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Hello world! My name is Gerda Mittag, I am a PhD candidate in philosophy of cognition at the Technical University of Berlin. My doctoral project is focused on computational explanation in cognitive science. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Beate Krickel, I am developing a novel approach to this highly contended pattern of explanation, which I call the Didaktik account of computational explanation. Combining my expertise in philosophy, computer science and educational science, this acc

MeReX team member Peter Schulte has published a new article in the August 2026 issue of Erkenntnis. The paper is titled „Toward a Radical Gradualism about Representation“ and proposes a new way of answering the demarcation question between representational and non-representational systems. Abstract: It is a central task for theories of representation to give a principled account of the distinction between representational and non-representational systems. In this paper, I be

MeReX team member Nir Fresco, together with 2025 MeReX fellow Oron Shagrir, has published a new research article in American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 63, Issue 3. The paper is titled „The Challenge of Miscomputation“ and deals with the problem of explaining miscomputation for norm-based accounts of computation. Abstract: Explaining miscomputation is often a central desideratum of accounts of physical computation. Our claim is that explaining miscomputation is a non-tri

We have prepared an introductory handout for our collaborators, which introduces the main topics of our project - the philosophical...