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
Representation in Cognitive Science
Beyond the Brain
Blind Spot, Dartmouth
Boston Colloquium
Blind Spot, Dartmouth
EPSA2017
PT-AI2017
Pittsburgh