Jonathan Phillips
@phillipsjs
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cognitive scientist / philosopher. Asst. Professor of Cognitive Science @dartmouth https://t.co/rXOMkS4byC
Hanover, NH
Joined June 2011
Dartmouth Cognitive Science is hiring a lecturer to teach 2-3 courses/year for a few years. Position offers a lot of flexibility in what is taught and you'll get to join the quickly growing (and v fun!) cog sci community at @dartmouth DM me if u have qs! https://t.co/OVN2kkYimV
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We're excited to announce that Cog Sci at Dartmouth is recruiting PhD students to work collaboratively between me, Steven Frankland and Fred Callaway. Come study the principles and mechanisms that enable us to understand, plan, and act in the world! Info:
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Our paper on the logic of guesses is now out (w/ @NeilBramley and Chris Lucas). We provide a new information-theoretic perspective on many phenomena (old and new) in judgment under uncertainty. 🧵
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In the second most important election happening today, I'm on the slate for the potential new members of the governing board for the Cognitive Science Society! If you're a member, check your email for a link to vote and #DontRankCuomo
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🏔️ Brad is lost in the wilderness—but doesn’t know there’s a town nearby. Is he 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 to stay put? We show that judgments of what’s possible—and whether someone had to act—depend on what agents know. #CogSci2025 🔗 https://t.co/d4jeL7lBI0 w/ @MMandelkern and @phillipsjs
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So excited that Fred Callaway will be coming to join us at Dartmouth!! Dartmouth Cognitive Science is quickly growing into a group of amazing colleagues that I feel lucky to have around and think with! His announcement here: https://t.co/K5kjAzmyP6
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Are we “strangers to ourselves”? Classic theories say people have limited insight into how they decide. Our new paper at @NatureComms challenges this view. With @carlsonr_, @hedykober, & @mollycrockett. https://t.co/Xy0hh0ny90 🧵
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Nature Communications - People routinely choose between multi-attribute options, such as which movie to watch. Here, the authors show people often have accurate insight into their choices,...
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We find that the visual system's representation of possibilities is selectively disrupted by perceptual load, but not cognitive load, demonstrating that the key processes underlying the perception of possibilities occur before the information reaches high-level cognition!
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he key idea (developed with Camden Parker and @violastoermer) was to use amodal completion as a case where the visual system can represent multiple possibilities (possible shapes) and then ask if this representation is differentially disrupted by perceptual load or cognitive load
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In a new paper, we demonstrate the perception of possibilities but show that the processes underlying this phenomenon occur before the information reaches high-level cognition. The representation of these possibilities is distinctly perceptual(!)
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I'm excited to share that I'll be joining @Dartmouth as an Assistant Professor in Psychological & Brain Sciences in 2026! Can't wait to build a lab studying conversation and social interaction alongside such incredible colleagues! 🌲 #NewChapter
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SUPER excited to share this opening for a senior (Assoc/Full) Professor of Psychiatry + endowed Chair at Dartmouth! We are looking for a translational research scientist using imaging (fMRI, fNIRS, fUS) and/or neurostimulation (TMS, tTIS, tACS/DCS, tFUS) to join the Neural Code
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🚨 Steven Frankland and I are recruiting jointly-advised graduate students to work on high-level cognition! They will be part of the Cognitive Science Program at Dartmouth and earn their Ph.D. in Psychological and Brain Sciences. Deadline is Dec 1:
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Dartmouth Cognitive Science continues to grow and we are now hiring an assistant professor in artificial and natural intelligence: https://t.co/tqThHCYerO! DMs are open if have questions about the position--review starts Oct 1. Please share with anyone who would be interested!!
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I'm delighted to announce the 2024 winner of the Stanton prize is…@tobigerstenberg! The @socphilpsych Stanton Prize is awarded to a young scholar who has made significant contributions to interdisciplinary research & been active in the SPP. Please join me in congratulating Tobi!
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Just a reminder before the new year of the upcoming deadline (Jan. 15) for a postdoc in my lab! Psychology/philosophy/cogsci PhDs welcome to apply!
Join my lab as a postdoc in the Cognitive Science of Values! PhDs in psychology, philosophy, cognitive science invited to apply to pursue collaborative research on the role of values in belief formation & revision, decision making, etc, deadline 1/15/24
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When you face a decision, you usually have so many options that you can’t possibly consider them all. So how do people determine which options to consider? Our new paper with Joan Ongchoco and Julian Jara-Ettinger https://t.co/hGaGG8fsL6
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Yale has a unique program in which students can get a Combined PhD in Psychology and Philosophy The admissions process for this program is pretty counterintuitive in certain respects, so I wrote up an informal explainer about how to apply https://t.co/BQroc7B6xE
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How to Apply to Yale's Combined Program in Philosophy and Psychology The application process for Yale's philosophy/psychology combined program is a bit counterintuitive, so I thought it might be...
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