Talks

Selected talks and presentations

2025

  1. Teaching Sci-Phi: A Hands-On Experience. ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference 2025 – Playfulness for the Future of Higher Education. Uppsala University, Sweden. October 2025
  2. Shallow Minds: Superficialism and Large Language Models. Mind and World: Tartu-Turku Philosophy Workshop. University of Turku, Finland. September 2025
  3. Pindmised käsitused ja keelemudelite hoiakud. [Superficialist accounts and the attitudes of language models] XX Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference. University of Tallinn, Estonia. August 2025
  4. Natural kinds and memory. Thought in Time. Grenoble-Tartu workshop on memory and imagination. University of Tartu. February 2025

2024

  1. Can Mental Fictionalism Avoid Cognitive Collapse? The 2nd Hokkaido-Tartu online philosophy workshop. Zoom. December 2024
  2. Temporal Experience. Philosophy Seminar, University of Turku, Finland. December 2024
  3. Regulative Interpretivism. Interpretivism, mental fictionalism and folk psychology workshop. University of Tartu. November 2024
  4. Hume and Time. Hume Appropriations from Central Europe. Corvinus University of Budapest, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungary. September 2024
  5. Interpretivistlik vaade LLM-idele. [An Interpretivist View on LLM-s]. XIX Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference. University of Tartu, Estonia. August 2024
  6. Filosoofia, ulme + robotid. [Philosophy, science fiction + robots]. Tartu Kristjan Jaak Petersoni Gümnaasium. April 2024

2023

  1. Pretence and mental fictionalism. Mind as metaphor? Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. September 2023
  2. An interpretivist perspective on emotions. 30th Conference of The European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP), Prague, Czech Republic. August 2023
  3. Teesklus ja fiktsionalism [Pretence and fictionalism]. XVIII Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference. Tallinn University of Technology, Nelijärve. August 2023
  4. An interpretivist perspective on emotions. Emotions – More Like Stars or Constellations? European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions (EPSSE) 2023 pre-conference workshop. University of Tartu, Estonia. June 2023
  5. Teise isiku vaatepunkt ja rahvapsühholoogia [The second-person perspective and folk psychology] Eesti-uuringute Tippkeskuse kokkuvõttekonverents “Dialoogid Eestiga. Uus Algus” Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum, Tartu. February 2023

2022

  1. Mindreading and the second-person perspective. Mindreading without folk psychology workshop. Corvinus University of Budapest. Hungary. October 2022
  2. Kes kannab silti varrukal? [Who is carrying a label on the sleeve?] XVII Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference. University of Tallinn, Käsmu, Estonia. August 2022
  3. Mental kinds and practical realism. The fourth conference of East European Network for Philosophy of Science. University of Tartu, Estonia. August 2022
  4. The cognitive collapse of mental fictionalism revisited. Fachbereichskolloquium, University of Konstanz, July 2022
  5. „Filosoofiapärandi tõlkimise teoreetilisi probleeme“: tagasivaade. Kirjandusest fenomenoloogiani. Ülo Matjus 80. Tartu Ülikool, June 2022
  6. Mõistuse üleslaadimine vaimufilosoofia vaatvinklist [Mind upload from the philosophy of mind point of view] Tartu Raatuse Kool, June 2022

2021

  1. Mentaalse fiktsionalismi kognitiivne enesetapp. XVI Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference. University of Tartu, Estonia. September 2021

2020

  1. Mis on mentaalne fiktsionalism. [What is Mental Fictionalism?] Eesti-uuringute Tippkeskuse aastakonverents 2020: Dialoogid Eestiga: Kaljujoonistest robootikani. Microsoft Teams. October 2020.
  2. Mental fictionalism, interpretivism and folk psychology. ECAP10: 10th European Congress Of Analytic Philosophy. Microsoft Teams. August 2020.
  3. What kinds of disagreement are introspective disputes? Disagreements: from Theory to Practice conference. University of Tartu, March 2020.
  4. Kas vaim on fiktsioon? [Is the mind a fiction?]  Inaugural lecture at the University of Tartu. February 2020.

2019

  1. Interpretivism and Mental Fictionalism. Mental Fictionalism workshop. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. October 2019.
  2. Mõistuse üleslaadimine ja interpretivism [Mind-uploading and interpretivism]. XV Annual Estonian Philosophy Conference “The Digital Society: Philosophical Perspectives” Tallinn University of Technology. August 2019
  3. Is the mental special? From ϕ -science to practical realism: an international conference in honour of Rein Vihalemm (1938-2015). University of Tartu. August 2019
  4. Mõistus masinas. [Mind in the Machine]. Uusi tähelepanekuid psühholoogia lihtsusest. Estonian National Museum.  March 2019

2018

  1. Loomulikud liigid, vaim ja filosoofia. [Natural kinds, the mind and philosophy] XIV Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference: The Utility and Futility of Philosophy. University of Tallinn. October 2018
  2. Interpretivism and emotional action. European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions 5. Tallinn, Estonia, June 2018

2017

  1. Interpretivism and emotions. Emotions: Rationality, Morality and Social Understanding. University of Tartu, September 2017
  2. On The Objects of Thought. Analytic Philosophy Summer Camp. Willipu Guest House, Estonia, June 2017

2016

  1. The scope of folk psychology and the mental. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. December 2016
  2. Interpretivism and intentional states. Krakow Cognitive Science Colloquium, Jagiellonian University, Poland. December 2016
  3. Temporal limits of folk psychology. XII conference of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA), Pistoia, Italy, September 2016.
  4. Subjektiivne ja objektiivne aeg [Subjective and objective time]. Invited lecture. Tartu Linnamuuseum, Tartu. June 2016
  5. Vaim ja rahvapsühholoogia [Mind and Folk Psychology] XII Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference: Science, Technology and Society: Philosophical Perspectives. Tallinn University of Technology. June 2016
  6. Mental causation and the ascription theory. Ascription, causation and the mind workshop. Utrecht University, The Netherlands, May 2016
  7. Vaim ja tõlgendus [Mind and interpretation]. Venia legendi. University of Tartu. February 2016

2015

  1. Folk psychology and the second-person perspective. Poster presentation. GAP.9. University of Osnabrück, Germany. September 2015
  2. Kuidas seletada surmalähedasi kogemusi? III Aasia uuringute suvekool “Surm ja surematus Ida kultuurides”. Männiku Metsatalu, Viljandimaa. August 2015
  3. Introduction to the symposium “Temporal Experience: uniqueness, passage and duration”. ESPP 2015, 23nd Annual Meeting, University of Tartu, Estonia. July 2015
  4. How (not) to analyze shared emotions? With Vivian Bohl. Poster presentation. ESPP 2015, 23nd Annual Meeting, University of Tartu, Estonia. July 2015
  5. Temporal limits of folk psychology. Symposium “Subjective Time in Context.” Toward a Science of Consciousness 2015. University of Helsinki, Finland. June 2015
  6. Miks pooldada interpretivismi? [Why espouse interpretivism?] XI Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference. University of Tallinn, Estonia. May 2015

2014

  1. Is the mental a matter of interpretation? Invited talk, Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Heidelberg, Germany. December 2014
  2. Against the joint ownership thesis. With Vivian Bohl. Sharing experience: norms, values, and interactions. Lithuanian Culture Research Institute & European Humanities University. Vilnius, Lithuania. October 2014
  3. The appeal of mirroring. Poster presentation. Conscious experience of time: its significance and interpretation in neuroscience and philosophy. Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Germany. October 2014
  4. The role of time in social cognition. Poster presentation. ESPP 2014, 22nd Annual Meeting, University of Messina, Noto, Italy. September 2014
  5. How philosophical models explain time consciousness. International Conference on Timing and Time Perception. TIMELY, Corfu, Greece. April 2014

2013

  1. Filosoofilise uurimistöö hindamisest. IX Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference – Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Contexts. Tallinn University of Technology, December 2013
  2. Aja kolm metafüüsilist mudelit. Schola Geologica IX: Aeg. Voore. October 2013
  3. Time and other people. The philosophy and psychology of time: continuity, presence and the timing of experience workshop. University of Turku, Finland. August 2013.
  4. Is there a place for folk psychology in the second-person perspective? 2013 IRC Conference: The Second-Person Perspective in Science and the Humanities. University of Oxford, UK. July 2013
  5. Commentary on Anssi Korhonen, Truth as Correspondence in The Problems of Philosophy: How did Russell get there? First Helsinki-Tartu Workshop in Theoretical Philosophy, University of Tartu. June 2013
  6. Folk psychology and the second-person perspective. Colloquium of the Department of Philosophy, University of Tartu. May 2013

2012

  1. What is experimental philosophy good for? Osteuropa-Woche. Osteuropadialog. University of Konstanz, Germany. November 2012.
  2. Filosoofia tõlkimisest: kuus tõdemust ja kolm kaasust [Translating Philosophy: Six Reflections and Three Cases]. Filosoofiatõlke seminar “Tarkus tõlkes”. University of Tallinn. November 2012.
  3. Kas filosoofia on subjektiivne? [Is Philosophy Subjective?] TEDxTartu. November 2012.
  4. Marksistlik teadvusekäsitlus Nõukogude Eestis [The Marxist Approach to Consciousness in Soviet Estonia]. The 8th Estonian Annual Conference of Philosophy. University of Tallinn. October 2012.
  5. What the mind is made of. Poster presentation. GAP.8. Was dürfen wir glauben? Was sollen wir tun? Universität Konstanz, Germany. September 2012.
  6. Ettekanne teemaõhtul Teeme tutvust: Kuidas me teame, et me teame? Domus Dorpatensis, Tartu. May 2012.
  7. Eksperimentaalne filosoofia [Experimental philosophy] Invited lecture, Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia. April 2012
  8. Blocking the low road to the gap intuition. Poster presentation, Pre-reflective and Reflective Processing in Social Interaction Workshop. Clare College, University of Cambridge, UK. March 2012
  9. Gap intuition as a by-product of dual-process cognition? Mind, Language & Logic Colloquium. University of Tartu, Estonia. March 2012
  10. Kuidas kirjutada filosoofiaõpikut? [How to write a philosophy textbook?] Colloquium of the Department of Philosophy, University of Tartu, Estonia. February 2012

2011

  1. Kuidas kirjutada head filosoofiaartiklit [How to write a good philosophy paper] The autumn school of the Graduate school of linguistics, philosophy and semiotics. Saka Cliff Hotel, Estonia. November 2011
  2. Pluralism vaimufilosoofias [Pluralism in the philosophy of mind].  The 7th Estonian Annual Conference of Philosophy. University of Tartu, August 2011
  3. Ontoloogiline ja metodoloogiline naturalism  [Ontological and methodological naturalism]/ Seletuslik lünk ja dualismi intuitsioon [Explanatory gap and the intuition of dualism]. Analytic Philosophy Summer Camp, Veldemani Holiday House, Estonia, June 2011
  4. Experiencing time. From the Metaphysics of Time to the Phenomenology of Time workshop. University of Turku, Finland. May 2011
  5. Vaimu piirid. [The mind’s boundaries]. Eshatoloogia ja apokalüpsis: konverents representatsiooni piiridest. May 2011
  6. Näiv olevik [Specious present]. Tartu Ülikooli ajaloo muuseumi populaarteaduslik teeõhtu. March 2011
  7. Analytic philosophy: what it is and what it ain’t. Colloquium of the Department of Philosophy, University of Tartu, Estonia. March 2011
  8. Eksperimentaalne filosoofia [Experimental philosophy] Invited lecture, Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia. March 2011
  9. Inimpilt ja vaimufilosoofia [Image of man and the philosophy of mind]. Eesti Vabariigi 93. aastapäeva kontsertaktus. Tartu Ülikool. February 2011
  10. Ajateadvus filosoofilisest vinklist [Time consciousness from a philosophical angle]. Seminar of experimental psychology. Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia. February 2011
  11. Time consciousness: philosophical issues. PhD Course/Training School: The Philosophy of Time. University of Aalborg, Denmark, February 2011

2010

  1. Epistemological Themes and the X-Phi. Analytic Philosophy Summer Camp, Willipu Guest House, Estonia, June 2010
  2. Aeg ja aju [Time and the brain]. The 6th Estonian Annual Conference of Philosophy. Tallinn University of Technology, May 2010
  3. The directness of the other. With Vivian Bohl. Nordic Society for Phenomenology, Symposium No. VIII: New Orientations in Phenomenology, Södertörns Högskola, Stockholm, April 2010
  4. Explaining the gap intuition. Colloquium of the Department of Philosophy, University of Tartu, Estonia, February 2010

2009

  1. Explaining the gap intuition. GAP.7. Nachdenken und Vordenken: Herausforderungen an die Philosophie/Reflection and Projections – Challenges to Philosophy. Universtität Bremen. Germany, September 2009
  2. Kas on veel analüütilist filosoofiat? [Is there analytic philosophy anymore?] / Introduction to Blackburn’s Quasi-realism. Analüütilise Filosoofia Suvelaager 2009. Willipu Guest House, Estonia, June 2009
  3. Lünk ja kokkupõrge [Gap and clash]. The 5th Estonian Annual Conference of Philosophy. Tuksi, Estonia. May 2009
  4. Kutse Davidsoni juurde [Invitation to Davidson]. Philosophy Winter School 2009. University of Tartu, Estonia. January 2009

2008

  1. The multiple drafts of the specious present. Consciousness and Time Workshop. University of Edinburgh, UK. April 2008
  2. Time in mind. Colloquium of the Department of Philosophy, University of Tartu, Estonia. March 2008
  3. Daniel Dennett on time consciousness / Rick Grush on temporal representation / Neural correlates of consciousness: Philosophical Preliminaries. Presentations at the Philosophy and Psychophysics Training Workshop, Cologne, Germany. March 2008

2007

  1. Neurofenomenoloogia [Neurophenomenology]. Invited lecture, Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia. October 2007
  2. Normativity and deflationary theories of truth.Tartu-Konstanz workshop on Truth. University of Tartu, Estonia. October 2007
  3. Interpretivism and qualia. Poster presentation, Toward a Science of Consciousness 2007 Conference. Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. July 2007
  4. Normatiivsuse mitmekesisus[Varieties of Normativity]. The 3rd Estonian Annual Conference of Philosophy. Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Estonia. June 2007

2006

  1. Lapsed, ahvid ja vaim: eksperimentide interpreteerimisest arengupsühholoogias [Kids, apes and mind: on interpreting experiments in developmental psychology]. Invited lecture, Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia. November 2006
  2. An argument for interpretivism. GAP.6. Conference, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. September 2006
  3. Arguing for interpretivism. Center for Cognitive Sciences and Semantics, University of Latvia. Riga, Latvia. May 2006

2005

  1. How to argue for interpretivism? Turku-Tartu philosophy workshop. University of Tartu, Estonia. June 2005
  2. Eliminativism ja osutus [Eliminativism and reference]. The 1st Estonian Annual Conference of Philosophy. University of Tartu, Estonia. May 2005

2004

  1. The ascription theory of self-knowledge. NAMICONA workshop in Koldingfjord Hotel, Denmark. December 2004
  2. From the apriori to the empricial.Comments on Henderson’s ‘Concepts and how to make them talk’. Concepts and the Apriori Conference. University of Konstanz, Germany. June 2004

2002

  1. Üks lahendus vaimse põhjuslikkuse probleemile [A solution to the problem of mental causation]. Colloquium of Philosophy Department, University of Tartu, Estonia. December 2002
  2. Ascription theory of content. Two talks at the Logik in der Philosophie workgroup colloquium. University of Konstanz, Germany. January 2002

2001

  1. Dispositsioonid, projektsioon ning objektiivsus: moraaliomaduste metafüüsikast [Dispositions, projection and objectivity: on the metaphysics of moral properties]. Human nature – morality and society colloquium. University of Tartu, Centre for Ethics. December 2001
  2. Davidsoni anomaalsest monismist [On Davidson’s anomalous monism]. The celebrational symposium of the 10th anniversary of the Seminar of Analytic Philosophy, Tartu, Estonia. September 2001

1999

  1. Pleonastilised mõistete teooriad [Pleonastic theories of concepts]. Colloquium of Philosophy Department, University of Tartu, Estonia. September 1999
  2. Mentaalse sisu omistusteooria [Ascription theory of mental content]. Seminar of Analytic Philosophy, Tartu, Estonia. June 1999

1997

  1. Teadvuslik ja mitteteadvuslik sisu teadvuse seletamisel [Conscious and non-conscious content in explaining consciousness]. Seminar of Analytic Philosophy, Tartu, Estonia. July 1997
  2. Vaimu tõeväärtustamine [The truth-valuation of mind]. Truth in Philosophy and Logic,  The Võro Institute philosophy seminar in Järveküla, Estonia. May 1997

1996

  1. Episteemiline autoriteetsus oma vaimuseisundite suhtes [Epistemic authority about one’s own mental states]. Seminar of Analytic Philosophy, Tartu, Estonia. June 1996