Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy

Philosophy of Cognitive Science (PCS)

Convenor:

Stephen Mann

Sessions

  • Active Inference (I)

    The Preface and Chapter 1 of Parr, T., Pezzulo, G., & Friston, K. J. (2022). Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior. MIT Press.

    19 January 2023

    12:00, Seminar Ramon Llull

  • Active Inference (II)

    Chapter 2, "The Low Road to Active Inference", of Parr, T., Pezzulo, G., & Friston, K. J. (2022). Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior. MIT Press.

    02 February 2023

    12:00, Seminar Ramon Llull

  • Active Inference (III)

    Chapter 7, "Active Inference in Discrete Time", of Parr, T., Pezzulo, G., & Friston, K. J. (2022) Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior. MIT Press.

    • NB1: We're jumping from Chapter 2 last session to Chapter 7 now, in order to work through some simple models of active inference.
    • NB2: Going forward the reading group will take place in the Seminari de Filosofia, with hybrid enabled. I'll send the Zoom link via email. 

    16 February 2023

    12:00, ***Seminari de Filosofia***

  • Active Inference (IV)

    Andrews, M. (2021). The math is not the territory: Navigating the free energy principle. Biology & Philosophy, 36(3), 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-021-09807-0

    See email for Zoom link.

    02 March 2023

    12:00, Seminari de Filosofia & Zoom

  • Huebner & Schulkin 2022 (I)

    Chapter 1: Introduction and Chapter 2: Seeing Things That Matter of Huebner & Schulkin 2022: Biological Cognition. Cambridge Elements in Philosophy of Mind Series, Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108982191

    16 March 2023

    12:00, Seminari de Filosofia

  • Huebner & Schulkin 2022 (II)

    Chapters 3, 4 and 5 of Huebner & Schulkin 2022: Biological Cognition. Cambridge Elements in Philosophy of Mind Series, Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108982191

    30 March 2023

    12:00, Seminari de Filosofia

  • Functions (I)

    Matthewson, J. (2020). Does proper function come in degrees? Biology & Philosophy, 35(4), 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-020-09758-y

    The Zoom link will be sent around via email before the session.

    13 April 2023

    12:00, Seminari de Filosofia & Zoom

  • Functions (II)

    Christie, J. R., Brusse, C., Bourrat, P., Takacs, P., & Griffiths, P. E. (forthcoming). Are Biological Traits Explained by Their ‘Selected Effect’ Functions? Australasian Philosophical Review. Preprint.

    27 April 2023

    12:00, Seminari de Filosofia & Zoom

  • The independence solution to grue

    Warren, J. (2023). The independence solution to grue. Philosophical Studies, 180(4), 1305–1326. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-022-01914-2

    11 May 2023

    12:00, Núria Folch Seminar (alias Seminari de Filosofia)

  • Naturalizing Teleology

    Nahas, A., & Sachs, C. (2023). What’s at stake in the debate over naturalizing teleology? An overlooked metatheoretical debate. Synthese, 201(4), 142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04147-w

    01 June 2023

    12:00, Seminari Núria Folch (alias Seminari de Filosofia)

  • Teleosemantics

    1. Millikan, R. G. (2023). Teleosemantics and the frogs. Mind & Language. https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12456
    2. Kingsbury, J. (2006). A proper understanding of Millikan. Acta Analytica, 21(3), 23–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-006-1008-8

    We're reading two papers this week: a new one from Ruth Millikan and an old one from Justine Kingsbury. Email Stephen or Manolo if you need either PDF.

    15 June 2023

    12:00, Seminari Núria Folch (alias Seminari de Filosofia)