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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · Aug 27

And we are live!

"Wider Than the Sky: An Alternative to “Mapping” the World Onto the Brain"
A.S. Barwich, S.J. Firestein, M. R. Dietrich
European Journal of Neuroscience

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Wider Than the Sky: An Alternative to “Mapping” the World Onto the Brain

Challenging the topographic paradigm: The olfactory system's dynamic organization and phenomena like representational drift challenge traditional spatial mapping models, advocating for flexible, r...

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 3d

My skill at deciphering handwriting is also greatly reduced, which is increasing the cognitive load of grading

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 3d

Grading blue books is just as bad as I remembered it being…

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 4d

Whoa there pardner, have you considered the analogies to visual floaters, dreams, rivers of pus, and imaginary hell guardians?

Yeah…that’s what I thought

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry y’all, as the Mahāyāna tradition teaches, all that is connected with the three-fold world is
just presentation of content…

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 6d

I just can’t get over Vasubandhu riffing on shadows. It has both a college stoner feel, and super deep and critical implications for how we think about the world!

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 6d

A Buddhist philosopher, somewhere in the vicinity of Gandhara, in approximately the 4th Century CE, takes a deep hit from the bong:

“Dude, dude, if you think about it, shadows are really freaking weird…”

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 7d

Nice I will check both of these out. I have a tricycle subscription so can access and make a pdf for the students. The first one might pair well with this www.lionsroar.com/cultivating-...

Cultivating Openness When Things Fall Apart

Isn't that the kind of teaching we need these days, that difficult circumstances can be the path to liberation. That's news you can use.

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 8d

Hey friends who do Buddhist philosophy, what are your favorite short and clear contemporary articles for teaching. My students aren't feeling like reading books this semester, so I'm changing up the syllabus!

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 8d

Hey friends who do Buddhist philosophy, what are your favorite short and clear contemporary articles for teaching. My students aren't feeling like reading books this semester, so I'm changing up the syllabus!

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 9d

This special issue includes a paper by a student whose dissertation I advised. Chris Kochevar is a kickass philosopher, and he's currently doing a postdoc on issues like these at Princeton. Keep your eyes out for further work from Chris! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 10d

I'm trying to motivate myself to read practice reflections for my Intro to Buddhist philosophy class right now...so I feel you

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 20d

I'll be sharing this a few times over the next few weeks, but here's your first heads up that the Georgetown philosophy department is hiring philjobs.org/job/show/29710

Assistant Professor, Georgetown University - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor, Georgetown University

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 15d

All those moments are lost in time, like tears in the rain...

a close up of a man 's face with blood running down his face .

Alt: A close up of a man with blood running down his face. It is raining in the background, and he has a wry smile. It's a famous scene from Bladeruner, where the quote in the post is drawn from

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 15d

Definitely fond memories, but I don’t know how you’d get longing into them!

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 15d

Lots of people seem to be under that impression. I think I get it, and understand why. But like most claims in philosophy and cognitive science, I worry that this might be a case where folks mistake a typicality for a necessity

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 15d

I think I might just be terrible at imagination…

𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 15d

Today in aesthetics, we are doing Shen-yI Liao’s super interesting paper on nostalgia and food, *Bittersweet food*. I never know exactly what to say about it, because I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced nostalgia. But I know it will be a fun conversation philpapers.org/archive/LIAB...

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 15d

I'm bumping this job announcement up again, for folks who might have missed it last time!

𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 20d

I'll be sharing this a few times over the next few weeks, but here's your first heads up that the Georgetown philosophy department is hiring philjobs.org/job/show/29710

Assistant Professor, Georgetown University - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor, Georgetown University

An international database of jobs for philosophers

philjobs.org

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 16d

You have night terrors but no mental imagery? I find that super interesting. Maybe we talked about this once before, but that used to be me as well

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 16d

Imagine having mental imagery…frightening!!

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emmie malone 🏳️‍⚧️ @emmiemalone.bsky.social · 16d

I’ve been training my whole life for this moment

A screenshot of an article published in popular science. It reads: “First known wild 'grue jay' hybrid spotted in Texas. Green and blue jays are crossing paths as temperatures rise.”

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 17d

I often find myself feeling a bit ashamed to be a philosopher…

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 17d

Not no
Not yes
Not yes and no
Not neither yes or no

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 17d

For the first time in roughly two decades I have to put together a thing that’s sort of like a test for intro to Buddhist philosophy—and I’m wicked glad that there are numerous lists that make that easier

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