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Michelle Liu

@michelleybliu.bsky.social
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Philosopher at Monash University, interested in mind, language and art

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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This mammoth volume on introspection edited by Anna Giustina was published this month. share.google/z24yL1IKHIKG... Very honoured to have contributed a chapter on 'Introspection and Revelation' in the Epistemology of Introspection section share.google/qGgSVuq79vDe...
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The Routledge Handbook of Introspection
Introspection is fundamental and seemingly indispensable to understanding the conscious human mind. It is essential both to acquire and refine our knowledge of ourselves and to develop a philosophical...
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Yuri Cath @ywcath.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
There is a "Melbourne Philosophy of Mind Workshop" on next week organised by Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social with talks by Michelle, Tim Bayne, Margot Strohminger, and myself. Should be fun, full details at the philevents link. #philsky philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I have a new paper out on 'Polysemy and puzzles about pain', building on my previous work. The paper serves to illustrate that philosophical debates often go wrong because they ignore the fact that the terms under discussion are polysemous. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Polysemy and puzzles about pain
Recent philosophical literature on pain has seen much discussion of puzzles which directly relate to how we ordinarily talk and think about pain. Using tools from theoretical and experimental lingu...
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I have a new paper out, arguing for the importance of mental imagery for theorising harmful language (e.g. language containing misinformation, genetics, metaphors). I also suggest ways to counter the influence of the harmful imagery that language generates. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
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Mental imagery and harmful language
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Philip Goff @philipgoff.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Can physical science explain consciousness? @michelleybliu.bsky.social explains the best argument for the conclusion "no". www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4lx...
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The Best Argument Against Physicalism
YouTube video by Philip Goff Philosophy
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James Openshaw @openshaw.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Some photos from last week's Perception, Memory, Imagination workshop here at NTU, co-organised with @whcsung.bsky.social - we're grateful to everyone who presented, participated, and helped out for making it a successful event! Thanks also to CoHASS for the funding to make it happen.
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I have been in London on a British Academy Visiting Fellowship this semester. My visit will conclude with this event I am organising with Robyn Carston. Come and say hi if you are in London this Thursday. @britishacademy.bsky.social
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
My department is advertising a permanent T&R position in non-Western Philosophy. I genuinely think I have the best job in the world. Do apply if you want to be in a fantastic department! Also Australia is great. Happy to answer any questions. philjobs.org/job/show/29770
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Philosophy, Monash University - PhilJobs:JFP Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Philosophy, Monash University
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Jakob Hohwy @hohwy.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Come to Melbourne for the 2025 Conference of the Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology Check out the great keynotes - submit your abstract Come join this exciting community of researchers Nov 24-25 - Register now! #philosophy #neuroskyence #philsky sites.google.com/monash.edu/a...
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ASPP 2025 Melbourne
Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2025 Conference Melbourne, November 24th - 25th, 2025
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I'm in London till the end of this year and will be hosting this workshop with Robyn Carston in December. Come and say hi! Word Meaning and Concept Expressed: Philosophical and Linguistic Perspectives - PhilEvents share.google/dYgWGjAebsH9...
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Word Meaning and Concept Expressed: Philosophical and Linguistic Perspectives
The concept expressed by a word on a specific occasion often diverges from the concept encoded by the word. In recent years, this divergence has been the centra...
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
From July till December this year, I will be taking up a British Academy Visiting Fellowship to work on word meaning and philosophical applications. @britishacademy.bsky.social I'm looking forward to living in London and reconnecting with colleagues in the UK and Europe!
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Henry Taylor @htaylorphil.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Philosophy Smash with Henry is on Daily Nous! dailynous.com/2025/05/27/n... @saperep4c.bsky.social @ukri.org
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New Philosophy Outreach Program: Philosophy Smash - Daily Nous
A philosopher at the University of Birmingham, Henry Taylor, has a new philosophy outreach program. Philosophy Smash with Henry! aims to introduce children to philosophical questions. In the following...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
"Apologists for Israel might want to reject the charge of genocide [and] suggest its hyperbole or even antisemitic, but the actual experts on genocide know a genocide when they see one - and they see one in Gaza." My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide. zeteo.com/subscribe
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
A wonderful piece in the naturalistic section of philosophy compass, which I edit.
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conceptartpod.bsky.social @conceptartpod.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Listen to @michelleybliu.bsky.social's interview before, after, or while you read her new article on polysemy and philosophy.
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Season 2, Episode 2: Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu – Concept : Art
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
My new article 'Polysemy and Philosophy' is out in Philosophy Compass. It explores the signicance of polysemy in four strands of discussion in philosophy dx.doi.org/10.1111/phc3...
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Polysemy and Philosophy
Polysemy is the linguistic phenomenon where a word has more than one sense. Polysemy is important to philosophy. This article considers four related strands of discussion in philosophy in which polys....
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conceptartpod.bsky.social @conceptartpod.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This month, @ptmcconville.bsky.social speaks with @michelleybliu.bsky.social. They discuss representing music in visual forms, whether arguments have aesthetic properties, and the role of mental imagery in poetry and philosophy. Follow the show and listen on your favourite podcast platform!
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Season 2, Episode 2: Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu – Concept : Art
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Jakob Hohwy @hohwy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Frame and relevance problems from the perspective of predictive processing - new paper led by @monash-m3cs.bsky.social's Tom Darling #philsky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Solving the relevance problem with predictive processing
The frame or relevance problem is a classic problem in cognitive science and philosophy. We attempt to resolve this problem by appealing to predictive processing, a growing theory of cognition. As ...
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Excellent paper on dehumanization by my wonderful colleague Suzy Killmister.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
The Western media will never be forgiven for their role in Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people. New post 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/the-wester...
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The Western media: drenched in Palestinian blood
You are more likely to read the truth about Israel's crimes in an Israeli newspaper than you are in a Western media outlet.
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Excellent paper on chatbots and assertion by my colleagues Iwan Williams and Tim Bayne
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Celia Heyes @celiaheyes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
An excellent crammer on Dan Dennett's philosophy, written by Tim Bayne in a lucid, lively style to rival Dennett's own. "What needs to go is not so much folk psychology... but the gloss on folk psychology that philosophers have imposed on it." aeon.co/essays/as-re...
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‘As real as it ever gets’: Dennett’s conception of the mind | Aeon Essays
Often metaphorical and allusive, the philosopher’s work will long be remembered for how it grappled with everyday thought
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
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BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
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Yuri Cath @ywcath.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
My first book is out! And you can download it for free for the next 4 weeks. It's on knowing what it is like to do something (what kind of knowledge is this, how do we acquire it, and when if ever can we share it with other people). #philsky #philosophy #epistemology doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Knowing What It Is Like
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Knowing What It Is Like
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Heading to Shanghai this week for my first philosophy conference in China. Looking forward to the Shanghai-Grenoble Philosophy of Memory Workshop 2 phil-mem.org/events/2024-...
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Centre for Philosophy of Memory
Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Centre de philosophie de la mémoire
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Michelle Liu @michelleybliu.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Monash philosophy departmental workshop next week (12th & 13th), featuring many of my wonderful colleagues philevents.org/event/show/1.... If you are in Melbourne, come along.
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Monash Philosophy Departmental Workshop
This is an in-person event only  Location: S109 Menzies Building, Clayton  Day 1, November 12th 10:30-11:30 Jenny Windt: A botanical metaphor for our wandering minds 11:30-12:30 Gene Flenady...
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