Registration closes this week! #whistlerbrain web.cvent.com/event/34b0c2b0…

New paper in EJN by Cédric Brun, Jan Pieter Konsman, Thomas Polger How Do Computational Models in the Cognitive and Brain Sciences Explain? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Thinking about neuroscience: Essays from the field | UC Irvine social scientists megan peters 🧠, cognitive sciences, and Lauren N. Ross, logic & philosophy of science, offer expertise on authorship practices, memory and mood in The Transmitter's new book socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new…

One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “Is Ockham’s razor losing its edge? New perspectives on the principle of model parsimony.” Explore the article here: ow.ly/Bs2Y50UWRiN For more trending articles, visit ow.ly/MC0I50UWRiO.

Last time I spoke about why correlation is not causation. Here I talk about why causation can often pragmatically be obtained. medium.com/@kording/why-c…

Great article by Kording Lab 🦖 on "why causal knowledge is pragmatically possible". The best arguments for causation--& only one we need--is pragmatic. Here pragmatic isn't weak/subjective, but connected to actual goals, utility & outcomes in the world. medium.com/@kording/why-c…

Enjoyed this interview with Ricardo on The Dissenter ! We discussed different types of causation, the topic of explanation in science, & my recent Cambridge Univ Press Elements book on "Explanation in biology" 📕 YouTube: youtu.be/sbY40h-1gKY Book: cambridge.org/core/elements/…

Applications open for the Summer Development Program at UCI Logic and Philosophy of Science. Room & board provided, plus reimbursement for transportation (up to $500). Deadline for application submission is April 17th 2025! lpssdp.com

Enjoyed this discussion with Michael Levin We discussed scientific explanation, its types, causation, reduction/emergence, & other topics. Great to see the strength of bringing both science and philosophy to the table for hard topics! youtube.com/watch?v=PoY-_G…

Social scientists from the @uofcalifornia - including @ucirvine's Nadia Chernyak, Holly Hapke, & Kristin Turney - are in DC today as part of Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)'s Social Science Advocacy Day meeting with lawmakers to champion continued federal investment in the social sciences. #UCinDC

Just returned from an amazing workshop at Sara Walker and Paul Davies “Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science”—such an amazing group!!!

Incredible Beyond Center workshop by Sara Imari Walker & Paul Davies great discussion w David Wallace David Krakauer Seth Lloyd Marina Dubova Robert Chis-Ciure Benjamin Bratton Thalia Wheatley Prof. Lee Cronin Thomas Moynihan & more! 🔭🧬🧪 lots on possibility space, contingency, causation, sci concepts

Congrats to UC Irvine scholars Coleman Collins, assistant professor of arts, and Simon Huttegger, Chancellor’s Professor of logic and philosophy of science, who have been awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships! socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new…

Giving a talk in the UCI Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) series today at 11am PST! UCI CNLM UC Irvine 🧠X➡️Y Title: Bridging Philosophy and Neuroscience to Support Clarity About Causation Abstract and virtual login at link below. cnlm.uci.edu/scientific-act…

Congrats to Kai Wehmeier, UC Irvine logic and philosophy of science professor, who has been awarded a Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair for 2025-26 by the Franco-American Fulbright Commission and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board! socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new…

Had the best time with Antonella Tramacere trying to write w/o typos in Palma de Mallorca - and enjoyed her talk - at the Embracing Complexity workshop at IFISC (UIB-CSIC) . Workshop topic was "Principled and Practical Approaches to Emergence". Great interdisciplinary workshop! 😎👒