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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · 9d

Our article on the multiple generator hypothesis for consciousness has been talke about at „The Daily Neuron“. Have a look:

dailyneuron.com/multiple-gen...

The Multiple Generator Hypothesis Could Revolutionize Our Search for Consciousness - Daily Neuron

The multiple generator hypothesis challenges the idea that only one theory of consciousness can be right, suggesting multiple pathways exist in the brain.

dailyneuron.com

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · 12d

Join the „Philosophy of AI“ Conference in Amsterdam (23-24. October 2025):

www.pt-ai.org/2025/

And join the associated Society for Philosophy of AI while you are at it.

PhAI 2025 – PT-AI & Related Conferences

www.pt-ai.org

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · 12d

@philpsy.bsky.social Adrian Kind just won the Open Access Prize by the OLH.

What a great achievement! Congratulations, Adrian! And all of you: Check out his other work.

dailynous.com/2025/09/25/p...

Philosopher Wins Open Access Award - Daily Nous

Adrian Kind, a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy and psychology at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, is one of the winners of the 2025 Open Access Award. The award is given by Open Library of ...

dailynous.com

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · 14d

And Asger got a shout-out by The Economist for this idea already two years ago:

www.economist.com/science-and-...

Thousands of species of animals probably have consciousness

A group of scientists are trying to track down how it works in the brain

www.economist.com

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · 14d

What if there is no unified theory of consciousness? What if there is just a motley crew of multiple generators?

Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup, Morten Overgaard and I investigate what this would mean for consciousness studies. (Thanks to both of you!)

academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...

The multiple generator hypothesis of consciousness

Abstract. It is well known that in interdisciplinary consciousness studies there are various competing hypotheses about the neural correlate(s) of consciou

academic.oup.com

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · 14d

I just quit academia.edu. Even trying to get such a permission – together with AI-screening of my uploaded articles being ON per default – is a no go. All of my newer stuff is open access anyway and I will move it to philpapers.org.

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Aug 24

Forbes reports that Germany established a psilocybin access programme. That is quite big news for psychedelic research and therapy in Europe.

Germany Approves EU’s First Psilocybin Access Program

Germany has given the green light for two medical facilities to offer psilocybin to adults with treatment-resistant depression.

www.forbes.com

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Aug 17

Lovely that this little programmatic article is now out in #Gastronomica!

Many thanks to Brandon Ashby and all member of project SENSOR (Derek Brown, Jack Lyons, & Fiona @macpherson.bsky.social ).

Watch out for more on #SensoryEngineering! Bon appétit!

Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering

Is gastronomy a case of sensory engineering? Is sensory engineering relevant to gastronomy?We argue that gastronomy is a familiar and widespread example of sensory engineering. This has two consequenc...

online.ucpress.edu

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Aug 12

What a great conference of the Consciousness Research Network (CORN) in Bangkok! The whole team at Chulalongkorn (under the lead of Chaipat Chunharas and Kanit Mitinunwong Sirichan) were such excellent hosts and organisers. Thank you to all participants for the great discussions and all the fun!

CoRN 2025

We would like to invite submissions of abstracts to be presented at the 5th Meeting of CoRN to be held August 6-8 at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Please submit an abstract no longer than 1800 ch...

www.conresnet.org

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thank you, Adrian, for posting this. Beside our editors and advisors, we are grateful to all authors that have trusted us with their manuscripts.

Adrian Kind @philpsy.bsky.social · Jul 11

The Diamond OAJ ournal @phimisci.bsky.social received metrics for the first time. Sure metrics are not the whole story, but its amazing to see them directly behind Philosophy of Science, and ahead of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Science SJR Value! Lets keep pushing OA Philosophy!
#philsky

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Jul 16

Das PHILOSOPHIE MAGAZIN hat dieses kurze Interview publiziert über unser COMPAIN Schmerzprojekt. Humor wurde leider rauseditiert, aber ich danke Nils Althaus (dem Interviewer) herzlich für das tolle Gespräch! www.philomag.de/artikel/sasc...

Sascha Fink: „Nicht Schmerz ist das Interessante, sondern schmerzinduziertes Leiden”

Der Erlanger Philosoph Sascha Fink fordert eine neue Sprache für Schmerz, einen neuen Fokus auf Leid und neue Ställe für Schweine.

www.philomag.de

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Tom Marvan 🇪🇺 @tmarvan.bsky.social · May 26

The programme of the upcoming workshop on conscious AI is up:

emw.flu.cas.cz

#consci

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Apr 22

Really great resource for all people interested in illusions:

www.illusionsindex.org

Home - The Illusions Index

The Illusions Index is a fully searchable curated collection of illusions brought to you by the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience.

www.illusionsindex.org

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Mar 26

Ohne Transparenz regiert sich’s leichter — besonders ins eigene Tascherl. Deswegen: Halten wir’s a bisserl schwerer. Ist eh noch undurchsichtig genug.

abgeordnetenwatch @abgeordnetenwatch.de · Mar 26

Die Union will offenbar das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) abschaffen, meldet @fragdenstaat.de. Dahinter stecke Philipp Amthor – der wg. seiner früheren Tätigkeit für Augustus Intelligence selbst unter IFG-Anfragen von uns & FragDenStaat zu leiden hatte 🧵
fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...

Lex FragDenStaat: Union will Informationsfreiheitsgesetz abschaffen

In den Koalitionsverhandlungen drängen CDU und CSU darauf, das Recht auf staatliche Informationen abzuschaffen. Angetrieben wird das Vorhaben von Philipp Amthor – der wegen seiner umstrittenen Nebentä...

fragdenstaat.de

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Dr. Christian Scharun @christianscharun.de · Mar 23

Wissenschaftliche Artikel hinter Paywalls und wir haben keinen Zugriff? Ein ziemlicher Skandal, denn schließlich haben wir für diese Forschung ja mit unseren Steuergeldern bezahlt! Bei MAITHINK X decken wir heute auf, wie milliardenschwere Verlage die Wissenschaft im Würgegriff haben! Schaut rein! 🧐

Steuerskandal: Wissenschaft hinter Paywalls

Wissenschaftliche Artikel hinter Paywalls und milliardenschwere Verlage profitieren. Bei MAITHINK X zeigt Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, was man noch tun kann.

www.zdf.de

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Philosophy and the Mind Sciences @phimisci.bsky.social · Mar 11

#PhiMiSci announced a Call for Papers for the special issue "Philosophy and Chemosenses", edited by G. Martina & B. Young. It aims to stimulate research on perception, experience, and cognition in the chemosenses, covering established and under-explored questions. Submission deadline: Sept 1, 2025.

Call for Papers: Philosophy and Chemosenses | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences

Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

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Philosophy and the Mind Sciences @phimisci.bsky.social · Mar 13

#PhiMiSci just announced a Call for Abstracts for a book symposium on “The Brain Abstracted. Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience” by Mazviita Chirimuuta, which offers a novel philosophical study of the brain sciences. Deadline: 15th of April 2025.

Call for Abstracts: „The Brain Abstracted“ by Mazviita Chirimuuta | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences

Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

philosophymindscience.org

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · Mar 7

US to use AI to revoke visas of students it sees as Hamas supporters, Axios reports

www.reuters.com/technology/a...

US to use AI to revoke visas of students perceived as Hamas supporters, Axios reports

The U.S. State Department will use artificial intelligence to revoke visas of foreign students who are perceived as supporters of Palestinian Hamas militants, Axios reported on Thursday, citing senior State Department officials.

www.reuters.com

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Mar 6

As a philosopher, I stand with the Maltese entry to #Eurovision: We should hear Conte’s song “KANT”, no matter how BBC announcers feel. #DivaNOTdown #conte #KantBringMeDown

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

No kant do: Eurovision bars Malta’s entry over title’s similarity to C-word

Singer Miriana Conte told to change title and lyrics owing to suggestive play on Maltese word for ‘singing’

www.theguardian.com

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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · Mar 5

The 2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced.

The 2025 Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced.

mpe-project.info/the-mpe-proj...

The MPE Project – MPE Project

mpe-project.info

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · Mar 5

We're recruiting for new postdoc and RA positions on our @erc.europa.eu project "ConsciousComputation"

To apply and for more details, please see:

RA: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Postdoc: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Very happy to chat to anyone interested! 🧠🧪

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Feb 26

CDU Anfrage zielt auf #Greenpeace, #Foodwatch, #PeTA, #BUND und #OmasgegenRechts. Man munkelt “Schattenstrukturen”. Ziel ist es, Förderungen in Frage zu stellen. — klar, die Gefahr für die Demokratie kommt ja von Omas gegen Rechts, etc….

dserver.bundestag.de/btd/20/150/2...

dserver.bundestag.de

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Feb 23

Zu den Urnen! Gegen den Rechtsruck.

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · Feb 22

Fascinating. I would guess that the answer to 50 could be “fire”. Are all the answers known?

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