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A Neuroscience Approach to Relation Meaning

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 3d

Computational neuroscientist Nicolás Hinrichs reflects on the influence of process philosophies and relational ontologies on his scientific thinking. youtu.be/DVefbGbT3XU?...

The Fundamental Ambiguity of Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 8d

Phenomenologists @robinmuller.bsky.social and @jyoshimi.bsky.social discuss Merleau-Pontyan thought’s resistance to resolving ambiguity. To conclusively answer the “What is it really?” question is perhaps the wrong philosophical move. youtu.be/HbRWsn1u0gE

Information Geometry and Social Neuroscience

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Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 13d

Computational neuroscientist Nicolás Hinrichs explains how information geometric modelling is used in machine learning and neuroscience. youtu.be/d6ETCRYkUfM?...

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 18d

I would be grateful for any recommendations on introductory texts in enactive and evolutionary robotics 🙏

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 18d

Hello AI/CogSci/Robotics friends.
After reading 'Bio A.I. - From Embodied Cognition to Enactive Robotics' from the Frontiers in Neurorobotics journal, I have been trying to move my thesis research towards evolutionary robotics despite knowing little to none about the field.

Geometric Hyperscanning, Interbrain Networks and Social Cognition (w/ Nicolás Hinrichs)

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 18d

My conversation with computational neuroscientist Nicolás Hinrichs, who works on active inference, social cognition and modelling interpersonal neural networks via information geometry. youtu.be/Lg_DnleZq18?...

What James Joyce Tells Us About Psychosis

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 23d

Joyce's salvation for his fugitive sense of self was writing and the worlds he created, says Lacanian analyst Prof Stijn Vanheule. youtu.be/JabYPyU_4I8

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 28d

Herein, we should never forget the teachings of Christ. The neighbour is never someone you want them to be; they are the outsider, the alien, the person we try to avoid at all costs; the neighbour could be an enemy. Nonetheless, we love them, we pray for them, not through words but by actions.

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 28d

America is such a violent nation. It's unbelievable. A violence felt universally that, at times, the only acceptable response is irony. In many ways, Charlie Kirk's views were monstrous, but he was a human being. And monstrosity is part of the human condition.

Enactivist Interventions in Panpsychism

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · 28d

Shaun Gallagher proposes an enactivist philosophy of nature against panpsychism, in order to tackle the problems of consciousness and qualia in modern philosophy, that is, if they are problems to begin with. youtu.be/quLgdmRK5f4

Have your say: Working from home legislation

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Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

I already reposted twice about this yesterday, but allow me one more post, this time with my own reading notes!

So, last week I was on @trsam97.bsky.social 's podcast talking about Merleau-Ponty with @robinmuller.bsky.social ...

youtu.be/YPmuFqUwSLw

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Robin M. Muller @robinmuller.bsky.social · Sep 8

This was such a great conversation, and such a fun opportunity to explore some methodological tensions internal to classical and contemporary phenomenology. Thank you @jyoshimi.bsky.social and @trsam97.bsky.social!

Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

I already reposted twice about this yesterday, but allow me one more post, this time with my own reading notes!

So, last week I was on @trsam97.bsky.social 's podcast talking about Merleau-Ponty with @robinmuller.bsky.social ...

youtu.be/YPmuFqUwSLw

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Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Sep 8

Please take some time to fill this survey out and have your say, as it'll benefit all of us if legislation is pushed through.

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am not a Victorian anymore, but here's an example of excellent governance. Working from home could potentially become a right in VIC, and in my view, it should be the case for all Australians nationally.

engage.vic.gov.au/wfh

We want to hear your views on the Victorian Government’s plan to introduce working from home legislation.

engage.vic.gov.au

Philosophers Should Not Arbitrate for Science (and Vice Versa)

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Sep 5

Robin Muller and Jeffrey Yoshimi discuss the phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty's views on the role of the philosopher in science. youtu.be/Pe9JxAammw8?...

Merleau-Ponty & Cognitive Science (w/ Robin Muller & Jeffrey Yoshimi)

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Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Aug 31

A discussion on Merleau-Pontyan philosophy, cognitive science and ambiguity being fundamental to reality. @robinmuller.bsky.social youtu.be/YPmuFqUwSLw?...

Mathematical Thinking Is Embodied

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Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Aug 26

Even the most abstract forms of high-order cognition are embodied, as Prof Shaun Gallagher illustrates through the enactivist approach. youtu.be/_Tzl3I3R2dI?...

A Masterclass on Enactivism and Cognition (w/ Shaun Gallagher)

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Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Aug 21

Prof Shaun Gallagher presents the enactive approach as a radical philosophy of nature. youtu.be/UHzEIVJTGWA?...

The Dialectic of Reason vs Emotion: From Descartes to Damasio and Back

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Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Aug 16

Rafael Holmberg outlines the argument of his essay Reason against Emotion: A Critique of Antonio Damasio. youtu.be/3oMaBkynCvs

Hegel and Analytic Philosophy

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Aug 13

Since the founding of analytic philosophy, there has been an antipathy towards Hegelian philosophy. But perhaps unexpected convergences with American Pragmatism and the Pittsburgh School of Philosophy have caused the tides to shift. youtu.be/ZsTwLZsOVrs?...

Why Do Human Beings Desire Their Own Destruction?

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Aug 6

In a recent conversation, Dr Rafael Holmberg explicates the basic premise of psychoanalysis and, likewise, neuroscience, both of which intimate an answer to this fundamental inquiry.

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Aug 6

Why do people fight for their servitude as if it were their salvation? Why do we act in ways clearly against our interests? The question asked by Spinoza of why human beings desire their own destruction has occupied the minds of philosophers and writers since time immemorial.

German Idealism and Neuroscience (w/ Rafael Holmberg)

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Aug 1

My conversation with the psychoanalytic and German Idealist philosopher Rafael Holmberg, in which we discussed the relationship between German Idealism and neuroscience. youtu.be/yxpzYfn5txs?...

Daniel Dennett Did Not "Quine" Consciousness

Rahul @trsam97.bsky.social · Jul 27

Philosopher Tim Elmo Feiten discusses Daniel Dennett's famous paper 'Quining Qualia' while discussing subjective experience. youtu.be/5JRb9IoUmnY