End of a busy week. I just presented at ISPSM. I argued that plants realize beliefs and desires when they are coarsely defined. I also presented at the American Society for Aesthetics. I explained why painful art can still induce hedonic states. @ispsm.bsky.social @amersocaesthetics.bsky.social

Another great conference from the Deep South Philosophy and Neuroscience Workgroup. I enjoyed explaining why I generated an image of myself, Darwin, and a peacock taking a joy ride.

It was an honor to be a part of the 1st annual conference for The Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience. Interdisciplinary in the best sense. Looking forward to more events. @socphilneuro.bsky.social

Two of my paintings were used for the front and back covers of the album "The Last Sunset of the Year" by Marcus Fjellström. It was a pleasure to be a part of this project.
#marcusfjellström #thelastsunsetoftheyear #erikskodvin #davidkajganich

And then he ate it. After paying $6.2 million at auction recently, Justin Sun consumed the banana. Is my outrage the result of an artworld that lacks any intellectual foundation that can block practical jokes from subverting its institutions? Or is it that this art/stunt is a reflection of us?

At 9 am CST I will be giving an online presentation titled "Releasing their Ink: Why Octopuses on Ecstasy Challenges the Autonomy of Psychology". Check it out @ispsm_mind

I just participated in an excellent conference hosted by the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science. I presented a poster that demonstrated how complex mechanisms can not be simply reduced to their lower-level realizers, nor are their higher-levels autonomous. @umnmcps

Last week, I had the honor of participating in the Deep South Philosophy & Neuroscience conference. I presented a project on the relevance of neuroaesthetics to philosphers. It was a real pleasure to get to swap ideas with so many brilliant philosophers and neuroscientists.

Looking forward to teaching this course that I proudly created.  It represents my personal journey of merging art and philosophy.

Great experience presenting a project at POBAM (Philosophy of Biology at the Mountains) in Salt Lake City.

Today, at the Indiana Philosophy Association, I presented my case for why octopuses on ecstacy create a dilemma for the feasibility of artificial psychological states.

Prepping for another conference presentation. This one should get some interesting reactions

I'm excited to be part of the Deep South Philosophy and Neuroscience Workgroup. I gave a talk on "What Neuroaesthetics Brings to the Hard Problem of Consciousness".

I'm getting ready for my presentation this weekend at the Deep South Philosophy and Neuroscience Workgroup.

We held the 45th annual UIUC Graduate Student Conference this weekend. Special thanks to our keynote speaker, Marco J. Nathan for an excellent talk.