Niccolo Negro

It's a great pleasure to announce a second workshop on questions of measurement!

While our first workshop was dedicated to questions of measurement in #ConSci, this workshop focuses on the foundations of measurement across the sciences.

A dynamic stimulus distribution methodology for efficient large-scale pairwise relational data collection Subjective comparisons of aspects of experience provides reliable and powerful numerical data, which can provide us means to characterize structures o…

[new paper!] A dynamic stimulus distribution methodology for efficient large-scale pairwise relational data collection by Chuyin, Lipeng, Tsuchiya www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... PDF freely available!

This has shaped up to be quite an exciting event! Join us ( @johanneskleiner.bsky.social @jolienfrancken.bsky.social ) this Monday to explore different perspectives about measurement theory & consciousness science 🤓
www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/res...

I'm very excited about the schedule of next week's workshop! 👇 Come join us via Zoom, in case of interest!

#ConSci

Preregistration does not improve the transparent evaluation of severity in Popper’s philosophy of science or when deviations are allowed - Synthese One justification for preregistering research hypotheses, methods, and analyses is that it improves the transparent evaluation of the severity of hypothesis tests. In this article, I consider two cases in which preregistration does not improve this evaluation. First, I argue that, although preregistration may facilitate the transparent evaluation of severity in Mayo’s error statistical philosophy of science, it does not facilitate this evaluation in Popper’s theory-centric approach. To illustrate, I show that associated concerns about Type I error rate inflation are only relevant in the error statistical approach and not in a theory-centric approach. Second, I argue that a test procedure that is preregistered but that also allows deviations in its implementation (i.e., “a plan, not a prison”) does not provide a more transparent evaluation of Mayoian severity than a non-preregistered procedure. In particular, I argue that sample-based validity-enhancing deviations cause an unknown inflation of the test procedure’s Type I error rate and, consequently, an unknown reduction in its capability to license inferences severely. I conclude that preregistration does not improve the transparent evaluation of severity (a) in Popper’s philosophy of science or (b) in Mayo’s approach when deviations are allowed.

An #OpenAccess article in 'Synthese' examines whether preregistration improves the transparent evaluation of severity in hypothesis testing. bit.ly/3MMHbBM @markrubin.bsky.social #PhilSci

I am very proud of the special issue on „Structuralism in the Science of Consciousness“ that @andrewyuanlee.bsky.social and I edited for @phimisci.bsky.social. The topic has been stewing in the consciousness community for years, but this SI is the first to bring together different perspectives.

In case you're interested in foundations of measurement in #ConSci, you're cordially invited to join our upcoming workshop!

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A huge thank you to my co-organizers @ronyhirsch.bsky.social and @jolienfrancken.bsky.social on this occasion! #ConSci

The Self-Evidencing Agent What is it to be a human individual, an agent? According to Jakob Hohwy, it is to “self-evidence,” to actively seek out sensory evidence for one&...

"The Self-Evidencing Agent" - my new book - is out now with @mitpress.bsky.social

Can be purchased, or just download the whole thing for free, via the 'Open Access' option.

I'm grateful to @anilseth.bsky.social and Karl Friston for the generous endorsements.

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255389...

Lifting the veil: probing altered visual perception in derealization Abstract. During an acute episode of depersonalization/derealization (DP/DR), people report a complex and idiosyncratic change in their perceptual experien

🚨 New article in #NCONSC

Lifting the veil: probing altered visual perception in derealization
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...

@anikokusztor.bsky.social
@qualiastructure.bsky.social

#consciousness
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A copy of "The Self-Evidencing Agent: Mind, Existence, and Predictive Processing" by Jakob Howhy on a plain background. The cover features a simple one-line illustration of a profile of a character painting a line that stems from their foot.

Jakob @hohwy.bsky.social unravels how we understand the mind, cognition, and existence in "The Self-Evidencing Agent," analyzing how human agents perceive and make sense of the world, decide to act, and act of their own volition: bit.ly/4sXomMq

The next article in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism is out: “Linking the structure of neuronal mechanisms to the structure of qualia” by A. Maier and N. Tsuchiya. It surveys the key literature leading up to a structural approach to consciousness and rates the current state of the filed.

👇👇👇New preprint on intuitions about consciousness and moral status. It was real fun to work on this!

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Latest papers: Leonard Dung & François Kammerer argue that illusionism has substantial and non-trivial implications for non-human consciousness research in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy

Neuroscience of Dreaming Although dreams have fascinated humankind since the earliest ages, their rigorous, scientific study is a rather new development, and has taken on considerable momentum in recent years. Far from being ...

⏳ 1 week left to register for the Neuroscience of Dreaming Summer School (4–8 May 2026, Lucca 🇮🇹)!
A great program on the latest advances in the neuroscience of consciousness during sleep, plus opportunities for oral/poster presentations and project networking.
👉 Info: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it

YouTube video by Mathematical Consciousness Science Rony Hirschhorn: Naturalistic Methods in Consciousness Research

Really enjoyed speaking at BAMΞ's Paradigms in Consciousness Science Workshop! Thanks to the organizers Lara Bräuchle @johanneskleiner.bsky.social @cam-signorelli.bsky.social for putting together such a great event 🤩
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmdX...

1/2 🎉🎉🎉 New paper alert!!

Read this to see why we don’t think P and A are two *types* of C, but two conditions for C. And why we think this can truly advance the field and solve controversies. Open access until Feb 5th:

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On a confusion about there being two types of consciousness Progress in the scientific study of consciousness has been impeded by several fundamental controversies. One pertains to a major divide between theories: sensory versus cognitive. Here, we argue that ...

On a confusion about there being two types of consciousness: Trends in Cognitive Sciences www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

On biological and artificial consciousness: A case for biological computationalism The rapid advances in the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) have galvanised public and scientific debates over whether artificial systems m…

🎊📜 NEW PAPER 📜🎊

Can we seriously build synthetic consciousness?
And if so, where do we start?

I’m super excited to present recent publication in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews where @jaanaru.bsky.social and I confront this challenge head on.

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The prospect of artificial consciousness might be both over- and underrated 🤔

Tobias Schlicht sent me a video summarizing recent debates in consciousness science

🗣️ With the support of the @danafoundation.bsky.social, we are excited to announce our 2nd research opportunity: The Interdisciplinarity Through Research Collaboration Program! 🧠

For more details & submission requirements, visit: philandneuro.com/itrc

(This is 2/2 announcements we will make)

Microsoft AI chief says only biological beings can be conscious Mustafa Suleyman has become one of the most influential voices in tech to come out against building seemingly conscious AI.

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/02/m...

Interesting...

#consci

A brain with flowers

Latest papers: Michael D. Kirchhoff argues mental representation in cognitive science is not a useful fiction because it fails to be genuinely explanatory in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #phipsy

Advancing consciousness science Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics

1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

And just like that, ISPSM 2025 is done! Thank you to all our wonderful speakers and participants for making it the event it was. We are touched to be a part of all of your philosophical journeys, and will continue to strive forward in our efforts to make it is truly global community ❤️

YouTube video by Neural basis of Consciousness & Qualia Structure [Consciousness Radio] Qstr-IIT summer school interview: Matteo Grasso - 1

[Consciousness Radio] Qstr-IIT summer school interview: Matteo Grasso - 1 youtu.be/8s4fl5TidfE?... via @YouTube

We’ve recently updated our collaborative open-access book, “Neural Networks in Cognitive Science”, adding a few new authors, chapters, and lots of content.

downloads.jeffyoshimi.net/NeuralNetwor...

Discussion with Biyu Jade He -Consciousness Live! S8 YouTube video by onemorebrown

This Thursday (for real this time)!
youtube.com/live/W-K5dQ9...

I'm presenting my work on affective valence, meditative experience and active inference this Sunday 9:30am GMT at the 3rd Annual Web Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind: www.ispsmind.com/internationa...

Come by!

It is an enormous pleasure—and a dream, really—to share that the University of Bamberg has approved an initiative dedicated to mathematical approaches in #ConSci. The initiative is called Bamberg Mathematical Consciousness Science Initiative, or BAMΞ for short.

bamxi.org #BAMΞ @uni-bamberg.de