Expecting Ourselves

An @ERC_Research funded interdisciplinary project, investigating the nature of conscious experience in the predictive brain.

[Expecting Ourselves @_XSPECT]

New from the X-SPECT team in @aeonmag, exploring why minds like ours seek out both predictability and disruption

[Aeon Magazine @aeonmag]

In fiction, it grips us. In life, it can unravel us. How can brains hooked on certainty put its opposite to good use? https://t.co/56AA0p75BO @KathrynNave @georgejwdeane @fluffycyborg

[Ryan Smith (@rssmith.bsky.social) @RyanSmith_LIBR]

@msprevak and I were asked to put this together (https://t.co/mJnv89CaAq) as an introductory article for a Topics in Cognitive Science issue on “Developing Models of the World”. If you’re a new student to this field, you might find it helpful as an accessible up-to-date resource

[Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social @AnnaCiaunica]

A. Ciaunica & L. Crucianelli, Minimal Self-Awareness: from Within A Developmental Perspective - PhilPapers https://t.co/5hQxiKjEzM

[Kate Nave @KathrynNave]

I had a lot of fun writing the introduction, and I think this gives a nice overview of the books main arguments and themes
https://t.co/SrhBK5QM5Y

[Sholei Croom @SholeiCroom]

One of these people is trying to figure out the number of objects in the box; the other is trying to figure out their shape. Can you tell who’s who? In a new @PNASNews paper with @HanbeiZ & @chazfirestone, we explore *epistemic action understanding*!
📜: https://t.co/o9oTMh5nlA

[Christopher Satoor​​ @aufgehenderRest]

[Nov 23rd, 2023]
"In light of the growing interest in nature within current philosophical debates, the book provides an overview of what the philosophical epoch of Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Humboldt, the Romantics, Hegel, & others can contribute to our understanding of life today"

[Jeff Yoshimi @JeffYoshimi]

We've completely rewritten https://t.co/N3q8ycyZZ2, a site I created 20 years ago to facilitate bibliometric studies of Husserl. Go from keywords, to texts ordered by occurrence, to page references, to the text itself (courtesy of https://t.co/JNMkE1ER10), in a few clicks.

[Philosophy Exchange @PhilXchange]

New year = new podcast episode on philosophy of psychiatry!!

@BennettwKnox, @josarisoy1 and @jelliedsours interview @ninasdeboer about her work on network models of psychological disorders and their pros and cons with regard to traditional models.

https://t.co/jrt1Pv2rWI

[Kate Nave @KathrynNave]

Excited to be co-organising this year's Modelling Consciousness workshop - which will take place in a cabin in the Austrian alps on the 18-25th March and bring together researchers interested in informal discussions about formal approaches to consciousness
https://t.co/QkdHDRMFTi

[Fiona Macpherson @ProfMacpherson]

Part-time University Lecturer job in Philosophy just advertised (from 01/0922 - 31/12/25). Come and work in a great department in a Unesco World Heritage Music City on the edge of the Scottish Highlands! @UofGHumanities @UofGArts @UofGlasgow https://t.co/wXU58XWN3k

[Expecting Ourselves @_XSPECT]

Final XSPECT-team publication is now out!

In which we argue that visual phenomenology is best explained by how we integrate a hierarchy of goals with current visual information to determine a landscape of potential actions, over multiple timescales.

https://t.co/kgEv2gu4pa

[Kate Nave @KathrynNave]

I passed my viva!

Sad it's all over, but so grateful for the past few years and all the amazing people I've had the chance to meet.

I think this moment from the Modelling Consciousness workshop in Austria sums up the emotions pretty nicely.

[Johannes Kleiner @JohannesKleiner]

Would you like to discuss consciousness with a whole conference while going for a hike here?

[Shannon Proksch @Shannon_Proksch]

I’m working on describing changes in acoustic behavior of a multi-agent system over time. The first paper in this project comes out in @SciReports on Monday with @majerler @RameshUCMerced and Michael Spivey with this ensemble as a model. Be on the lookout for a tweetprint & link!

[Shannon Proksch @Shannon_Proksch]

How best to describe a crowd? A suite of nested Markov blankets—expanding over indvs as they interact? Maybe. Or maybe a crowd is more like a candle flame. Can we learn more about a crowd by studying behavioral dynamics in terms of Interpersonal Synergies? https://t.co/FPXKLtlOgX

[Kate Nave @KathrynNave]

So this is where the cool kids are hanging out these days... https://t.co/ah5TNj9gMV

My commentary on @JBruineberg @manuelbaltieri @joe_dewhurst @krysdolega 's BBS article, arguing that any framework which abstracts away from metabolism cannot deliver first principles for a ToL

[George Deane @georgejwdeane]

Very excited to announce that my paper in @NeuroConsc on consciousness, other minds, & psychedelic experience in active inference is now out!

Thanks so much @FarlKriston @fluffycyborg @MattSim91081751 @JonasHMago for illuminating feedback & discussion.

https://t.co/wUhpptZYK0

[Dan Williams @danwilliamsphil]

If you haven't come across Mark Sprevak's @msprevak recent drafts exploring predictive coding, they are - like all of Sprevak's stuff - excellent. Predictive Coding 1: Introduction: https://t.co/XLdwdO5mgJ

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

Brand new preprint on the predictive nature of play and playfulness, with the always amazing
@JulianKiverste1, @Marc_M_Andersen & @aroepstorff! Honoured to be on this team, and involved in such an incredible research project. Let us know what you think. https://t.co/qj0ckp1hm1

[Dr Jodie Russell @jelliedsours]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share a little something which I wrote that has just come out: https://t.co/HyDMTc7Vuf This is my first publication and it's very scary to have your ideas 'out there' in the world but I hope some of you enjoy it!

[Expecting Ourselves @_XSPECT]

Exciting new pre-print from @PredictiveLife, @JulianKiverste1 and Erik Rietveld exploring happiness and well-being via the dynamics of prediction error minimisation. https://t.co/ZpeoJddzT0

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

Exploring the differences between momentary happiness and long term well-being through the lens of #predictiveprocessing, in our brand new preprint The Predictive Dynamics of Happiness and Well-Being https://t.co/tmeGGVUebh #happinessscience #wellbeing #activeinference. Enjoy!