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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 49m

Thanks for spreading the word! It’s mind blowing that our mini-conference has attracted over 30 people in person (and dozens online!) while our website has drawn hundreds of views in the last days. This positive reception is very motivating for us to carry on promoting basal #cognition research :))

Sebastiaan Mathôt @sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social · 5h

Today is the second and final day of the Basic Principles of Cognition mini-conference! Join for free online: basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com/programme/ Organized by @bartoszradomski.bsky.social @ahoelken.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy and Caroline Stankozi

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 15h

Maybe for the 2nd BPC Conference we will all pay you a visit in Dublin! 😁 discussing cognition on the cliffs of Howth or while bathing in the Irish Sea wouldn’t be half bad 😁

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks, Kev! A great presentation, as always :)

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 16h

Almost 800 views and 180 unique visitors in just the last three days. It’s amazing to see such interest in our project :))

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 17h

I am amazed that our Basic Principles of Cognition conference was met with such enthusiasm and attended by dozens of people both in person and online. It’s not too late to join! Register at basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com/registration/ #Cognition #Mind #Philosophy #CogSci #Online #Biology

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · 2d

I'm very much looking forward to the BPC conference tomorrow and on Friday at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Everyone is welcome to attend and you can also watch the stream on zoom. I will give a talk at 4pm about early 20th century concepts of plant agency (featuring Arber, Ungerer and Francé). 🌿

Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are organising the 1st Basic Principles of Cognition conference at RUB, Germany, 9-10 October 2025. Save the date! #MinimalCognition #BasalCognition #CognitiveScience #CogSci #Philosophy #Mind #Life #Organism #Evolution basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

#EPSA25 #ESPP #GAP12 #KogWiss

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1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 3d

The 1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference (9-10 Oct, hybrid) is around the corner! Feel free to share this neat overview of our conference with your colleagues and students:
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1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference

The Basic Principles of Cognition Reading Group is turning 4 years old! To celebrate this fact, we are will be meeting in-person for the first time. During the Conference, we will present our current ...

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 4d

If you still haven’t, register to attend online! Or join us in person in Bochum :)

Put together by Bochum’s early career researchers to celebrate the 4th anniversary of establishing the Basic Principles of Cognition reading group (we accept new members:) you can sign up for this one too! PM me)

Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are organising the 1st Basic Principles of Cognition conference at RUB, Germany, 9-10 October 2025. Save the date! #MinimalCognition #BasalCognition #CognitiveScience #CogSci #Philosophy #Mind #Life #Organism #Evolution basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

#EPSA25 #ESPP #GAP12 #KogWiss

Basic Principles of Cognition

1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 17d

Register here and join us in Bochum or attend online: basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com/registration/

Registration

Zoom Registration If you have any questions, send us a message!

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 17d

What has formerly been called “minimal cognition” research has now been renamed to “basal cognition”.

The phenomena in question are not merely reduced instances of ‘proper’ cognition, but rather represent a pervasive and fundamental aspect of cognition.

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1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

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Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 29d

Don't forget to register for PSA Around the World 2025! This year spotlights Eastern & Central Europe 🌍

📅 The conference will take place:
Thu, Nov 6 (3–6:15pm CET)
Fri, Nov 14 (3–6:15pm CET)
Sat, Nov 22 (3–6:30pm CET)
🔗 Register here:

Philosophy of Science Association

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 29d

If you’re using a mobile device, the "Registration" tab will appear in the drop-down menu in the top left corner

Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 29d

Zoom registration link is up on the website:) you can find it by clicking on the "Registration" tab in the top right corner

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 29d

I have this problem with "adaptive AI" - there’s a very trivial sense in which AI adapts (like rivers which "adapt" their flow), there’s a normative sense (adaptive in contrast to maladaptive), and then there’s this inexplicable quality that somehow distinguishes proprietary LLMs from "static" AI

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 29d

With every problem that AI solves, our lives are not getting easier but progressively more difficult: when all the easy problems are solved, the only tasks left are the *really difficult* ones

Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Sep 10

Save the date! Remote participation will be also possible:)

Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are organising the 1st Basic Principles of Cognition conference at RUB, Germany, 9-10 October 2025. Save the date! #MinimalCognition #BasalCognition #CognitiveScience #CogSci #Philosophy #Mind #Life #Organism #Evolution basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

#EPSA25 #ESPP #GAP12 #KogWiss

Basic Principles of Cognition

1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Sep 5

We should fine-tune an LLM on Stanisław Lem’s writings and call it an “LLLEM”

Btw, fun fact: Philip K. Dick at the height of his paranoia thought that “Lem” was in fact not a person but a secret collective of Soviet spies smuggling coded messages through sci-fi novels

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Sep 5

Not The Onion

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our RTG has been accepted to host a Satellite workshop at the GAP.12 called “The Situated Mind: Perception, Experience, and Imagination“. See you next week in Düsseldorf! 😁

Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Aug 29

#EPSA25 was fun! So many great minds and kind souls under one roof :) Hats off to the organisers for making it smooth sailing for nearly half a thousand philosophers:)
Next stop: #ESPP and a talk on adaptivity as a missing link in theories of cognition!

Bartosz Radomski standing next to a presentation slide on citation network analysis that shows a gigantic node of karl friston’s citations relative to other fep researchers

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are organising the 1st Basic Principles of Cognition conference at RUB, Germany, 9-10 October 2025. Save the date! #MinimalCognition #BasalCognition #CognitiveScience #CogSci #Philosophy #Mind #Life #Organism #Evolution basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

#EPSA25 #ESPP #GAP12 #KogWiss

Basic Principles of Cognition

1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Jul 15

Duh, war is bad for international business so it hurts everyone.

But the EU needs reliable trade partners and Russia is not a reliable trade partner. That being said, the Russian gas is still being imported into the EU, just in lower quantities

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Mar 27

I have written a blog post that motivates and sets the agenda of a new line of philosophical inquiry - the philosophy of adaptivity. You may have heard of adaptive AI or robots but what exactly makes them adaptive? And in what sense are we dynamically adaptive as biological systems?

The Philosophy of Adaptivity - Dialectical Systems

At the core of life is adaptivity, the organismal process of adjusting to ever-changing conditions. But despite its centrality, adaptivity is a surprisingly lonely concept. Its most immediate lexical ...

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Jul 11

Well done @wanjawiese.bsky.social! That’s great news and it’s awesome to see how the journal is growing and getting the recognition it deserves!

Adrian Kind @philpsy.bsky.social · Jul 11

The Diamond OAJ ournal @phimisci.bsky.social received metrics for the first time. Sure metrics are not the whole story, but its amazing to see them directly behind Philosophy of Science, and ahead of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Science SJR Value! Lets keep pushing OA Philosophy!
#philsky

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Jul 11

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