Sebastian Scholz
I have recently defended my cumulative PhD thesis on Conceptual Spaces – a cognitive theory of the structure of conceptual content. My papers focus on connections with naturalness, Bayesian reasoning, and explanations in cognitive science.
Fields of research: empirically informed philosophy of mind and cognition, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, metaphysics of science
Areas of specialization: theories of concepts, mental representation, Bayesian reasoning / belief revision, Predictive Processing, Explainable AI, naturalness, and abilities
Please find my full CV here.
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Scholz, Sebastian (submitted). „Conceptual Spaces Against Semantic Opaqueness in Bayesian Cognitive Modeling„. Review of Philosophy and Psychology.
Scholz, Sebastian (revised and resubmitted). „Conceptual Spaces as Predictive models”. Synthese.
Scholz, Sebastian & Vosgerau, Gottfried. „Conceptual spaces: Naturalness or cognitive sparseness?”. Synthese, 12 March 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-04941-8.
- Scholz, Sebastian. "Conceptual Spaces: A Solution to Goodman's New Riddle of Induction?" Philosophia, 23 July 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-024-00744-2
Other publications
- Scholz, Sebastian. Buchbesprechung zu Jungert, Michael & Schuol, Sebastian: "Scheitern in den Wissenschaften – Perspektiven der Wissenschaftsforschung". Zeitschrift für Philosophische Literatur. Bd. 13. Nur. 1 (2025). https://doi.org/10.21827/zfphl.13.1.39598.
- Scholz, Sebastian & Vosgerau, Gottfried. „The Cognitive and Ontological Dimensions of Naturalness – Editor’s Introduction. Philosophia, 07 September 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-024-00775-9
- [Editorial work] Vosgerau, Gottfried & Scholz, Sebastian. Special Issue „The Cognitive and Ontological Dimensions of Naturalness”. Philosophia, 2024. https://link.springer.com/collections/fdjfgadchd
Presentations
Conceptual Spaces as Predictive Models
- Congress of the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP), Düsseldorf 2025
- KogWiss Conference, Bochum 2025
- Cognitive Science Colloquium, Lund University 2025
- Doctoral Colloquium, Lund University 2025
- Research Colloquium, Goethe University Frankfurt 2024
Conceptual Spaces: Naturalness or Cognitive Sparseness?
- Congress of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology ESPP, Grenoble 2024
- World Congress of Philosophy WCP, Rome 2024
- Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy SOPhiA, Salzburg 2024
- German Congress for Philosophy DKPhil, Münster 2024
- Workshop "Conceptual Spaces at Work", Düsseldorf 2024
Conceptual Spaces: A Solution to Goodman's Riddle of Induction?
- Congress of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology ESPP, Prague 2023
- European Congress of Analytic Philosophy ECAP, Vienna 2023
- Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy SOPhiA, Salzburg 2023
- Workshop "The Cognitive and Ontological Dimensions of Naturalness", Düsseldorf 2023