David Vanegas
@evolanguagemind.bsky.social
Philosophy of Cognitive Science • Intentional Stance & Illusionism • Working on Inner Speech and Conscious Thinking
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Cover of new book.
July 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Cover of new book.
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𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
October 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
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Our entry (with @ericman.bsky.social ) for the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, “The Language of Thought Hypothesis”, is now out.
doi.org/10.21428/e27...
doi.org/10.21428/e27...
The Language of Thought Hypothesis
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Our entry (with @ericman.bsky.social ) for the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, “The Language of Thought Hypothesis”, is now out.
doi.org/10.21428/e27...
doi.org/10.21428/e27...
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Do you see circles or rectangles? How culturally dependent is perceptual experience? Inspired by two recent studies, I wrote this for today's @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Can you see circles or rectangles? And does the answer depend on where you grew up? | Anil Seth
We may believe we see the world exactly as it is – but as studies of optical illusions show, it’s far more complex than that, says cognitive and computational neuroscience professor Anil Seth
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July 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Do you see circles or rectangles? How culturally dependent is perceptual experience? Inspired by two recent studies, I wrote this for today's @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This time, for real, I will try to be more active here than on the other site. 🤪
July 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This time, for real, I will try to be more active here than on the other site. 🤪
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Breaking news! Two more articles for our special issue of Philosophical Psychology. First: Marco Facchin argues that my version of mental fictionalism entails the existence of extended mental states: doi.org/10.1080/0951... @journalphp.bsky.social @marcofacchin.bsky.social 1/2
June 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Breaking news! Two more articles for our special issue of Philosophical Psychology. First: Marco Facchin argues that my version of mental fictionalism entails the existence of extended mental states: doi.org/10.1080/0951... @journalphp.bsky.social @marcofacchin.bsky.social 1/2
What are the best, or classic, works on whatever you consider higher cognition/thinking? 👀
July 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What are the best, or classic, works on whatever you consider higher cognition/thinking? 👀
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I wrote a piece for the Cambridge Core Blog about the Elements in Philosophy of Mind series I edit. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Celebrating 2000 Elements: Elements in Philosophy of the Mind « News# « Cambridge Core Blog
The American adventurer Chris McCandless said that happiness is only real when it is shared. I would say something similar about knowledge. A piece of academic research may be rigorous, original, and ...
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May 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I wrote a piece for the Cambridge Core Blog about the Elements in Philosophy of Mind series I edit. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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In philosophy, if you think the answer's obvious, then you haven't understood the question.
May 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
In philosophy, if you think the answer's obvious, then you haven't understood the question.
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Philosophy is the art of thinking about things we don't know how to think about.
March 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Philosophy is the art of thinking about things we don't know how to think about.
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the whole symposium about my work with Luis Favela on the concept of neural representation is now online at Mind & Language.
Mind & Language: Vol 0, No 0
Click on the title to browse this issue
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March 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
the whole symposium about my work with Luis Favela on the concept of neural representation is now online at Mind & Language.
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Paper about all the things with Taraneh Wilkinson officially out now and open access. “Affordances, phenomenology, pragmatism and the myth of the given” in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Paper about all the things with Taraneh Wilkinson officially out now and open access. “Affordances, phenomenology, pragmatism and the myth of the given” in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
It has been over a week since I quit smoking, and it has been suspiciously easy. 👀
January 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
It has been over a week since I quit smoking, and it has been suspiciously easy. 👀
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2025 Evolutionary robotics course. Lecture 4. Embodied cognition.
YouTube video by Josh Bongard
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January 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's a fact, I will be working on inner speech! 🤓
This week I have been thinking constantly about changing my PhD thesis subject from mental representation to inner speech.
What do you all say, yeah or nah? 👀
What do you all say, yeah or nah? 👀
January 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's a fact, I will be working on inner speech! 🤓
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My partner's visual cortex and my visual cortex stimulated as a result of photons reflecting off of you across the bar, causing us to have pleasure sensations 420 and 69. Now our prefrontal cortices are directing our mouths to ask if we can buy you a drink
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My partner's visual cortex and my visual cortex stimulated as a result of photons reflecting off of you across the bar, causing us to have pleasure sensations 420 and 69. Now our prefrontal cortices are directing our mouths to ask if we can buy you a drink
Finally got my glasses, and wow, so this is what it is like to see clearly!
January 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Finally got my glasses, and wow, so this is what it is like to see clearly!
This week I have been thinking constantly about changing my PhD thesis subject from mental representation to inner speech.
What do you all say, yeah or nah? 👀
What do you all say, yeah or nah? 👀
January 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This week I have been thinking constantly about changing my PhD thesis subject from mental representation to inner speech.
What do you all say, yeah or nah? 👀
What do you all say, yeah or nah? 👀
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Fantastic news that Andy Clark is the inaugural winner of the #DennettPrize, in honour of Daniel Dennett. Congrats Andy 🍾🍾🍾 super-well deserved @sussexuni.bsky.social hardproblem.it/projects/the...
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The International Center for Consciousness Studies establishes the Dennett Prize—an annual prize that is awarded to an outstanding scholar whose research has significantly advanced the und...
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January 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Fantastic news that Andy Clark is the inaugural winner of the #DennettPrize, in honour of Daniel Dennett. Congrats Andy 🍾🍾🍾 super-well deserved @sussexuni.bsky.social hardproblem.it/projects/the...
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A new book on “the everyday wonder of human conceptual thought” by the brilliant Nick Shea. Come for the seamless fusion of philosophy and cognitive science; stay for “the playground of thought”. Free pdf.
#PhilSky #CogSci
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#PhilSky #CogSci
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Nicholas Shea, Concepts at the Interface - PhilPapers
Research on concepts has concentrated on the way people apply concepts online, when presented with a stimulus. Just as important, however, is the use of concepts offline, when planning what to ...
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September 10, 2024 at 1:00 PM
A new book on “the everyday wonder of human conceptual thought” by the brilliant Nick Shea. Come for the seamless fusion of philosophy and cognitive science; stay for “the playground of thought”. Free pdf.
#PhilSky #CogSci
philpapers.org/rec/SHECAT-11
#PhilSky #CogSci
philpapers.org/rec/SHECAT-11
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A personal remembrance of Dan Dennett (1942-2024)
A personal remembrance of Dan Dennett (1942-2024)
April 21, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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A personal remembrance of Dan Dennett (1942-2024)
A personal remembrance of Dan Dennett (1942-2024)
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#PhiMiSci expresses profound sadness at the passing of Daniel Dennett, a great philosopher and also an esteemed member of our advisory board. His intellect, wit and humor will be greatly missed.
April 21, 2024 at 9:04 AM
#PhiMiSci expresses profound sadness at the passing of Daniel Dennett, a great philosopher and also an esteemed member of our advisory board. His intellect, wit and humor will be greatly missed.