Has the philosophy of Daniel Dennett inspired you? Then this call for papers is for you! Philosophical Psychology Elly Vintiadis Keith Frankish Eric Schwitzgebel think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

On my way to Bristol for the launch of project EPIC, our Wellcome funded project on epistemic injustice in healthcare! Visit the website for more information about what we do. epistemicinjusticeinhealthcare.org @ptrbirmingham @imh_uob Wellcome

What are the stereotypes affecting young people who hear voices? I wrote a post for the EPIC blog addressing this question: …sticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2024/05/stereo…

New job! Join us at project EPIC (Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare): jobs.ac.uk/job/DHJ310/res…
Part-time and flexible working encouraged.

New Philosophy Garden video from Prof Lisa Bortolotti and Jeremy Williams, on hot to disagree. And there's owls!

youtube.com/watch?v=NbXIF3…

Come do an MSc in Philosophy, Mental Health and Psychology at Birmingham!
More details here:
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Why robots can be culturally insensitive – and how scientists are trying to fix it.
Henry Taylor, from our Department of Philosophy, and Masoumeh Mansouri, from our School of Computer Science:
theconversation.com/why-robots-can…

I wrote a blogpost for
Imperfect Cognitions
on how to build a robot that is sensitive to differing cultural norms and expectations.

imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2024/04/what-d……

Prof Lisa Bortolotti

Iran Mansoori

On the blog today, Henry Taylor Henry Taylor discusses whether robots can be cultured and respond to different norms 🤔

imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2024/04/what-d…

Can robots be cultured?

Cultural robotics tries to design robots to fit around differing cultural expectations and norms.

Me and Iran Mansoori raise some concerns about this in our new The Conversation article.

theconversation.com/why-robots-can…

👶The issue of when human beings become conscious is an ongoing challenge for psychologists & philosophers.

But now, researchers at the University of Birmingham have suggested a new way to help researchers discover when consciousness emerges in babies.

👉birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/rese…

Absolutely elated that I passed my viva today with no corrections. I am so grateful to my wonderful external examiners, Neil Levy and Constantine Sandis, for a pleasant experience 🎉🙌🏻

BOTBUILDERS!

Event in The Exchange (Birmingham).

Come along and build your own robot with local artist Tat Vision.
11am-3pm
13th-14th February.

birmingham.ac.uk/events/the-exc…

Me and Iran Mansoori will be there for some of it to chat all things robot.

This week at UCL STS research seminar (7/02) a talk on vitamins and natural kinds ⤵️

Build your own robot in Birmingham!

Awesome BotBuilders event at The Exchange, in Birmingham, 13-14 February:

birmingham.ac.uk/events/the-exc…

It's free!

So happy to see my awesome colleague Maja Spener’s book finally in print. I’ve read it and it’s so cool.

Birmingham's really cool MSc in Philosophy, Mental Health, and Psychology involves teaching from Philosophy, Psychology, and the Institute of Mental Health!
Find out more here: birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/c…