How can sensory perception be as it intuitively seems—the presentation of external objects—when we are susceptible to perceptual hallucinations and illusions? Dr Eugen Fischer of UEA examines the paradoxes of perception, starting with the argument from illusion… #PhilSensesyoutu.be/bs2pTBkJCxQ?...

PHILOSOPHY - Epistemology: Paradoxes of Perception #1 (Argument from Illusion) [HD]

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Be sure to attend our postgraduate student-organized conference on phenomenology and philosophy of mind on October 10-11! Details below!

Tomorrow Tom Stoneham is speaking on 'Uses and Misuses of genAI" here: events.bizzabo.com/578003/homewww.imperial.ac.uk/events/18012...). Go Tom!

Vitae International Researcher Development Conference 2024

We look forward to welcoming you to our annual flagship event, the Vitae International Researcher Development Conference 2024 (#VitaeCon2024) for all those with an interest in the policy and practice ...

Today, we celebrate Bill Wringe, who's currently working on marginalized voices in the eighteenth century republican tradition. He is interested in punishment, social ontology & the philosophy of emotion. Learn more about Bill's important work here! t.ly/XdsJY

Today we're also celebrating Daniel Kim, whose research focuses on combining analytic and phenomenological approaches to the mind, especially in accounting for perception, imagination, and hallucination. Read more about Daniel's great work here! danielshkim.weebly.com

On September 23rd, Leonidas Chiotis will be giving a talk entitled "Can Artificial Ethical Assistants Enhance Human Decision-Making in Virtue Ethics?" at the 3rd International Conference on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. For more info, see here: ifilosofia.up.pt/activities/3...

Today we highlight Giacomo Floris, whose research develops a relational egalitarian theory of how marginalized groups such as homeless individuals, addicts, and sex workers are systematically denied moral status and relegated to a modern lower caste. giacomofloris.wixsite.com/gfloris

Smartphones need GPS to know where they are. Humans don't. We just perceive our location. But how exactly does this work? Pablo Fernandez Velasco has a new paper out that explains this achievement. Read it here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Self‐location in perceptual experience: A top‐down account

Perceptual experience is self-locating. This claim aligns with our intuitions and is the dominant view in philosophy. To defend the claim, some philosophers have advanced perspectival accounts and ot....

"IN THIS (philosopher's) HOUSE, WE BELIEVE..." #philsky

“In This House, We Believe”: Philosopher Edition

Having trouble figuring out what to get the philosopher in your life? How about a trendy yard sign customized with their philosophical views? You seem skeptical, but Douglas Portmore (ASU) was the rec...

I've worked on many of the topics in this volume, but the one invited to write is "Models, Data Models, & Big Data", which was co-authored with my fabulous PhD student Leticia Castillo Brache @leticiacastillo.bsky.social#philsci#metasci 🧪