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Look up the office hours here: https://www.pe.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophie/ii/newen/kontakt.html.en
For information about office hours for the Master Cognitive Science Program please contact the study program coordinator Beate Krauß: cogsci-info@rub.de
For information about office hours for the Master Theoretical Philosophy Program please contact the study program coordinator Philipp Steinkrüger: philipp.steinkrueger@rub.de

Upcoming Lectures and Workshops

KogWis 2025

Annual Conference of the German Society for Cognitive Science (KogWis)

01. - 03.09.2025

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Evaluating Artifical Consciousness 2025

Workshop

10.-11.06.2025

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Publications

Mental file theory of concepts

Marchi, F., & Newen, A. (2024). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Sciences, 46.

Visual perspective in self-incongruent autobiographical memory episodes

Lukaschewski, T. M., Waldhauser, G. T., Dings, R., Heinen, R., Gomes, C. A., Newen, A., & Axmacher, N. (2023). Visual perspective in autobiographical memories of self-incongruent episodes. Memory, 31(10), 1306-1319.

Modeling Interaction between embodied and narrative self

Hölken, A., Kugele, S., Newen, A., & Franklin, S. (2023). Modeling interactions between the embodied and the narrative self: Dynamics of the self-pattern within LIDA. Cognitive Systems Research, 81, 25-36.

Cognitive penetration of tactile perception

Markmann, M., Lenz, M., Höffken, O., Steponaciciute, A., Brüne, M., Tegenthoff, M., Dinse, H., & Newen, A. (2023). Hypnotic Suggetions Cognitively Penetrate Tactcile PerceptionThrough Top-Down Modulation of Semantic Contents. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 6578.

Pattern theory of emotions

Newen, A., & Berio, L. (2023). Was sind Emotionen und wie sollten wir sie klassifizieren? In I. van Maur, U. Meyer & S. Walter (Eds.), Wozu Gefühle? Philosophische Reflexionen für Achim Stephan (pp.21-39). Brill

ALARM theory of Consciousness

Newen, A., & Montemayor, C. (2022). The ALARM Theory of Conciousness: A Two-Level Theory of Phenomenal Conciousness. Journal of Conciousness Studies, 30(3-4), 84-105.

Influence of social roles on moral responsibility attribution

Willemsen, P., Newen, A., Prochownik, K., & Kaspar, K. (2023). With great (er) power comes great (er) responsibility: an intercultural investigation of the effect of social roles on moral responsibility attribution. Philosophical Psychology, 1-27.

Negative Affective Future Thinking Enhances Proactive Behavior in 5-Year-Olds

Schreiber, F., Schneider, S., Newen, A., & Voigt, B. (2024). Negative (but not positive) affective episodic future thinking enhances proactive behavior in 5-year-old children. Emotion.

Situated authenticity in episodic memory

Dings, R., McCaroll, C. J., & Newen, A. (2023). Situated authenticity in episodic memory. Synthese, 202, 86.

Empathy in human and non-human animals

Newen, A., Griem, M., & Pika S. (2022). A conceptual framework for empathy in humans and nonhuman animals. In C. C. Pfisterer, N. Rathgeb & E. Schmidt (Eds.), Wittgenstein And Beyond Essays in Honour of Hans-Johann Glock. Routledge.

Modulation of episodic memory by the narrative self

Dings, R. & Newen, A. (2023). Constructing the Past. The Relevance of the Narrative Self in Modulating Episodic Memory. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 14, 87–112.

Self-deception in the predictive mind

Marchi, F. & Newen, A. (2021). Self-deception in the predictive mind: Cognitive strategies and a challenge from motivation. Philosophical Psychology, 971-990.

Selfless memories

Milliere, R. & Newen, A. (2024). Selfless Memories. Erkenntnis, 89, 897–918.

Profiles of Animal Consciousness

Dung, L., & Newen, A. (2023). Profiles of animal conciousness. A species-sensitive, two tier account to quality and distribution. Cognition, 235, 105409.

Pattern Theory of Scaffolding

Newen, A., & Fabry, R. E. (2023). A Pattern Theory of Scaffolding. Review of Philosophy and Psychology.

Agency and free will perception

Machery, E., Kneer, M., Willemsen, P., & Newen, A. (2023). Beyond the Courtroom: Agency and the Perception of Free Will. In S. Murray & P. Henne (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Action. Bloomsburry Press.

Team publications

Nurturing Stance, Moral Responsibility and Bias Blind Spot

Baston, R. (2022). The Nurturing Stance, Moral Responsibility, and the (Implicit) Bias Blind Spot. Journal of the American Philosophical Association.

Empathy in humans and nonhuman animals

Newen, A., Griem, M., & Pika S. (2022). A conceptual framework for empathy in humans and nonhuman animals. In C. C. Pfisterer, N. Rathgeb & E. Schmidt (Eds.), Wittgenstein And Beyond Essays in Honour of Hans-Johann Glock. Routledge.

How language shapes our minds

Berio, L., & Musholt, K. (2023). How language shapes our minds: On the relationship between generics, stereotypes and social norms. Mind & Language, 38(4), 944-961.

Great ape enculturation

Berio, L., & Moore, R. (2023). Great ape enculturation studies: a neglected resource in cognitive development research. Biology & Philosophy, 38(2), 17.

Modeling interactions between embodied and narrative selves

AI ethics in computational psychiatry

Wiese, W., & Friston, K. J. (2022). AI ethics in computational psychiatry: From the neuroscience of consciousness to the ethics of consciousness. Behavioural Brain Research, 420, 113704.

Attentional structure and phenomenal unity

Wiese, W. (2022). Attentional structure and phenomenal unity. Open Philosophy, 5(1), 254-264.

Critique of Hume's account of personal identity

Wolf, J. (2023). Internal Inconsistency and Secondary Ideas: Hume's Problem in the Appendix with His Account of Personal Identity. Hume Studies, 48(2), 217-239.

Do we see facts?

Vernazzani, A. (2022). Do we see facts?. Mind & language, 37(4), 674-693.

How artworks modify our perception of the world

Vernazzani, A. (2023). How artworks modify our perception of the world. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 22(2), 417-438.

Implications of pretend play for TOM

Wolf, J. (2022). Implications of pretend play for Theory of Mind research. Synthese, 200(6), 523.

Proactive control and agency

Baston, R. (2022). Proactive control and agency. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.

DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 2185

Neues Graduiertenkolleg zur Philosophie des Geistes und der Kognition

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DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 2185

Sonderausgabe von Frontiers in Psychology (2021) basierend auf der Arbeit des Graduiertenkollegs

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Statements and cooperations

An incomplete overview of statements, articles, and other collaborations by Prof. Newen that have appeared online in recent years.

Schulkinderartikel

gew-ansbach report on joint empirical project with Felix Schreiber, Silvia Schneider and Babett Voigt on motivation in preschool children.

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RUB Presse release on joint work with Leda Berio on Emotion Recognition

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Artikel Ich Bin _frankfurter Allgemeine - Scan

FAZ newspaper article about implications of conciousness in (non-human) animals

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Animal Conciousness

Interview by Prof. Newen on Animal Conciousness in radioeins(rbb)

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Article in the WAZ: This is how we lie to ourselves

Interview with Prof. Newen on the topic of generative reconstruction of memories in the Westdeutschen Allgemeinen Zeitung, issue of 29.01.2022

Deceptive memories - How people manipulate their memory

Guest contribution by Prof. Newen on deceptive memories Deutschlandfunk from 30.09.2021

Weiterer Beitrag zu dem Thema von Jennifer Tomme bei CT - das radio.

Beitrag im Deutschlandfunk zu Überzeugungen bei Tieren

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Stellungnahme "Was KI über unsere Intelligenz lehrt"
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Interdisziplinarität und die Philosophie
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Gespräch zu autonomen Waffen auf SRF 2 Kultur

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FAZ-Artikel vom 23.August 2018 zur künstlichen Intelligenz

Geht von Künstlicher Intelligenz eine Gefahr für die Menschheit aus? Nicht solange Maschinen kein Bewusstsein haben, sagt Markus Gabriel. Er irrt.
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Alexander von Humboldt Research Award

Prof. Bence Nanay has been awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation for December 2017 where he will work on the development of a systematic account of perception.

Machery

Alexander von Humboldt Research Award

This year, Prof. Machery has been awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation. In December 2017, he will be working with Prof. Newen to develop an empirical research program addressing recent controversies concerning concepts and animal cognition.

Anneliese Maier Research Award to Shaun Gallagher

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is awarding the very first Anneliese Maier Research Award
to seven researchers from the humanities and social sciences.

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