is Life? Revisted” by Daniel J. Nicholson, in the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Biology series. Against a black background, the title is surrounded by Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations of marine organisms—radial, symmetrical forms in vivid blues, oranges, reds, and greens.
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Wow! If this holds up, it will be a triumph of science (i.e., of many hundreds of dedicated scientists over decades) over a devastating disease.
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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Launched in 2023, Imaging Neuroscience is now firmly established, with full indexing (PubMed, etc.) and 700 papers to date. We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400. Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press.
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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I am super excited to be giving my talk "Characterizing neural function in ecological neuroscience" at the inaugural Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience conference @socphilneuro.bsky.social in St. Louis in May! Check out the incredible line-up of speakers and symposia: www.philandneuro.com
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HOME | SPAN
The Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience (SPAN) is a new philosophical and scientific society dedicated to providing a forum for collaborations between philosophers and neuroscientists. The Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience seeks to foster, build, and maintain strong interdisciplinary relationships in the joint endeavor to understand the mind and brain.
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Ed Baggs @edbaggs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
🚨 Call for contributions! We are hosting Dimensions of Radical Embodiment 3 at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, June 18-21, 2025 We are accepting abstract submissions for talks, posters, and brief ideas! Deadline: March 14, 2025 radicalembodiment3.github.io
Poster for workshop: Introduction to cognitive ethnographyPoster for Dimensions of Radical Embodiment 3Poster for workshop on Computational creativity, embodiment, and problem solving
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Soazig Le Bihan @soaziglebihan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
No other being but humans has a right to liberty “no matter how cognitively, psychologically, or socially sophisticated they may be.” A very disappointing ruling and a step backward from the NY ruling. Sadness ensues. #animalethics #animallaw
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Colorado Supreme Court: Only humans have the right to liberty
Today the Nonhuman Rights Project issued the following statement in response to the Colorado Supreme Court’s opinion in our elephant rights…
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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Very excited this paper is now out in Ecology Letters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #causalsky
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Foundations and Future Directions for Causal Inference in Ecological Research
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