Upcoming Events

2023

August 2023 — “Episodic memory and causal reasoning via counterfactual simulation: an approach based on trace minimalism and predictive processing”, ESPP 2023, Prague, Czech Republic

23 June 2023 — “Imagination and its Constraints in the Predictive Mind”, SPP 2023, Pittsburgh, US

17 June 2023 — “Thinking about the past, the future, and what is never to be: A how-to guide for predictive agents”, LingCologne2023, University of Cologne, Germany

13 June 2023 — “The role of episodic memory in causal reasoning with counterfactuals: A perspective from predictive processing and trace minimalism”, GEM 2023, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Past Events

2023

9 May 2023 — “Episodic memory and causal reasoning through counterfactuals” (w/ Markus Werning), Bochum-Grenoble Memory Colloquium, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

2022

17 November 2022 — “Thinking and language in predictive processing”, Bochum Language Colloquium, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

17 October 2022 — “Mental states and cognitive mechanisms in predictive agents”, GSN Public Ph.D. Thesis Disputation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

30 September 2022 — “Counterfactuals and psychosis: an updated predictive-processing-based perspective: a discussion and implications for clinical practice”, ECHR ANZ, Online

21 July 2022 — “Counterfactual cognition & psychosis: Adding complexity to predictive processing accounts”, (E)SPP 2022, Milan, Italy

3 June 2022 — “Counterfactuals and psychosis: an updated predictive-processing-based perspective”, LMU Early Career Workshop in Philosophy of Mind, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

20 February 2022 — “Subjective markers of reality”, ERC AMPLIFY Winter School 2022, Oberstdorf, Germany

2021

30 November – 1 December 2021 — “Psychosis according to predictive processing: Reframing the issue”, Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences Retreat, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

19 October 2021 — “Counterfactuals and psychosis: Adding complexity to predictive processing accounts”, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study at the University of London, UK

24 June 2021 — “Figuring out what is real in the predictive mind”, Metacognition: new developments and challenges, Institute of Philosophy Online Conference, School of Advanced Study at the University of London, UK

2020

8 December 2020 — “Possible vs. actual in the predictive brain: Psychosis as a disorder of consciousness”, LMU Neurophilosophy Colloquium, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

3 July 2020 — “Thinking about Thought (and Predictive Processing)”, Third Early Career Research Workshop, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

5 May 2020 — “Predictive Processing can accommodate compositionality and generality of thought”, LMU Neurophilosophy Colloquium, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

19 February 2020 — “Predictive Processing and Thought”, CVBE Talks, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

18 February 2020 — “How to Write a Textbook Chapter”, CVBE How-To Series, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

2019

5 November 2019 — “Metaphysics: Foundationalism, Infinitism, Coherentism”, LMU Neurophilosophy Colloquium, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

18 July 2019 — “Now, Never, or Coming Soon? Prediction and Efficient Language Processing”, Neurology Research Association, York University, Toronto, Canada [Slides] [References]

23–30 March 2019 — “Predictive Processing and Conscious Thought”, Modelling Consciousness: A Workshop on Formal Approaches to the Mind-Body Problem, Dorfgastein, Austria

6 March 2019 — The Meta-Problem of Consciousness Discussion Session, University of Toronto, Canada

28 February 2019 — “Predictive Processing 101. Seminar 4: Implications and Applications”, CASA Seminar Series, University of Toronto, Canada

14 February 2019 — “Predictive Processing 101. Seminar 3: Cognition”, CASA Seminar Series, University of Toronto, Canada

31 January 2019 — “Predictive Processing 101. Seminar 2: Action”, CASA Seminar Series, University of Toronto, Canada

17 January 2019 — “Predictive Processing 101. Seminar 1: Perception”, CASA Seminar Series, University of Toronto, Canada

2018

21 June 2018 — “Predictive Language Processing and the Now-or-Never Bottleneck”, 63rd Language @ Edinburgh Lunch, The University of Edinburgh, UK

January 2018 — “Trouble with Metaphor”, Mind & Cognition Seminar, The University of Edinburgh, UK

2017

4 March 2017 — “On Metaphor”, Confluence: Merging Streams, University of Toronto, Canada