Today, Arthur Krieger discusses his interesting new paper on emotional compulsion in addiction, arguing for the thesis that much addictive behaviour is compelled by the emotional pain of withdrawal imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/04/tortur…

This week, Constantine Sandis discusses his new book Wittgenstein on Other Minds, a collection of 9 essays explaining Wittgenstein's anti-scepticism about other minds and how this is compatible with real-life concerns of understanding others imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-me…

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

This week, Maria Cristina Contrino presents her new paper 'Narrative Negotiation of Practical Identity'. She explores the power of personal #narratives in forming our personal #identity and guiding our interactions. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/04/narrat…

We all act for #reasons, but are there reasons to respond to those reasons? This week, we welcome Sophie Keeling to present her recent paper "Responding to Second-Order Reasons" imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/05/respon…

How can AI be utilised in dementia care? This week, Joel Krueger explores how AI can be used as cognitive extenders, promoting safety, wellbeing and cognitive support in dementia care. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/05/home-a… #AI #demenita

How do we encourage young people to engage with philosophy? This week, Sally Latham joins us to introduce Fantastic Philosophy, a new childrens show on BBC Teach, exploring philosophical themes and featuring Stephen Fry! imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/05/fantas… #philosophymatters

Time to announce some staff changes at Imperfect Cognitions! After years of excellent service as blog editors, Kiichi Inarimori and Aisha Qadoos are moving on. Thanks to both. We welcome to the Imperfect Cognitions team Alex McCowen in Birmingham and Shiho Sugiura in Hokkaido!

In celebration of Philosophy Fortnight, Lisa hosted a webinar exploring philosophy and conspiracy theory, featuring U-Wen Low, Joseph Pierre, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies, and Nele Van de Mosselaer. #PhilosophyMatters Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=5WS36-… imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/05/philos…

This weeks post is by Paolo Bodini at the University of Genoa. He joins us to explore the notion of democratic legitimacy and how democractic processes are inherently underpinned by imperfect cognitions! imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/06/imperf…

This week, we're highlighting a recent webinar exploring Philosophy for Everyone! Paul Knights, Bonny Astor, and Helen Beebee present their fascinating means of exploring philosophy outside of the academy - in the pub, or even out in the Pennines! imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/06/philos…

How does reason affect culture? This week we welcome Stefaan Blancke of Tilburg University who is presenting his recent paperr on how the processes of reason and objectification have shaped the development of culture. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/06/explai…

Philosophy fortnight is all about promoting philosophy! We're looking at how philosophical methods and resources can be implemented in the classroom with a webinar featuring a panel of passionate University of Birmingham philosophers. #philosophymatters imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/06/philos…

Today we welcome Simon Barker (University of Tartu) to present his paper: Epistemic health, epistemic self-trust, and bipolar disorder: a case study. Exploring the relation of mental health with 'epistemic health'. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/07/episte…

Todays post is from Joe Pierre at UC San Francisco. Presenting his recent fascinating book 'False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren’t True' exploring the grey area between delusion and psychopathology. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/07/false-…

How do neologisms help us to articulate our feelings and experiences? This week, Lina Lissia explores how the language of modern dating shows a development in new terminology which attempts to alleviate hermenutical struggles. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/07/episte…

New blog post today! On the first ever academic event in Chile completely devoted to the philosophy of psychiatry. To know more: imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/07/first-… #philosophy #psychiatry

Philosophy of psychiatry is a rapidly developing field, in April the first dedicated academic event of the field happened in Chile. Organized by the Universidad de Valparaíso School of Psychology and the Valparaíso Institute of Complex Systems. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/07/first-…

Is love beyond our control? This week, we're exited to have Perri Sriwannawit presenting an aspect of her recent PhD thesis. Exploring this question through the work of Harry Frankfurt and Natasha McKeever. What agency do we have in the face of love? imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/07/is-lov…

This week, we're happy to have Manuel Almagro, from the University of Valencia, presenting his new book: The Rise of Polarization (Routledge 2025). Exploring how affective #polarization in politics exploits ordinary belief-forming mechanisms. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-ri…