This page collects materials from some originate from some of invited talks and conference presentations I have given, covering topics in philosophy of mind, consciousness, and cognitive science.
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Reactivity as Replacement: Re-Engineering Consciousness for Science and Policy
5 April 2026
Presentation given at the After ‘Consciousness’ workshop, Berggruen Institute, University of Hong Kong, 27–28 January 2026. A summary of the talk is available on the Berggruen Institute website.
Who is thinking?
5 April 2026
Presentation given at the Online Workshop: Inner Speech and Conscious Thinking, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, 20 March 2026.
How to think about artificial consciousness
30 September 2024
Presentation given at the 2nd Portuguese Symposium on Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, Alcochete, 26-27 September 2024.
Consciousness, reactivity, and LLMs
30 September 2024
Presentation given at the GENAI workshop on Large Language Models, Artificial Others and Cognitive Flourishing, NOVA Institute of Philosophy (IFILNOVA), Lisbon, 24 September 2024.
Large language models are playing games with us
31 July 2024
This is an expanded presentation of the argument that LLMs are game-playing systems, given at the International Workshop on Generative AI (GENAI) and the Philosophy of Mind, Lisbon, Portugal, 8-9 July 2024.
The reactivity schema theory of consciousness
30 June 2024
This is the first presentation of Reactivity Schema Theory, which I gave at the ‘Uncovering the Magic of Consciousness’ conference held by the International Center for Consciousness Studies (ICCS) at Santa Maria della Scala Museum, Siena, Italy, from 27-29 June 2024.
Dennett’s Hard Question (2024)
30 June 2024
Presented online at the “Uncovering the Magic of Consciousness” conference of the International Center for Consciousness Studies (ICCS), Santa Maria della Scala Museum, Siena, Italy, from 27-29 June 2024.
What are large language models doing?
31 May 2023
Workshop on large language models, UC Riverside Philosophy Department,10-11 May 2023
The ethical implications of illusionism (2023)
30 April 2023
Presented at the conference Consciousness: An interdisciplinary perspective, organized by the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, St Anne’s college, Oxford, 12-13 April 2023.
An illusionist manifesto
30 September 2022
To Be or Not To Be Conscious: Phenomenal Realism and Illusionism workshop, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, 29-30 September 2022.
