Associate Professor in Philosophy, University of Wollongong. Works on multi-scale modelling, emergence and agency. Part-time jazz/folk/blues guitarist. He/him.
Wollongong, Australia
Joined May 2009
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Upcoming Talk! Prof. David Spurrett (University of KwaZulu-Natal) uowblogs.com/hsi-philosophy/…
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It’s #MND awareness week 2022.
I want to tell you a story about how the public awareness of MND has changed the playing field of research.
A little over a decade ago. I was speaking with a colleague. We were lamenting the state of MND research in Australia.
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We're very excited to have @MattSim91081751 join us at HSI Philosophy next week for our first face-to-face research seminar in quite a while!
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Join us for our final AIMS event of 2021, November 18/19th! More to come in 2022.
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AIMS workshop coming up on July 30th! "Non-neural cognition: How smart is slime?" with Christina Oettmeier (@Sulfurium), Matt Sims (@MattSim91081751), and Julian Kiverstein (@juliankiverste1)
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Come work with us at the University of Wollongong! UOW PhD scholarships are currently available, and we’re looking for students interested in pursuing projects on minimal cognition, multi-scale modelling, emergence, active matter and other topics in phil science and cognition.
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Our Living Well, Longer @UOWGC team @ihmri and @uowresearch teams having an intense day focusing on Research to Impact @ONaccelerator @patrickmcgivern
What is your why? What is your 'massive? What are you scared of? Three big questions for the three med tech teams kicking off their @CSIRO #ONPrime impact journey today. @ihmri is looking forward to seeing where you go and how we can help. @NeuralOoi @UOWADHERe
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Our paper on Modeling Emergent Properties in the Brain Using Tissue Models to Investigate Neurodegenerative Disease @UOWGC @patrickmcgivern @ihmri @MolHorizons @uowresearch doi.org/10.1177%2F1073858419…
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Our @UOWGC @uowresearch Team with Alex Harris & @patrickmcgivern got accepted into ON Prime, the innovation program for researchers by @csiro @ONaccelerator. We are trying to make a difference in this world and as of today we are off & running #ideastoimpact
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Very excited to visit @UOW this week to give a talk on social robotics & gender! At this @MAPCosmopolitan event, @nickbrancazio, @ancopeeters & I will discuss how research can be informed by underrepresented areas of philosophy, such as gender theory.
#TeamSoBots on tour! 🤖🧳
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Current generation has over 20 jobs in their career lifespans - Philosophy education can have multidisciplinary channels to progress your career and sell the skills. Some thoughts from the Careers in Philisophy session at the Philosophy Conference here @john_kerr_ @iaccelerateCEO
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@AAPhilosophy Pleased to kick off the session on Careers for Philosophers and how iAccelerate is playing it's important part in developing opportunities. Thanks Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference and Dr Patrick McGivern. @iAccelerateClub – at Wollongong, New South Wales
Current generation has over 20 jobs in their career lifespans - Philosophy education can have multidisciplinary channels to progress your career and sell the skills. Some thoughts from the Careers in Philisophy session at the Philosophy Conference here @john_kerr_ @iaccelerateCEO
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ABC Radio interview with 2019 Annette Baier Prize Louise Richardson-Self @LVRSelf abc.net.au/radio/hobart/prog… #AAPConference2019
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What happens when we take philosophy into the field? This week on @RadioNational's #PhilosophersZone we're talking archaeology, with focus on feminism, tensions between indigenous and Western scientific knowledge, and the principles of reconciliation. ab.co/2xlk4nz
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Minimal Cognition - Patrick McGivern explaining how inorganic ‘active matter’ can generate minimally cognitive behaviour!
