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Regina Fabry

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Philosopher of mind and cognition working at Macquarie University. She/her.

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Caro Flores @floresophize.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder that we are seeking submissions to a rad special issue! Send us your coolest papers that apply a feminist lens to the mind and to cognitive science! Deadline is January 15. #philsky hypatiaphilosophy.org/uncategorize...

Call-for-papers: Hypatia Special Issue on Feminist Philosophy of Mind - hypatia

Guest Editors: Gloria Andrada and Carolina Flores This special issue focuses on feminist philosophy of mind and cognitive science. It will offer novel perspectives on long-standing questions such as t...

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 12d

There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.

It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.

If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · 22d

Speakers include @marilynstendera.bsky.social, Francesco Fanti Rovetta, @patrickstokes.com, @richardmenary.bsky.social, and yours truly. Join us if you like! Registration is free and open until 17 November 2025.

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · 22d

How do chatbots based on Large Language Models impact our self-narrative practices? We will explore this question in a workshop titled "Self-Narration in the Age of Conversational Chatbots." The workshop will take place at Macquarie University on 21 November 2025.
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Human-Chatbot Self-Narration

21 November 2025 Michael Kirby Building 330+331 Function Room, 17 Wally's Walk (in-person only) Wallumattagal Campus, Macquarie University Organiser: Dr Regina Fabry Contact: [email protected]

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Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Sep 2

Highly recommended!

Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Sep 2

My book "Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic" is now available as a paperback -- and for a much cheaper price!

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Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Aug 31

Academia still hates women. But we resist! Solidarity with all women in academia who face everyday sexism, erasure, harassment etc. and with all who were pushed out 💔❤️

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Aug 31

Some of the brightest lights I’ve known have been forced to eat shit repeatedly in their careers. And they were the “lucky” ones—in that they were able to stay in the game. Many more just got completely pushed out and we never know about them except as faceless statistics.

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hier geht es um individuelle politische Verantwortung, die dringend konsequent getragen werden muss, nicht um die Auslagerung derselben an die ausbildenden Institutionen. 2/2

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ich bin einer der vielen lebenden Beweise dafür, dass man am Gymnasium an der Stadtmauer Abitur machen und an der Uni Mainz studieren, gar promovieren kann, ohne Queer-Feindlichkeit das Wort zu reden und rechte Hetze mit linkem Qualitätsjournalismus gleichzusetzen. 1/2

hibiscusinsular.bsky.social @hibiscusinsular.bsky.social · Aug 18

Was lehren das Gymnasium an der Stadtmauer und die @unimainz.bsky.social eigentlich, wenn da Leute herauskommen, die die @taz.de nicht von NIUS unterscheiden können?

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Aug 18

Many excellent contributions are in the pipeline and new articles are being added on a rolling basis. Watch this space! 3/3

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Aug 18

This article is a contribution to a steadily growing Special Issue I am editing with the brilliant Emily Hughes. link.springer.com/collections/... 2/3

Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration

Paper submissions are invited for the special issue/collection of Topoi entitled: Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration. This special issue aims to ...

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Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Aug 18

I am very happy so share that my most recent article on self-narration titled "Counter Self-Narration: A Creative-Imaginative Practice of Resistance" just got published in Topoi (Open Access). doi.org/10.1007/s112... #philsky 1/3

Counter Self-Narration: A Creative-Imaginative Practice of Resistance - Topoi

Topoi - Self-narration, many philosophers assume, is an important practice for self-understanding and meaning-making. However, self-narration does not occur in an ideologically neutral space, but...

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Aug 12

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge

This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…

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Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Aug 15

Highly recommended: the most recent article by my brilliant friend, collaborator, and co-editor @marilynstendera.bsky.social about the impact of griefbots on the phenomenal experience of time in grief.

Marilyn Stendera @marilynstendera.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm pleased to share my latest paper, which has just been published (Open Access) in Phenomenology & the Cognitive Sciences. It explores how 'griefbots' - AI chatbots trained to impersonate the dead - might impact the temporal phenomenology of grief.

Marking time: griefbots, world-time, and the phenomenology of bereavement - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Bereavement has long been recognised as an experience of profound temporal disruption, unravelling and even severing the connections, meanings, and strategies we habitually use in navigating time. The...

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · Aug 14

✨ PhD position available ✨
@loehrgui.bsky.social and I will be running a research project on disruptive technologies from a niche construction perspective, and we're hiring a PhD candidate! Details 👇
Please circulate the add and tell your students about it 😊
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Vacancy — PhD Position in Philosophy

Are you keen to contribute to a better understanding of the social, political and epistemic impact of disruptive technologies such as the Internet and AI? Join our interdisciplinary research project f...

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Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Jul 31

Heewon Seo's contribution to the Special Issue of Topoi titled "Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration" has just been published (Open Access). Highly recommended! #philsky

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Jul 10

Highly recommended: Francesco Fanti Rovetta's article (open access) titled "On Three Kinds of Autobiographical Narrative Harm and Their Interactions." link.springer.com/article/10.1... 2/2

On Three Kinds of Autobiographical Narrative Harm and Their Interactions - Topoi

What does it mean for autobiographical narratives to be harmful? The answer often depends on the perspective adopted. At the personal level of analysis, the emphasis is on the individual and their pri...

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Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Jul 10

The first contribution to the Special Issue of Topoi titled "Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration," which I edit with the always brilliant Emily Joy Hughes, has just been published. link.springer.com/collections/... #philsky 1/2

Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration

Paper submissions are invited for the special issue/collection of Topoi entitled: Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration. This special issue aims to ...

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Jun 16

This article is a contribution to the Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences titled "Grief in the Digital Age" that I am editing with the always brilliant @marilynstendera.bsky.social

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Jun 16

In this article, I integrate phenomenological work on the temporalities of grief, negative niche construction theory, and philosophical research on well-being. 2/3

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Jun 16

Now out Open Access: My new article on human-deathbot interactions! doi.org/10.1007/s110... 1/3

The disruption of grief in the technological niche: The case of deathbots - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Recently, philosophical research on grief and the impact of technological resources on its structure and quality has gained momentum. Deathbots, chatbots based on generative Large Language Models that...

Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · May 12

What is up with that? And to what extent and under what conditions is this a good thing? I address these questions in an article that has just been published open access in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. #philsky link.springer.com/article/10.1... 2/2

The Epistemic Status of Literary Memoirs in Philosophical Grief Research - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Recently, research on grief has gained momentum in phenomenology and philosophy of mind. Grief, it is often assumed, is a temporally extended emotional experience of the irreversible, bereavement-indu...

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Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · May 12

When I started to work on the phenomenology and epistemology of grief a few years ago, I couldn't help but notice that a lot of philosophers of grief frequently cite grief memoirs. 1/2

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The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · Apr 29

If you could hold on to just a single memory, just one episode from your personal past, what would it be? Today at the Memory Palace, Chris McCarroll investigates this exciting question about personal memory. A highly recommended reading!
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A Single Memory

Christopher Jude McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)

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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · Apr 5

Six funded PhDs, Centre for Sciences of Place and Memory, Univ Stirling (Scotland). Join our team in philosophy, cognitive sciences, social sciences, & arts to study spatial thinking, disorientation, cities, truth & the past. Deadline 22 April, guidelines placememory.net/apply-now-fo...

PhD Studentships 2025

We are recruiting six PhD studentships to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory, and how people navigate together in space and time.

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · Mar 24

Irrsinnige Summen von öffentlichen Mitteln werden investiert, damit Wissenschaftler_innen Expertise auf- & ausbauen können. Und was macht D, wenn diese Leute am Höhepunkt ihrer Expertise angelangt sind? Es wirft sie raus & fängt mit neuen Leuten wieder bei Null an. Teurer ‚Spaß‘! #IchBinHanna