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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1/ Conscious AI and Biological Naturalism. A long time in the making, but the full collection is *out now* in Behavioural and Brain Sciences I deeply thank all my many commentators for their wise, broad, and deep opinions on this critical topic.I also thank them for their saintly patience. 🙏🏽

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Allocentric Navigation is Turing Complete, and Why It Matters 1/

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Who knew that allocentric navigation is computationally universal? I just wrote a technical report proving this. More precisely, I give three proofs that idealized architectures capable of navigation guided by allocentric maps with landmark structure ... 1/3

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

CFP: The Architecture of Propositional Thought: From Cognitive Maps to Language and Reasoning Link below:

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Philipp Haueis @phaueis.eurosky.social · 17/03/2026

Academic events in Berlin (1/2): Integrating explanatory paradigms in neuroscience at TU Berlin , organized by @beakr.bsky.social, with talks by @francesegan.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social , @tonychemero.bsky.social, @okaydaniellle.bsky.social my collaborator @davidcolaco.bsky.social and more

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Johannes Brinz @johannesbrinz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

CfA: Workshop “Philosophical Issues in Neural Computation” (@ruhr-uni-bochum.de) Jun 2–3 2026. Deadline: March 31. Further Speakers: @adriendoerig.bsky.social, @francesegan.bsky.social, @olivia.science, @gualtiero.bsky.social, @seelikat.bsky.social, Oron Shagrir.

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A good contribution to the debate about mental/neural representations

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

"This is a superb collection and is highly recommended," says Rex Welshon.

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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Beautiful new paper out from the Peyrache lab. Shows an incredibly stable code for head direction. Representational drift ain't a thang y'all... #neuroscience 🧪

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A chat among the past and present editors of the Brains Blog for its 20th anniversary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeld...

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

If you are applying to philosophy PhD programs, consider applying to Mizzou. I'm Director of Grad Admissions this year so ask me about it. Deadline to be considered for a fellowship is Jan 10.

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

A paper on mine entitled "Neural Hardware for the Language of Thought: New Rules for an Old Game" has been circulating since early 2025 and has been cited in print. I have received anonymous feedback from some Classical LOT supporters and made some revisions to address their concerns. 1/

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Alfredo Vernazzani @alfredovernazzani.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

This book is finally out. You'll find there our chapter on "Frames of discovery and the format of cognitive representation" by yours truly and Dimitri Coelho Mollo. Thanks to @gualtiero.bsky.social for the amazing editirial work!

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind is out. Check it out.

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people - The Guardian

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I recently learned that Robert "Bob" Gordon, of simulation theory fame, passed away on April 13, 2025, at the age of 92. A celebration of his life will occur on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 5:00 – 7:00 pm Central at the Ethical Society of St. Louis. 1/

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

A substantively revised version of the SEP entry on Computation in Physical Systems, with several updates, new references, and other improvements, just came live. Link below.

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Submissions are due soon on philosophy and neuromorphic AI

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I'm teaching a course on consciousness and I'd like to cover the role of memory for consciousness, especially how some sort of memory buffer is needed to stabilize experiences long enough for us to experience it and report on them. Does anyone know of any good literature on this?

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Gill Eapen interviewed me on some of my recent work -- integrating psych and neuro, classical vs nonclassical LOT, egalitarian composition and realization, and knowing that as knowing how -- for the podcast Scientific Sense. Links below.

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

After rejections from 20 distinct journals over 7 years (my personal record), "Composition as Trans-scalar Identity", coauthored with Alex Schumm and Waldemar Rohloff, just got published open access in Acta Analytica (link below). 1/

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Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social · 06/06/2025

But wherever one sits on this topic, it's plainly the case that different people use representation in different ways to mean different things (which may be internally consistent). E.g. For @gualtiero.bsky.social representation is a powerful tool which is difficult to make bsky.app/profile/gual...

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Opinion | A letter to sad Elon Musk, from America: 'Hey pal, sorry everybody was mean.' | Opinion - USA TODAY

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The volume Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind is in press at Routledge, expected out in Sep of this year (link in first comment). Thanks to the authors for their hard work. 1/4

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Tesla employees ask Elon Musk to resign, confirm massive demand problem, get fired for it - Electrek

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

As of 9/1//25, I will become the Florence G. Kline Professor of Philosophy at MU. This position comes with research money, which I'd like to use wisely. 1/

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CogIST @cogist.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

As you know, we had to postpone Cognitive Webinar #18. We will be able to hold the event on 16th April at PM (GMT +3), 5 PM (CET), 11:00 AM (EST)! For the next Cognitive Webinar, Gualtiero Piccinini ( @gualtiero.bsky.social ) from University of Missouri, Philosophy Department will be our guest!

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