A little ditty I drummed on has made it onto Metal Hammer's top songs of 2022. If you vote, maybe it could become THE best song of 2022. That would be pretty cool

Yesterday I passed my viva with no corrections. Many thanks to Steve Laurence and Justin Garson for their excellent and insightful questions. And thank you to Luca Barlassina, Max Khan Hayward, and the philosophy department The University of Sheffield for helping me through this journey.

I'm happy to share the good news that Erkenntnis just published my paper "A Teleosemantic Response to Burge's Attack on Semantic Reductionism". 🥳 The link for the paper, as well as the preprint, are avaialable below.

Thanks, Justin! The paper also explores what the function of low mood and depression is more generally. I also have something in the works that delves even deeper into the pain analogy, so keep your eyes peeled for that one

On the blog today, Harriet Fagerberg (@H_Fagerberg) and Justin Garson (Justin Garson) discuss their new paper, which argues that the proper function (and relevant dysfunction) of something is it's proximal function. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2024/07/functi…

I'll be speaking about philosophy, evolution, and depression at the Evolutionary Psychiatry Webinar next Thursday (28th) at 1800 GMT. Register below.

I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Evolutionary Psychiatry Webinar. Below is the recording, which includes both my talk and the Q&A. Thanks to Riadh Abed and Adam Hunt for organising, and to all who asked questions and raised objections.

The next Evolutionary Psychiatry webinar in the WPA series will be on Thu 30 Jan at 6pm Speaker: Leif Kennair renowned evolutionary psychologist. His title: Is sustained negative processing adaptive? Register free: wpanet.org/evolutionary-p… Adam Hunt Derek Tracy James Turner

This summer, August 31st, we are hosting an evolutionary psychiatry debate in Cambridge. Experts discussing whether depression is functional and whether evolutionary perspectives are more important in research or the clinic. Audience participation possible. Join us!

Come see me debate whether depression is/isn't a functional signal (and more!)