Regina Fabry

Both PhD candidates will be supervised by me and the always brilliant @marilynstendera.bsky.social. Please share this opportunity with any suitable persons who might be interested. 3/3

Suitable candidates should have a background in philosophy or a cognate discipline. The scholarships are open to both Australia-based and international applicants. Applications close on 30 April 2026. 2/3

Applications are now open for 2 PhD scholarships on the “The Diversity and Variability of Grief” at Macquarie University, Sydney. 1/3 www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...

Shen-yi Liao & Zoe Brinner, Critical 4E Cognitive Science - PhilPapers According to 4E cognitive science, our cognitive capacities depend on, and have been transformed by, the environments we have made. Most early works of 4E cognitive science tend to focus on ...

This paper by @liao.shen-yi.org and Zoe Brinner is such a helpful, clear primer on the central concepts in 4E cognitive science! Use it as your crib sheet on concepts like affordances, scaffolding, or niche construction + a fantastic list of recent work on hostile environments!

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Gesellschaftlicher Backlash: Wovor wir Frauen wirklich Angst haben sollten Was viele seit Beginn der Kanzlerschaft von Friedrich Merz als Backlash bezeichnen, ist gar keiner: Wir sind beim Feminismus nur nicht weit genug vorangekommen.

Für @zeitonline.bsky.social habe ich einen Essay geschrieben über das, was wir gerade Backlash nennen und frage mich, ob es diesen wirklich gibt oder ob wir nicht seit langem etwas vor allem unter Aspekten der Gerechtigkeit diskutieren, obwohl es in Wirklichkeit essenziell für unsere Demokratie ist.

the relationscape Macquarie University, Sydney – 11th and 12th of December 2025

You're invited! Emily Hughes & I are running a workshop at Macquarie University in December. Called 'The alterity and excess of the relationscape', the event is built around Erin Manning's visit to Australia. All welcome, registration free but essential! sites.google.com/view/therela...

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

“Women-led papers were more likely to be featured in local outlets than in national, international, or science-specialty media. They appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone”

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Reminder that we are seeking submissions to a rad special issue! Send us your coolest papers that apply a feminist lens to the mind and to cognitive science! Deadline is January 15. #philsky hypatiaphilosophy.org/uncategorize...

There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.

It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.

If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.

Speakers include @marilynstendera.bsky.social, Francesco Fanti Rovetta, @patrickstokes.com, @richardmenary.bsky.social, and yours truly. Join us if you like! Registration is free and open until 17 November 2025.

Human-Chatbot Self-Narration 21 November 2025 Michael Kirby Building 330+331 Function Room, 17 Wally's Walk (in-person only) Wallumattagal Campus, Macquarie University Organiser: Dr Regina Fabry Contact: regina.fabry@mq.edu.au

How do chatbots based on Large Language Models impact our self-narrative practices? We will explore this question in a workshop titled "Self-Narration in the Age of Conversational Chatbots." The workshop will take place at Macquarie University on 21 November 2025.
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Highly recommended!

Academia still hates women. But we resist! Solidarity with all women in academia who face everyday sexism, erasure, harassment etc. and with all who were pushed out 💔❤️

Hier geht es um individuelle politische Verantwortung, die dringend konsequent getragen werden muss, nicht um die Auslagerung derselben an die ausbildenden Institutionen. 2/2

Ich bin einer der vielen lebenden Beweise dafür, dass man am Gymnasium an der Stadtmauer Abitur machen und an der Uni Mainz studieren, gar promovieren kann, ohne Queer-Feindlichkeit das Wort zu reden und rechte Hetze mit linkem Qualitätsjournalismus gleichzusetzen. 1/2

Many excellent contributions are in the pipeline and new articles are being added on a rolling basis. Watch this space! 3/3

This article is a contribution to a steadily growing Special Issue I am editing with the brilliant Emily Hughes. link.springer.com/collections/... 2/3

Counter Self-Narration: A Creative-Imaginative Practice of Resistance - Topoi Topoi - Self-narration, many philosophers assume, is an important practice for self-understanding and meaning-making. However, self-narration does not occur in an ideologically neutral space, but...

I am very happy so share that my most recent article on self-narration titled "Counter Self-Narration: A Creative-Imaginative Practice of Resistance" just got published in Topoi (Open Access). doi.org/10.1007/s112... #philsky 1/3

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...

Highly recommended: the most recent article by my brilliant friend, collaborator, and co-editor @marilynstendera.bsky.social about the impact of griefbots on the phenomenal experience of time in grief.

✨ PhD position available ✨
@loehrgui.bsky.social and I will be running a research project on disruptive technologies from a niche construction perspective, and we're hiring a PhD candidate! Details 👇
Please circulate the add and tell your students about it 😊
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Heewon Seo's contribution to the Special Issue of Topoi titled "Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration" has just been published (Open Access). Highly recommended! #philsky

On Three Kinds of Autobiographical Narrative Harm and Their Interactions - Topoi What does it mean for autobiographical narratives to be harmful? The answer often depends on the perspective adopted. At the personal level of analysis, the emphasis is on the individual and their pri...

Highly recommended: Francesco Fanti Rovetta's article (open access) titled "On Three Kinds of Autobiographical Narrative Harm and Their Interactions." link.springer.com/article/10.1... 2/2

The first contribution to the Special Issue of Topoi titled "Possibilities and Limitations of Self-Narration," which I edit with the always brilliant Emily Joy Hughes, has just been published. link.springer.com/collections/... #philsky 1/2

This article is a contribution to the Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences titled "Grief in the Digital Age" that I am editing with the always brilliant @marilynstendera.bsky.social

In this article, I integrate phenomenological work on the temporalities of grief, negative niche construction theory, and philosophical research on well-being. 2/3

The disruption of grief in the technological niche: The case of deathbots - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Recently, philosophical research on grief and the impact of technological resources on its structure and quality has gained momentum. Deathbots, chatbots based on generative Large Language Models that...

Now out Open Access: My new article on human-deathbot interactions! doi.org/10.1007/s110... 1/3

The Epistemic Status of Literary Memoirs in Philosophical Grief Research - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Recently, research on grief has gained momentum in phenomenology and philosophy of mind. Grief, it is often assumed, is a temporally extended emotional experience of the irreversible, bereavement-indu...

What is up with that? And to what extent and under what conditions is this a good thing? I address these questions in an article that has just been published open access in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. #philsky link.springer.com/article/10.1... 2/2

When I started to work on the phenomenology and epistemology of grief a few years ago, I couldn't help but notice that a lot of philosophers of grief frequently cite grief memoirs. 1/2