04 June 2026
LaCroix presents ‘The Autistics and the Machines’ at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science in Halifax.
27 February 2026
LaCroix publishes article ‘No, autistic people are not ‘mind blind’ – here’s why’ in The Conversation.
27 February 2026
LaCroix publishes response to commentaries on ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’, ‘Autism, Theory of Mind, and the Dynamics of Value-Laden Research Programs’, in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
Simon Baron-Cohen et al. publish commentary on ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’, ‘Do Autistic People Have Degrees of Disability in Theory of Mind?’, in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
Patrick Dwyer publishes commentary on ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’, ‘Weak Theories, Research Priority-Setting, and Community Partnership’, in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
Morton Ann Gernsbacher publishes commentary on ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’, ‘Why the Theory-of-Mind-Deficit Account of Autism Might Persist Despite Evidence to the Contrary’, in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
Joe Gough publishes commentary on ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’, ‘Theory of Mind Research in Autism is Simply Hateful; Pseudoscience is Complicated’, in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
Johan Lundin Kleberg publishes commentary on ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’, ‘Staying with the Complexity: Refining Theory of Mind Research in Autism’, in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
Joanna Karolina Malinowska, Valentina Petrolini, and Davide Serpico publish commentary on ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’, ‘Why Does the Theory-of-Mind Paradigm of Autism Persist?’, in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
Isabelle F. Morris and Philip David Zelazo publish commentary on ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’, ‘On the Need for Intellectual Humility Regarding Autism’, in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
Sahana V. Rajan publishes commentary on ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’, ‘Autism Research’s Green Screen’, in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
LaCroix publishes article ‘Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind’ in Psychological Inquiry.
27 February 2026
LaCroix, Amero, and Sidloski publish their article ‘What Do Philosophers Talk About When They Talk About Autism?’ in Synthese.
03 September 2024
LaCroix moves from Dalhousie University to Durham University.
21 June 2024
Andrews presents his paper on Implications of Meyerian psychobiology for contemporary mental health care policy and practice frameworks at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Montréal.
19 June 2024
LaCroix, Amero, and Sidloski co-present their paper, ‘What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism?’ at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Montréal.
01 May 2024
AutPhi hires an undergraduate research assistant! Kayla Marie Beals recently completed a BA (Hons.) in Philosophy at Dalhousie University and was awarded an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA). Welcome, Kayla!
01 May 2024
AutPhi hires a graduate research assistant! Derek Andrews is a PhD candidate in the Philosophy Department at Dalhousie University. Andrews’ doctoral research investigates the intersection between biological approaches to psychiatry, natural kinds, and the practice of utilizing statistical information about mental disorders to inform health care policy pertaining to those disorders, taking the 2022-23 Canadian ban on persons with mental illness(s) as their sole underlying condition accessing medical assistance in dying as a test case. Welcome, Derek!
26 April 2024
LaCroix and Amero co-present their paper, ‘What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism?’ at the Dalhousie Philosophy Department Colloquium Series in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
05 April 2024
LaCroix’s paper on autism and the value-free ideal of science presented at the Dalhousie Philosophy Department Colloquium Series in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
01 February 2024
LaCroix, Amero, and Sidloski’s paper, ‘What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism?’ accepted to the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, to be held at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Montréal (June, 2024).
11 December 2023
An interview with LaCroix appears on the NeuroDiving podcast: Episode 5 - New Paradigms, New Values
04 December 2023
An interview with LaCroix appears on the NeuroDiving podcast: Episode 4 - Zombie Pseudoscience
14 October 2023
LaCroix’s paper on autism and pseudoscience presented to the annual meeting of the Atlantic Regional Philosophers Association, held at the University of PEI in Charlottetown.
01 September 2023
AutPhi hires a graduate research assistant! Benjamin Sidloski is a Master’s Student in the Philosophy Department at Dalhousie University. He completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of British Columbia in 2021, with research contributions to the fields of evolutionary psychology and the study of addictive behaviours. Sidloski’s current research interests pertain to the intersection of philosophy of language and mind, and abnormal psychology/psychopathology. Welcome, Benjamin!
01 September 2023
AutPhi hires an undergraduate research assistant! Alexis Amero is an undergraduate student at the University of King’s College working toward completing a BA (Hons.) in Philosophy at Dalhousie. Amero’s research interests currently lie in Social Philosophy and Ethics, especially Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Welcome, Alexis!
08 August 2023
LaCroix’s paper on autism and pseudoscience accepted to the annual meeting of the Atlantic Regional Philosophers Association, to be held at the University of PEI in October.
30 July 2023
AutPhi website is live!
24 July 2023
Dr LaCroix awarded an insight development grant from the social science and humanities research council
28 May 2023
LaCroix presents Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
20 March 2023
Syllabus showcase for Philosophy on the Spectrum seminar featured on the APA Blog
