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2024 Cognition Academy, Max Planck School of Cognition Berlin
- “Acellular Slime Mould: a jumping-off point for exploring different forms of biological memory” (guest lecture)
2023 – 2024 Basal Cognition and Related Topics Seminar: Co-organiser and lecturer, Ruhr University Bochum
2023 IUSS Philosophy Seminar Seminars: kinds of mind seminar cycle, University of Pavia
- “The Principle of Dynamic Holism: guiding methodology for investigating cognition in non-neuronal organisms” (guest lecture)
2022 Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Guest Lecture: Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
- “The Principle of Dynamic Holism: guiding methodology for investigating cognition in non-neuronal organisms” (department lecture)
2022 Cognition Academy, Max Planck School of Cognition Berlin
- “The Principle of Dynamic Holism: guiding methodology for investigating cognition in non-neuronal organisms” (guest lecture)
2022 HSI Philosophy Seminar Series, University of Wollongong
- “The Intentionality Continuum Thesis” (guest lecture)
2022 Return of the Organism in the Biological Sciences: lecture series in the philosophy of biology, Ruhr University Bochum
- “The Intentionality Continuum Thesis: assessing goal directed behaviour across the biological board” (guest lecture)
2021 Cognition: current controversies in philosophy and cognitive science postgraduate seminar, Ruhr University Bochum
- “Plant Perception and Cognition?” (guest lecture)
Experience as a Teaching Assistant
2020 – 2021 Phil08004 – Logic, lecturer: Dr Brian Rabern, University of Edinburgh.
2020 – 2021 Writing Centre Tutor
Dissertation support for the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh.
2020 – 2021 Phil08014 – Mind, Matter and Language, lecturer: Dr Wolfgang Schwarz, University of Edinburgh.
2019 – 2020 Phil08005 – Philosophy of Science 1, lecturers: Dr Alistair Isaac & Joe Wolf, University of Edinburgh.
2018 – 2019 Phil08017 – Knowledge and Reality, lecturer: Dr Bryan Pickel, University of Edinburgh.
Matthew Sims 