[SydPhil] UOW Expanding Minds WIP Workshop - February 26 & 27

[Elena Walsh]

Dear all,



On February 26 and 27, the School of Liberal Arts will host a
work-in-progress workshop as part of our Expanding Minds Research Series.
The workshop will bring together presentations from our HDR students and
staff, alongside visiting speakers from The University of Antwerp and The
University of Edinburgh (including Professor Erik Myin, Dr Marco Facchin,
and Dr Kate Nave).



Talks will span philosophical psychology, animal cognition, and topics in
the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of neuroscience. Our schedule
is available below and via this link
<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/jMeqCOMKzVTZ8qZWOsEfQIGZHnp?domain=sola-events.github.io>, and you can RSVP here
<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/jMeqCOMKzVTZ8qZWOsEfQIGZHnp?domain=sola-events.github.io> (RSVPs are helpful but
not essential).



Please do consider joining us if you are interested in these (or related)
topics. All most welcome.



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*UOW Expanding Minds Research Series*

The Expanding Minds Research Series hosted by the School of Liberal Arts is
a platform for academics based at and visiting the University of Wollongong
to share their latest research and scholarship. All are most welcome and
you can RSVP below. All talks will be held in-person at the University of
Wollongong’s Keiraville campus in the Research Hub, Building 19, Room 2072B.



*Date*

February 26–27, 2026



*Location*

Research Hub, Building 19, Room 2072B
University of Wollongong, Keiraville campus



(Note: The seminar room is on the second floor of Building 19. From the
first floor at the top of the stairs, head down the corridor, turn left
at the lift, go up stairwell 3, walk through the glass doors
and you’ll find yourself in the Research Hub, where the seminar room is.)



*Schedule*



*Day 1 – Thursday 26 February*



9:00–10:00am. Benedetta Cogo (University of Wollongong), *Keeping it
Rational: Rationality and Persons in Philosophy of Psychiatry*

10:00–11:00am. Dan Hutto (University of Wollongong), *Getting Cognition
Right: A Sketch of a Proposal*



11:00–12:30pm. Break



12:30–1:30pm. Marco Degano (University of Wollongong), *Making Room for
Phenomenology in Explaining Skilled Action with the Mesh Architecture*

1:30–2:30pm. Erik Myin (University of Antwerp), *Smart Animals Without
Content*



2:30–2:45pm. Break



2:45–3:45pm. Jorge Gomez (University of Wollongong), *A Sender–Receiver
Model for the Evolution of Showing and Expressing*



*Day 2 – Friday 27 February*



9:00–10:00am. Marco Facchin (University of Antwerp), *Explaining the
Illusion of Content*

10:00–11:00am. Michael Kirchhoff (University of Wollongong), *Putting Place
Cells in Their Place*



11:00–11:15am. Break



11:15–12:15pm. Kate Nave (University of Edinburgh), *Generative Processes
in Artificial and Biological Systems*





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Elena Walsh (she/her)

Lecturer, School of Liberal Arts

Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities | 1094.19

University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia

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