2023
| 26 June 2023 |
‘In what sense do large language models understand?’ Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 5–6 June 2023 |
‘In what sense do large language models understand?’ Rutgers–Bochum international conference, Rutgers and RUB Bochum |
| 28 April 2023 |
‘In what sense do large language models understand?’ The Kathy Wilkes Memorial Conference, St Hilda’s College, Oxford |
| 30 March 2023 |
‘Clockwork brains and alien worlds: How should we think about mental life?’ University of Edinburgh Philosophy Society lecture series |
2022
| 27 June 2022 |
‘Exploring the bounds of the semantic view of computation’ Workshop on ‘The Nature of Physical Computation’, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 8 June 2022 |
‘Knowing what counts as a representation’ Representation: Past, Present, and Future research network, Trinity College Dublin |
2021
| 24 November 2021 |
‘Predictive coding’ Institute for Philosophy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 23 November 2021 |
‘Physical computations are idealisations’ Philosophy Colloquium, Institute for Philosophy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 18 November 2021 |
‘Physical computations are idealisations’ Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge |
| 15–19 September 2021 |
‘Physical computations are idealisations’ European Society for Philosophy of Science Conference (EPSA21), Turin |
2020
| 5 February 2020 |
‘Why be kind to AI?’ Heriot-Watt University Natural Language Processing lab |
| 3–4 February 2020 |
‘Idealised models of cognition’ Workshop on Representation in Cognitive Science, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
2019
| 24 October 2019 |
‘Concepts of fairness in machine learning’ Japan–Edinburgh Network Development in AI and the International Rule of Law |
| 9–10 May 2019 |
‘Brain disorders versus mental disorders’ Beyond the Brain: Reconceptualising Mental Disorders conference, Edinburgh |
| 22–23 April 2019 |
‘The blind spot in computational modelling of cognition’ The Blind Spot: Experience, Science, and the Search for Truth, Dartmouth College |
| 12 April 2019 |
‘Perspectival computational models’ Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science, Boston University |
2018
| 8 October 2018 |
‘Being good to robots’ Morals and the Machine Workshop, Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh |
| 6–8 April 2018 |
‘Making sense of probabilistic neural representations’ The Promise of Predictive Processing: A Critical Evaluation of its Prospects, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University |
2017
| 4–5 November 2017 |
‘Are brains really probabilistic inference machines?’ Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence (PT-AI 2017), Leeds |
| 6–9 September 2017 |
‘Critically assessing predictive coding’ European Society for Philosophy of Science Conference (EPSA17), Exeter |
| 31 May 2017 |
‘How to be a realist about the mind’ Philosophy Colloquium, Institute for Philosophy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 27 March 2017 |
‘Dividing the sea: Pluralism about computational identity’ Workshop on Computational Psychology, University of Edinburgh |
2016
| 5 December 2016 |
‘Sharing someone else’s brain’ Socially extended minds? Workshop, Institute for Advanced Study, Pavia |
| 30 November 2016 |
‘Melding minds with colleagues’ Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest |
| 8–9 July 2016 |
‘What is predictive coding?’ Prediction & Hallucination: A Hearing The Voice Workshop, University of Durham |
| 30 May–2 June 2016 |
‘Information and representation in probabilistic models of cognition’ 30th Annual International Workshop on the History and Philosophy of Science, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv |
| 8 April 2016 |
‘Realism about cognitive science’ Department of Philosophy, University of Florence |
2015
| 19 November 2015 |
‘Is the extended mind hypothesis nonsensical?’ John J. Reilly Center Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame |
| 21–23 September 2015 |
‘Anti-reductionism about mental representations’ Mental Representation: The foundation of cognitive science?, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 8 May 2015 |
‘Is the extended mind hypothesis nonsensical?’ Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science seminar, University of Pittsburgh |
| 7 May 2015 |
‘Fictionalism about neural representation’ Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science seminar, University of Pittsburgh |
| 13–17 April 2015 |
‘Predictive coding’ 42nd Annual Philosophy of Science Conference, Dubrovnik |
| 30 March 2015 |
‘Predictive coding’ CogNovo Lecture Series, Plymouth University |
2014
| 5–6 June 2014 |
‘Fictionalism about neural representation’ Conference on Science and Reality, University of Bergen |
| 17 March 2014 |
‘Fictionalism about neural representation’ Department of Philosophy Seminar, University of Birmingham |
| 5 March 2014 |
‘Fictionalism about neural representation’ Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group (PPIG), University of Edinburgh |
| 16 January 2014 |
‘Is the extended mind hypothesis nonsensical?’ Department of Philosophy & Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna |
2013
| 18 October 2013 |
‘Do group minds exist?’ Royal Institute of Philosophy, London |
| 3–4 October 2013 |
‘Psychiatry and the extended mind’ Royal College of Psychiatry, UK Conference on Philosophy & Psychiatry, Edinburgh |
| 20 June 2013 |
‘Is the extended mind hypothesis nonsensical?’ Department Research Seminar, University of Durham |
| 20–22 May 2013 |
‘Predictive coding’ Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 15 April 2013 |
‘Is the extended mind hypothesis nonsensical?’ Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest |
| 19 February 2013 |
‘Is the extended mind hypothesis nonsensical?’ Philosophy Colloquium, University of Aberdeen |
2012
| 30 October 2012 |
‘Is the extended mind hypothesis nonsensical?’ Department of Philosophy Senior Seminar, University of Glasgow |
| 5 October 2012 |
‘Psychiatry and the extended mind’ Scottish Philosophy & Psychiatry Conference, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Edinburgh |
| 12–13 May 2012 |
‘Making friends with representationalism about computation’ Philosophy and Computation International Workshop, Lund University |
| 2 May 2012 |
‘Inference to the hypothesis of extended cognition’ Department of Philosophy Seminar, University of St. Andrews |
| 19 April 2012 |
‘Commentary on Edouard Machery’s ‘Evidence in Cognitive Neuroscience’’ PPLS Interdisciplinary Seminar, University of Edinburgh |
| 14 March 2012 |
‘Inference to the hypothesis of extended cognition’ Philosophy Society, University of Glasgow |
| 8 March 2012 |
‘How does the situated cognition program justify the extended mind?’ Cognition in Action Lecture Series, University of Milan |
2011
| 29 June 2011 |
‘What is a computational mechanism?’ Mechanisms and Modelling in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh |
| 26 April 2011 |
‘Inference to the hypothesis of extended cognition’ Mind Network Meeting, University of Warwick, April 2011 |
2010
| 19 March 2010 |
‘Real computational structure’ Workshop on Proof and Computation, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol |
2009
| 26 November 2009 |
‘Doing without a principle of demarcation’ Conference on Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind, Osnabrück |
| 23–25 November 2009 |
‘Inference, explanation, and extended cognition’ Workshop on the Extended Mind Thesis in Theory and Applications, ZiF Bielefeld |
| 13 October 2009 |
‘Does a rock perform every computation?’ Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh |
| 20 May 2009 |
‘Extending the conscious mind’ Serious Metaphysics Group, University of Cambridge |
| 21 April 2009 |
‘Does a rock perform every computation?’ Philosophical Society, University of St. Andrews |
| 2 April 2009 |
‘Inference, explanation, and extended cognition’ Department of Philosophy Seminar, University of Stirling |
| 23–25 March 2009 |
‘Can computations be objective features of the world?’ Conference on the Science and Philosophy of Unconventional Computing, Cambridge |
| 5 March 2009 |
‘Can computations be objective features of the world?’ Philosophy of Physics Seminar, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford |
| 27 January 2009 |
‘Inference, explanation, and extended cognition’ Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex |
2008
| 1 November 2008 |
‘Commentary on Katherine Hawley’s ‘Testimony and Knowing How’’ Memorial conference for Peter Lipton, University of Cambridge |
| 10–11 July 2008 |
‘Alternative cognition and extended cognition’ British Society for the Philosophy of Science, University of St. Andrews |
| 7–8 July 2008 |
‘Computation, individuation, and the representation condition’ Computation and Cognitive Science conference, King’s College, Cambridge |
2007
| 20 November 2007 |
‘Alternative cognition and extended cognition’ Vehicle Externalism Workshop, NTNU Trondheim |
| 9–12 July 2007 |
‘Alternative cognition and extended cognition’ European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP), Geneva |
| 8 February 2007 |
‘Realism about computation and two senses of mind dependence’ Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London |
2006
| 12 December 2006 |
‘Not all computations are effective methods’ Philosophy and History of Science Seminar, University of Bristol |
| 18 October 2006 |
‘Not all computations are effective methods’ Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge |
| 24–27 August 2006 |
‘Realism about computation in cognitive science’ European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP), Belfast |
| 7–9 July 2006 |
‘Realism about computation and two senses of mind dependence’ Joint Session of the Mind Association and the Aristotelian Society, Southampton |
| 6–7 July 2006 |
‘Realism about computation in cognitive science’ British Society for the Philosophy of Science (BSPS), Southampton |
| 24 October 2006 |
‘Algorithms and the Chinese room’ Moral Sciences Club, University of Cambridge |
2005
| 17 November 2005 |
‘Realism about computation and two senses of mind dependence’ Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge |
| 26 May 2005 |
‘Algorithms and the Chinese room’ Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva |
| 24 May 2005 |
‘Algorithms and the Chinese room’ Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex |
2004
| 27–28 March 2004 |
‘Algorithms and the Chinese room’ Columbia–NYU Graduate Philosophy Conference, New York |
2003
| 15–16 November 2003 |
‘Algorithms and the Chinese room’ Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference, University of Oxford |
| 7–13 August 2003 |
‘Algorithms and the Chinese room’ International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Oviedo |
| 18–21 July 2003 |
‘The frame problem and the treatment of prediction in scientific theory’ British Society for the Philosophy of Science (BSPS), Belfast |