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Francesco Ellia
@ellia.bsky.social
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Researcher at Department of Qualia Structure at ATR - Computational Neuroscience Laboratories 🇯🇵. #neuroscience of #consciousness from the standpoint of #philosophy of #science 🧠 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francesco-Ellia?ev=prf_overview
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 24d
New #preprint out! In this paper @naotsuchiya.bsky.social and I take a look at the current debate on theories of #consciousness from a #meta-theoretical standpoint, and we argue that there is an ongoing process of #schismogenesis in consciousness science. [1/n]

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(PDF) Intrinsic Universal Structures and Extrinsic Local Functions
PDF | Contemporary consciousness science faces an impasse: competing theoretical frameworks, structuralist vs. functionalist, universal vs. local,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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Niccolo Negro @niccolonegro.bsky.social · 12d
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Happy to share this new paper (open access) on the logic of extrapolations in consciousness science, written with @liadmudrik.bsky.social
Extrapolating Other Consciousnesses: The Prospects and Limits of Analogical Abduction | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Extrapolating Other Consciousnesses: The Prospects and Limits of Analogical Abduction
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 14d
I couldn’t access my account since it was linked to my old institution email. I contacted the customer support and asked them to delete my account and they claimed they did so (oddly enough they didn’t ask any proof of ID). I suggest you to do the same, it’s a bad platform anyway.
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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 16d
New paper! Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information Decomposition, out now in @pnas.org - led by @frosas.bsky.social, Pedro Mediano, & Adam Barrett, w/ @andrealuppi.bsky.social @robincarhartharris.bsky.social, me, & Dan Bor. www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information Decomposition
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 17d
This is a core issue that I have with the recent paper on AI and consciousness based on computational functionalist theories. Also the term theory is very inflated nowadays. I am guilty of that myself, but something to think about.
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Jaan Aru @jaanaru.bsky.social · Jun 27
First, I acknowledge that consciousness research has made progress but to me that progress has come with constraints: successful theories constrain further progress. What if these theories are not close to figuring out consciousness? Our field was intellectually more fluid 20 years ago. #consci
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 21d
Another preprint! By @zhangchuyin.bsky.social me and @naotsuchiya.bsky.social !
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zhangchuyin.bsky.social @zhangchuyin.bsky.social · 21d
How to better measure subjective experience? Our new #preprint argues that we should focus on the "what-it-is-like" of #consciousness rather than experimenter-centric task design and analyses. @qualiastructure.bsky.social @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @ellia.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
(PDF) Intersubjective Agreement (IA) reduces friction between report and visual experience
PDF | Chuyin et al. (2022) developed a novel free report paradigm and found that participants were able to report specific descriptions of natural... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 21d
New preprint out!

My friend @zhangchuyin.bsky.social is new on Bluesky, he is a brilliant student close to the end of his PhD, please follow him!
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zhangchuyin.bsky.social @zhangchuyin.bsky.social · 21d
How to better measure subjective experience? Our new #preprint argues that we should focus on the "what-it-is-like" of #consciousness rather than experimenter-centric task design and analyses. @qualiastructure.bsky.social @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @ellia.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
(PDF) Intersubjective Agreement (IA) reduces friction between report and visual experience
PDF | Chuyin et al. (2022) developed a novel free report paradigm and found that participants were able to report specific descriptions of natural... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 22d
Check out our new preprint on theories of #consciousness!
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 24d
New #preprint out! In this paper @naotsuchiya.bsky.social and I take a look at the current debate on theories of #consciousness from a #meta-theoretical standpoint, and we argue that there is an ongoing process of #schismogenesis in consciousness science. [1/n]

www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Intrinsic Universal Structures and Extrinsic Local Functions
PDF | Contemporary consciousness science faces an impasse: competing theoretical frameworks, structuralist vs. functionalist, universal vs. local,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 24d
We argue that there is a genuine, hard-to-reconcile (perhaps impossible?), schism, most likely given by the extrinsic and intrinsic dimension we highlighted.
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 24d
Of course we aren't immune by our own biases! So we would be delighted to hear your feedbacks about this project. Since the scope of this paper is very broad there is a chance that if you work in #consci you might have something to tell me or @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @qualiastructure.bsky.social !
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 24d
The potential lack of a 'common measure' (or #incommensurability) could be the reason why, many times, proponents of different frameworks seem to talk past each other, instead of *to* each other. This also prompted a reflection on #cognitivebias in consciousness science [4/n]
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 24d
Notably, both clusters are differentiated for both foundational assumptions on what the scientific investigation of #consciousness should concern, and crucial questions to be asked by such research. [3/n]
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 24d
We focus on three parallel debates concerning: #structures and #functions, #universalism and #'localism', and #extrinsic and #intrinsic #perspectives.

We argue that there are two emerging clusters, intrinsic-universal-structures and extrinsic-local-functions. [2/n]
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · 24d
New #preprint out! In this paper @naotsuchiya.bsky.social and I take a look at the current debate on theories of #consciousness from a #meta-theoretical standpoint, and we argue that there is an ongoing process of #schismogenesis in consciousness science. [1/n]

www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Intrinsic Universal Structures and Extrinsic Local Functions
PDF | Contemporary consciousness science faces an impasse: competing theoretical frameworks, structuralist vs. functionalist, universal vs. local,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · Aug 18
..ok? As a human being, you have the freedom to not engage with me if you find me annoying. All is good.
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · Aug 18
No, I'm replying to the post, not to the paper. As you can imagine, there are so many interesting articles that it's difficult to find the time to read them all. So if something captures my interest, I try to understand what the topic is about.
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wanjawiese.bsky.social @wanjawiese.bsky.social · Aug 14
New paper with Azenet Lopez in C&C: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PhilMind #PhilConsc #Consciousness
Building blocks for theories of consciousness
Consciousness science is brimming with theories attempting to explain what consciousness is and how it can be identified in natural and artificial sys…
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · Aug 14
Congratulations!
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Consciousness - tlab @qualiastructure.bsky.social · Aug 14
Dream start for database that aims to improve our understanding of conscious experience in sleep

Free link to the paper in Nature Communication is rdcu.be/eAwni !
A dream EEG and mentation database
Nature Communications - The authors present a multicenter database to investigate the neural correlates of dreaming, including physiological, behavioral and experiential data. This database could...
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · Aug 7
The spirit of Judo is enshrined in its two mottos, that roughly translates into “the maximum effective use of energy” and “mutual benefit” (but please correct me if you know a better translation).

According to its founder, Kano Jigoro, Judo means following these principles in every aspect of life.
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Joel Snyder @auditoryjoel.bsky.social · Aug 5
I wrote a commentary (mostly) disagreeing with the thought-provoking @smfleming.bsky.social & @matthiasmichel.bsky.social BBS paper about consciousness arising during the transition of animals from sea to land.
#consciousness #neuroscience #evolution
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La nada nadea 🇪🇺🍉 @lanadanadea.bsky.social · Aug 4
Already published the ‘Teorema’ #FreeWill book symposium on Sapolsky’s ‘Determined’, with contributions by @wiringthebrain.bsky.social and others.

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Vol. 44 Núm. 1 (2025) | Teorema. Revista Internacional de Filosofía
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · Aug 3
No open access?
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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · Jul 31
Our new book chapter is out, looking at self-awareness/personhood in nonhuman animals, and how it may relate to questions of suffering
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Self-Awareness and Personhood in Non-Human Animals
Beyond simple consciousness or sentience, some non-human animals may possess more sophisticated cognitive abilities linked to capacities for self-awareness or even personhood, capacities that may infl...
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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · Jul 31
If you are interested in bird behaviour or animal brains, our book has you covered. Available next week, you can order direct from @mitpress.bsky.social (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255273...) or wherever books are sold.
#birds #neuroskyence 🪶🧠🧪🇨🇦

See more on it here:
www.ulethbridge.ca/unews/articl...
Comparative neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Iwaniuk revels in unlocking the what, how and why of bird behaviour | UNews
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Francesco Ellia @ellia.bsky.social · Jul 30
The smartest kid will ask Gemini to evaluate GPT output 😆
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 30
I'm going to be no fun and suppress the impulse to make fun of that, because it actually raises an interesting point. Can the emergent macroscopic 'whole' reach down and control the otherwise random quantum goings-on within it?
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