We are living a grand illusion. As we watch Large Language Models (LLMs) draft essays, write functional code, and converse with poetic nuance, we operate under a quiet, dangerous assumption: that if we just stack enough parameters, compute cycles, and training text high enough, true understanding and intent will eventually spark at the top.

It won’t.

https://ocrampal.com/the-quest-for-an-impossible-theory-why-computation-cant-solve-meaning-and-what-it-means-for-llms/

#programming #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

Why Computation Can't Solve Meaning (And What It Means for LLMs): the Quest for an (Im)possible Theory

We are living a grand illusion. As we watch Large Language Models (LLMs) draft essays, write functional code, and converse with poetic nuance, we operate under a quiet, dangerous assumption: that if we just stack enough parameters, compute cycles, and training text high enough, true understanding and intent will eventually

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Children being heard: On the experience of bullying in primary school https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00131911.2026.2669610 #philsky #philpsy

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Children being heard: On the experience of bullying in primary school https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00131911.2026.2669610 #philsky #philpsy

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Delighted that Philosophy of Psychology, a textbook co-authored with Kengo Miyazono, will be translated into Korean and published by Hakjisa! #philsky #philpsy Excited to be reaching new audiences!

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Delighted that Philosophy of Psychology, a textbook co-authored with Kengo Miyazono, will be translated into Korean and published by Hakjisa! #philsky #philpsy Excited to be reaching new audiences!

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Today Lea Nickel explores the potential and limitations of phenomenological psychopathology for the study of #epistemicinjustice, on the #projectEPIC blog https://epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/06/epistemic-injustice-in-dialogue-with.html #philsky #philpsy

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Today Lea Nickel explores the potential and limitations of phenomenological psychopathology for the study of #epistemicinjustice, on the #projectEPIC blog https://epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/06/epistemic-injustice-in-dialogue-with.html #philsky #philpsy

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I am on a roll this term with handbook chapters and encyclopedia entries! Two new contributions available soon! #philsky #philpsy

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I am on a roll this term with handbook chapters and encyclopedia entries! Two new contributions available soon! #philsky #philpsy

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Why can’t the tech world agree on whether AI actually "reasons"?

It turns out, the answer is hidden in how we talk about feeling cold.

https://www.ocrampal.com/i-am-vs-i-have-how-everyday-grammar-secretly-influences-the-ai-debate/

#programming #AI #intelligence #cogsci #philpsy #neurosky #philosophy

"I Am" vs. "I Have": How Everyday Grammar Secretly Influences the AI Debate

When you say "I am cold," you aren't just describing your temperature. You are picking a side in a centuries-old philosophical war, one that perfectly explains why the tech world is currently tearing itself apart over whether AI can truly "reason." There is a curious linguistic asymmetry hiding in plain

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New open access paper!!! What does #epistemicinjustice have to do with #expertise??? https://jmepb.bmj.com/content/2/2/e000169 #philsky #philpsy

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New open access paper!!! What does #epistemicinjustice have to do with #expertise??? https://jmepb.bmj.com/content/2/2/e000169 #philsky #philpsy

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Was lovely to bring the Personal Identity game to Winterbourne House and Garden yesterday in the last of our workshops supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social Lots of interesting discussions about survival and persistence #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #thephilosophygarden

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Was lovely to bring the Personal Identity game to Winterbourne House and Garden yesterday in the last of our workshops supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social Lots of interesting discussions about survival and persistence #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #thephilosophygarden

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Pictures from the second day of the Granada workshop with Sam Wilkinson, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies, Luca Malatesti and many more! Such an interesting and varied programme #philpsy #philsky

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Pictures from the second day of the Granada workshop with Sam Wilkinson, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies, Luca Malatesti and many more! Such an interesting and varied programme #philpsy #philsky

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Wonderful first day at the Granada workshop on mental diversity! #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice #madness Highlights for me were the paper by Jodie on the benefit of roleplaying and the one by Sofia on eugenics and schizophrenia.

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Lisa Bortolotti (@lisabortolotti.com)

Wonderful first day at the Granada workshop on mental diversity! #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice #madness Highlights for me were the paper by Jodie on the benefit of roleplaying and the one by Sofia on eugenics and schizophrenia.

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