“Rethinking physicalism” (Keynote), Southern Society for the philosophy of psychology, spring 2013. Click here for slides

“The Mind is not the software of the brain (Even if The Brain is computational),”  (Keynote), Ontology, Self and Subjectivity, St Petersburg University Summer 2015. Click here for slides

“Machine Consciousness”, DARPA, Johnson Center/Natl. Academy of sciences, woods hole, ma, summer 2015

“superintelligence,” symposium on exoplanets and postbiological intelligence, templeton foundation, chicheley hall (Royal Society), England.

“does the mathematical nature of physics undermine physicalism?” University of Florida and Florida State University, Fall 2014.

“Superintelligent Alien Minds”, A night of philosophy, French embassy, NY, Ny, Spring 2015.

“rethinking the mind-Body Problem”, (Keynote), Society for the Philosophy of Psychology (SPP), Summer 2012. (Also given as a keynote at the Eastern Pennsylvania Philosophical Association meeting, spring 2012, and at CUNy, graduate center, fall 2014.)

“Physicalism”, and “Two Problems with Physicalism”, Australian National University, Summer 2013.

“Cognitive Architecture and the Language of Thought,” Yale University, Fall 2011.

“why property dualism must reject the view that substances are physical,” NYU, Fall 2011.

“the Mind is not a Program (even if it is computational)”, Institute for advanced study, Hebrew University, israel (Spring 2011).

“concepts: a pragmatist theory,” (Keynote), University of western Ontario, (to a phil mind Conference -- “MindLangCog”), Spring 2011.

“Why Property Dualism requires substance dualism,” Columbia University perception workshop, june, 2011. 

“On the dual nature of Mental Representations,” Penn 34th Annual Linguistics Colloquium (a national linguistics conference).  University of Pennsylvania, March 2010. click here for Slides

“Symbols in the Language of Thought”, Washington University of Saint Louis, Departments of Philosophy and Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology, Fall 2009.

“Transcending and Enhancing the human brain”, Georgetown University-Oxford University-Nour Foundation Symposium on the nature of mind, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., Spring 2009.

“Transforming and Enhancing the Human Brain,” University of South Carolina, Spring 2009.

“Computation and Perceptual Inconstancy: Reply to Jonathan Cohen”, Workshop on Perceptual Constancy, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science,” Penn, Spring 2009.

“Transcending and Enhancing the Human Brain”, National Media Seminar on Neuroscience and Society, (organized by Penn, Office of Communications), New York, New York, Sept. 2008.

“Dynamical System Theory and the Problem of Free Will.” Workshop on dynamical systems theory sponsored by the Parmenides Foundation. Elba, Italy, Spring 2008.

“Neurophilosophy”, Ludwig Maximillians University, Munich, Germany, Sept. 2007.

“The Computational Mind?” Parmenides Foundation, Munich, Germany, Sept. 2007.

“The Language of Thought”, Temple University, Dept. of Philosophy, Feb. 2007.

“Higher Cognitive Function and the Language of Thought Approach,” University of Maryland (College Park), departments of philosophy and cognitive science, April 2007.

“The Computational Theory of Mind: New Directions,” Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Retreat, the University of Pennsylvania, Feb. 2007.

“The Nature of Symbols and the Computational Theory of the Mind,” University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Philosophy, Oct. 2005.

“The Philosopher’s Frame Problem: a Response”, Android Science (workshop attached to the Cognitive Science Society meeting), Stresa, Italy, July 2005.

“Fodor vs. the Interactivist” (a debate with Mark Bickhard), Interactivist Summer Institute, Sept. 2005.