Mariel Goddu
@marielgoddu.bsky.social
Philosophy of learning, evolution, & development, but make it metaphysics.
It‘s not a point of view, it’s a point of *do*. Cognition is like digestion. Plant I > AI. Phil of Mind = Phil of Biology.
https://philosophy.stanford.edu/people/mariel-goddu
It‘s not a point of view, it’s a point of *do*. Cognition is like digestion. Plant I > AI. Phil of Mind = Phil of Biology.
https://philosophy.stanford.edu/people/mariel-goddu
Really wanna give this kid like 0.1 points for neatly boxing their answer
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Really wanna give this kid like 0.1 points for neatly boxing their answer
13. Pumpkins Arranged Cookie-wise
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
13. Pumpkins Arranged Cookie-wise
11. Spooky Monads
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
11. Spooky Monads
10. How to Do Things with (S)words
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
10. How to Do Things with (S)words
8. The (Possible) Ghost of the Notorious R.B.M.
(*the [Ruth] Barcan [Marcus] Formula is the "spookiest" formula in modal logic)
(*the [Ruth] Barcan [Marcus] Formula is the "spookiest" formula in modal logic)
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
8. The (Possible) Ghost of the Notorious R.B.M.
(*the [Ruth] Barcan [Marcus] Formula is the "spookiest" formula in modal logic)
(*the [Ruth] Barcan [Marcus] Formula is the "spookiest" formula in modal logic)
7. Jack-o'-lantern of Theseus
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
7. Jack-o'-lantern of Theseus
6. Pumpkumulation of Capital
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
6. Pumpkumulation of Capital
5. Aristophanes' Third Gender
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
5. Aristophanes' Third Gender
4. Pomunkulus*
(*homunculus pumpkin)
(*homunculus pumpkin)
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
4. Pomunkulus*
(*homunculus pumpkin)
(*homunculus pumpkin)
3. What is it like to be a bat?
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
3. What is it like to be a bat?
2. The Trolley Pumpkin
("Participants are invited to arrange victims to produce different moral tensions")
("Participants are invited to arrange victims to produce different moral tensions")
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
2. The Trolley Pumpkin
("Participants are invited to arrange victims to produce different moral tensions")
("Participants are invited to arrange victims to produce different moral tensions")
1. Owl of Minerva
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
1. Owl of Minerva
First annual Stanford Philosophy Jack-o'-lantern competition! What's your favorite? (individual entries below!)
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
First annual Stanford Philosophy Jack-o'-lantern competition! What's your favorite? (individual entries below!)
&Here’s the full TOC of this extremely rad volume:
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
&Here’s the full TOC of this extremely rad volume:
Our chapter on cognitive homologies *in print* ! 🤩
@beakr.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social
Thread & link 🔗 below👇
@beakr.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social
Thread & link 🔗 below👇
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Our chapter on cognitive homologies *in print* ! 🤩
@beakr.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social
Thread & link 🔗 below👇
@beakr.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social
Thread & link 🔗 below👇
First day of 23rd grade 🚌
(2nd yr of 2nd PhD)
Annual reminder: It’s never too late to do what makes you happy!
(2nd yr of 2nd PhD)
Annual reminder: It’s never too late to do what makes you happy!
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM
First day of 23rd grade 🚌
(2nd yr of 2nd PhD)
Annual reminder: It’s never too late to do what makes you happy!
(2nd yr of 2nd PhD)
Annual reminder: It’s never too late to do what makes you happy!
are highly complex and causally non-redundant, they're extremely important for typical trait development –– & thus are conserved through evolution.
(Mess up a ChIM, and you mess up a whole trait: a body part might fail to grow, for example –– or grow in the wrong place!)
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(Mess up a ChIM, and you mess up a whole trait: a body part might fail to grow, for example –– or grow in the wrong place!)
4/
September 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
are highly complex and causally non-redundant, they're extremely important for typical trait development –– & thus are conserved through evolution.
(Mess up a ChIM, and you mess up a whole trait: a body part might fail to grow, for example –– or grow in the wrong place!)
4/
(Mess up a ChIM, and you mess up a whole trait: a body part might fail to grow, for example –– or grow in the wrong place!)
4/
3 weeks, 3000 miles
(*now accepting recs along this route!)
(*now accepting recs along this route!)
August 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
3 weeks, 3000 miles
(*now accepting recs along this route!)
(*now accepting recs along this route!)
In light of
1. uncertainty about AI suffering;
2. limited caregiving resources; &
3. the many precarious entities whose existence is currently threatened (e.g, kids dying of preventable diseases & political violence),
we call for ethical decision-making based on recognizable markers.
11/11
1. uncertainty about AI suffering;
2. limited caregiving resources; &
3. the many precarious entities whose existence is currently threatened (e.g, kids dying of preventable diseases & political violence),
we call for ethical decision-making based on recognizable markers.
11/11
August 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In light of
1. uncertainty about AI suffering;
2. limited caregiving resources; &
3. the many precarious entities whose existence is currently threatened (e.g, kids dying of preventable diseases & political violence),
we call for ethical decision-making based on recognizable markers.
11/11
1. uncertainty about AI suffering;
2. limited caregiving resources; &
3. the many precarious entities whose existence is currently threatened (e.g, kids dying of preventable diseases & political violence),
we call for ethical decision-making based on recognizable markers.
11/11
Consider the difference between a mouse and a laptop.
A mouse is a precarious entity: its continued existence as a mouse depends on its dynamic & constitutive exchange of energy with the environment.
A laptop exhibits no such dependence. When it is unplugged, its structure remains the same.
6/11
A mouse is a precarious entity: its continued existence as a mouse depends on its dynamic & constitutive exchange of energy with the environment.
A laptop exhibits no such dependence. When it is unplugged, its structure remains the same.
6/11
August 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Consider the difference between a mouse and a laptop.
A mouse is a precarious entity: its continued existence as a mouse depends on its dynamic & constitutive exchange of energy with the environment.
A laptop exhibits no such dependence. When it is unplugged, its structure remains the same.
6/11
A mouse is a precarious entity: its continued existence as a mouse depends on its dynamic & constitutive exchange of energy with the environment.
A laptop exhibits no such dependence. When it is unplugged, its structure remains the same.
6/11
Now out in @aimagazine.bsky.social -
Against "AI Welfare": Care Practices Should Prioritize Living Beings Over AI
philpapers.org/archive/DORA...
led by @johndorsch.bsky.social !
We propose a novel guideline, the “Precarity Guideline,” to sidestep protracted debates about AI consciousness. We
1/11
Against "AI Welfare": Care Practices Should Prioritize Living Beings Over AI
philpapers.org/archive/DORA...
led by @johndorsch.bsky.social !
We propose a novel guideline, the “Precarity Guideline,” to sidestep protracted debates about AI consciousness. We
1/11
August 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Now out in @aimagazine.bsky.social -
Against "AI Welfare": Care Practices Should Prioritize Living Beings Over AI
philpapers.org/archive/DORA...
led by @johndorsch.bsky.social !
We propose a novel guideline, the “Precarity Guideline,” to sidestep protracted debates about AI consciousness. We
1/11
Against "AI Welfare": Care Practices Should Prioritize Living Beings Over AI
philpapers.org/archive/DORA...
led by @johndorsch.bsky.social !
We propose a novel guideline, the “Precarity Guideline,” to sidestep protracted debates about AI consciousness. We
1/11
L: April 2023 - First day of German A1.1
R: July 2025 - Speak at home; text & email w/o thinking; speak with colleagues & friends; movies w/o subtitles; starting to think & dream in both.
Learning a new language later in life is challenging but POSSIBLE, & deeply rewarding! It's a profoundly
1/
R: July 2025 - Speak at home; text & email w/o thinking; speak with colleagues & friends; movies w/o subtitles; starting to think & dream in both.
Learning a new language later in life is challenging but POSSIBLE, & deeply rewarding! It's a profoundly
1/
July 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
L: April 2023 - First day of German A1.1
R: July 2025 - Speak at home; text & email w/o thinking; speak with colleagues & friends; movies w/o subtitles; starting to think & dream in both.
Learning a new language later in life is challenging but POSSIBLE, & deeply rewarding! It's a profoundly
1/
R: July 2025 - Speak at home; text & email w/o thinking; speak with colleagues & friends; movies w/o subtitles; starting to think & dream in both.
Learning a new language later in life is challenging but POSSIBLE, & deeply rewarding! It's a profoundly
1/