Representations are thought to be among the essential ingredients for explaining cognition. In cognitive psychology, behaviour and decision making are modelled in terms of computations performed over representations. In neuroscience, responses of single cells, neural populations, and structural features are claimed to function as representations for the agent in question. …
We are very excited to introduce our next joint symposium with Philosophy of the Mind Sciences. This one highlights PhiMindSci’s recent special issue on representation in neuroscience and AI. Tomorrow, we’ll have an introductory post by Mark Sprevak that gives an overview of the special issue. Then we’ll have posts …
Mindcraft is a series of opinion posts on current issues in cognitive science by Brains Blog founder Gualtiero Piccinini. Do you agree? Disagree? Please contribute on the discussion board below! If you’d like to write a full-length response, please contact editor Dan Burnston. A guest post by Jack Copeland: 2026 …
Book Symposium on The Brain Abstracted in Philosophy and the Mind Sciences Philipp Haueis, Department of Philosophy and Institute for Studies of Science (ISOS), Bielefeld University, Germany The journal Philosophy of the Mind Sciences has just published a book symposium (LINK) of The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and …
Hi Everyone, I’m very happy to announce that we will be collaborating on a number of posts with Philosophy and the Mind Sciences! PhiMindSci is an open access journal; you can read everything we discuss in full here: https://philosophymindscience.org/index.php/phimisci/issue/archive Our first post, today, will be by Philipp Haueis, describing the …
Hi All, We’re happy to help announce the launch of the Cognition, Agency, & Intelligence Center. Please see information about their introductory conference below! Description: We are thrilled to invite you to attend the Interdisciplinary Conference in Cognitive Science, hosted by the Cognition, Agency, and Intelligence Center (CAIC) at Purdue …
A Global Approach to Cognitive Dysfunction as a Framework for Neurodivergence Abel Wajnerman Paz and Jorge Ignacio Fuentes We propose a global approach to distinguishing between cognitive function and dysfunction as an appropriate framework for thinking about neurodivergence. It has been a commonplace in philosophy of psychiatry, at least since Wakefield …
