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.
Instructions: Each entry below links to the relevant materials in the form of a PowerPoint presentation of a video recordings. To open a PowerPoint presentation full size, click the icon in its bottom right corner. To see the animations, move through the presentation by clicking on the slides themselves, not on the arrows at the bottom of the screen. The videos should play in your browser. Some presentations have been rendered as silent videos. These will run quickly, so be ready to use the pause button!
Note on images: The images in these presentations are used for non-commercial educational purposes and are believed to qualify as fair use or to be in the public domain. If this is not the case for any image, please notify me and I will remove it promptly.
One system, two minds. Or: Deliberative mastication and the contracted mind (2017)
30 June 2017
Underlying Thought conference, Cardiff University, UK, 29-30 June 2017.
When to trust the conservatives (2017)
28 June 2017
Scientism and Consciousness conference, Keele University, UK, 27-28 June 2017.
A quick tour of the doxastic zoo (2017)
20 June 2017
Reading Emotions Symposium, University of Reading, UK, 19-20 June 2017.
Introducing illusionism (2017)
16 June 2017
Three-hour Tutorial session, co-presented with Daniel Dennett and Enoch Lambert, ASSC21, Beijing, China, 13-16, June 2017.
A dual-minds perspective on cognitive enhancement and AI (2016)
24 June 2016
Mind, Selves and 21st Century Technology workshop, Lisbon Mind and Cognition Group, ArgLab, Nova Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, 23-24 June 2016.
Who’s in charge? Implicit bias, dual minds, and self-control (2016)
16 January 2016
The Nature of Implicit Attitudes workshop, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen, Essen, Germany, 16 January 2016.
Doing *what* in language? (2015)
3 July 2015
Workshop: Inner Speech: Theories and Models, University of Granada and the University of the Basque Country, Granada, Spain, 1-3 July, 2015. Handout
Consciousness cruise (2014)
11 March 2015
Two contributions to a conference on problems of consciousness and free will in analytic philosophy, organized by the Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies, Moscow State University, and held in Greenland from 12 to 19 June 2014.Further video recordings of talks from the eventInterviews with participantsDavid Chalmers’s photos of the cruise Comments on Andy Clark’s papers On the distinction between the Cartesian theater and and the Humphreyan theater
The magic problem (2014)
16 May 2014
Attention and Consciousness workshop, Department of Philosophy and Social Studies / Brain and Mind Graduate Programme, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece, 16 May 2014.
A two-level framework for delusion (2013)
17 December 2013
Schizophrenia and the Nature of Delusions: To Believe or Not to Believe? workshop, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France, 16-17 December 2013.
