PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
The Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences announces an ELSNET-funded
WORKSHOP ON
LEXICAL REPRESENTATION
We welcome theoretical and computational approaches alike.
There is no set topic to the workshop. Suggested issues:
spatio-temporal representations, the relationship between
aspect and other components of lexical meaning, lexically driven
inference in discourse.
Date: 15-17/17-19 May
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February, 1995.
The exact location of the workshop is not fixed yet. We intend to
choose a location in the hilly region of Budapest
that combines the advantages of a large city and those of
country.
For further information contact Agnes Bende-Farkas
(till 15 January: afarkas(a)phys.ubbcluj.ro,
after: bfarkas(a)nytud.hu, fax: +36-1-212-2050).
Kedves erdeklodok es kollegak.
Foldiak Peter az alabi mini kurzust tartja doktorandusainmknak s az
erdeklodoknek
1995. januar 8, hetfon 10tol, a het pentekjeig.
Izabell 46 301es terem.
Peter elerheto lesz az en szobamban, IZU 316, 3 323 130
azon a heten. Addig emailje:
pf2(a)st-andrews.ac.uk
Kerem, az erdekllodok vegyek is fel vele a kapcsollatot.
Udvozlettel
Pleh Csabafoldiak
Eloadassorozat vazlat
Neuralis modellek az erzekelesben
Foldiak Peter
Psychological Laboratory, Universiry of St Andrews, U.K.
A sorozat celja attekintest adni a neuralis modellek alkalmazasarol
az erzekeles agykergi mechanizmusainak modellezeseben. A sorozat elso
resze bevezeti a modellezes celjait es alapveto modszereit. Ezen belul
a neuron-halozatok nehany alapveto tulajdonsaga es fajtaja kerul targyalasra.
A masodik reszben targyalasra kerul ezen modellek alkalmazasa a
latorandszer mukodesenek es plaszticitasanak modellezeseben.
A sorozat nem fog feltetelezni jartassagot specialis matematikai vagy
neurobiologiai targyakban, bar - a hallgatok igenyeitol fuggoen -
elofordulhatnak olyan rovidebb resztemak, amelyeket valamennyi
matematikai jartassag nelkul nehezebb lesz kovetni. Ezen resztemak
kihagyasa nem fogja megzavarni a kesobbi reszek megerteset.
Temakorok:
Modellezes; a mesterseges intelligencia kutatas tanulasgai;
neuron-halozat modellek; a tanulas fajtai; asszociativ memoria;
felugyelt, megerositeses es nem-felugyelt tanulas; a termeszetes
kornyezet specialis tulajdonsagai; a Hebb szabaly; tanulasi szabalyok
linearis halozatokban; fokomponens analizis neuronhalokkal; infomacio
aramlas neuronhalozatokban; kompetitiv tanulas; kategoria tanulas
neuralis reprezentaciok es altalanositas; ritka (sparse) kodolas,
kiterjeszto (expanziv) kodolas es tanulas; anti-Hebb szabaly es
dekorrelacio; gyors tanulas es informaciomennyiseg dekorrelalt
reprezentaciokban; ujdonsag-szures.
Agykergi terkepek es neuralis huzalozas; terkepek fejlodesenek
modellezese; agykergo terkepek es kepszegmentalas; a Hebb es
anti-Hebb szabalyok lehetseges szerepe az agykereg huzalozasaban;
neuralis plaszticitas az agykeregben; vizualis invariancia-mechanizmusok
modellezese; vizualis adaptacio pszichofizikai vizsgalata es neuralis
modellezese; az alakfelismeres nehany alapkerdese; a neuralis kod olvasasa
polulacios vektorok es a neuralis kod olvasasa; a statisztikai
hatekonysag, az idealis megfigyelo es az 'idealis homunculus'
magas szintu vizualis agykergi terletek es az alakfelismeres
modelljei; az erzekeles es a kognitiv folyamatok elmosodott
hatarvonala.
MEGHIVO
Susanne Lymbach
(Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
THE NATURE OF ANIMALS
Animal Welfare vs. Constructivism
cimu
eloadasara.
Az eloadas 1995 december 19, kedden 3 orakor
az MTA Filozofiai Intezeteben
(Budapest, V. Szemere u. 10. III. em.)
kerul megrendezesre.
Minden erdeklodot szeretettel varunk!
A szervezok neveben: Ropolyi Laszlo
ELTE TTK Tarsadalomtudomanyi
Kabinet
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 15:29:02 +0000 (GMT)
From: psy170(a)abdn.ac.uk
Sender: psy170(a)abdn.ac.uk
Reply-To: psy170(a)abdn.ac.uk
Subject: senior lectureship
To: dev-europe(a)durham.ac.uk
Message-ID: <S9512071529.AA03281(a)fs1.abdn.ac.uk>
Dear all,
in Aberdeen we have a senior lectureship vacant and we would
be delighted to have another developmentalist in the department.
The department has a strong commitment to neuropsychology,
reasoning, memory, visual perception and the respective development
in early and late life. However, as our staff member covering the
area of social and emotional development has retired applications
in this field would be also very welcome. Best wishes, Chris L-K
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
SENIOR LECTURESHIP IN PSYCHOLOGY
#27,747 - #31,357 per annum
Preference will be given to candidates whose research and teaching
interests are in developmental psychology or social psychology, but
applicants with a good record of research publication and grant income
in any area which strengthens or complements the current activities of
the Department will be welcome. Informal enquiries can be made to:
John Shepherd, Head of Department, Tel: 01224 272246,
email: j.shepherd(a)aberdeen.ac.uk
Application forms and further particulars are available
from Personnel Services, University of Aberdeen, Regent Walk,
Aberdeen AB9 1FX, telephone (01224) 272727
quoting reference number FPY029A.
A 24-hour answering service is in operation.
Closing Date: 8th January 1996
An Equal Opportunities Employer
Kedves Kollegak,
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SZEMINARIUMI ELOADAS
Az ELTE TTK Tudomanytortenet es Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszeken (1088
Bp., Rakoczi ut 5.)
Michael Stoelzner
Institute Vienna Circle, Becs
Levels of Physical Theories
cimmel tart eloadast.
ELOADASKIVONAAT
The most sublime task of physics is often seen in presenting,
some day, a world formula or a simple Theory of Everything
(T.O.E.) that crowns the top of a pyramid of physical laws. This
view has been propagated by many high energy physicists, particu-
larly by Steven Weinberg. If one examines in how far the candi-
dates for that claim determine the scenario on lower levels,
quite often cases appear, in which more depends on the actual
circumstances (initial conditions or constants of nature) than
can be deduced from the higher, more general theory. I will argue
that laws on lower levels might have been present on higher lev-
els merely as possibilities. Symmetry breakings, which determined
the actual values of constants of nature, could have occured
spontaneously in the course of the evolution of the universe.
Such a view attributes to the physical laws at each particular
level the genuine importance they deserve.
Philosophically it considers the explanation of a given physical
phenomenon as the primary quest in physics. In the cases men-
tioned the deductions performable fail to give a sufficient ex-
planation. The understanding of a physical theory is maximal if
it can be comprehended as part of a hierarchy of physical
theories. I propose not to base the level structure of physics in
a foggy objective reductionism, but to view it as an interplay
between two elements. Firstly, in the mathematical formulation of
physics a natural layering is automatically given. This order es-
tablished between general concepts and specific situations is,
however, only local and does not induce an entire pyramid of
mathematics. But secondly, the levels established that way only
become physical theories if one supplements the specific physicsl
circumstances at the particular level, for instance the results
of unpredictable phase transitions and fundamental constants.
Both elments serve two possible simplicity criteria, axiomatic
and relational (from propositions to phenomena) simplicity.
Idopontja: 1995 december 7., csutortok, 17 ora.
Helye: Rakoczi ut 5., I. em. 105.
Az eloadas idotartama 50-60 perc, amelyet rovid szunet utan kb.
30-60 perc vita kovet. Minden erdeklodot szeretettel varunk.
Udvozlettel, a szervezok: &&Kampis Gyorgy &&(gk(a)hps.elte.hu)
&&Szabo Laszlo &&(leszabo(a)hal9000.elte.hu)
&&Szecsenyi Tibor &&(szecska(a)ludens.elte.hu)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 95 18:33:51 GMT
From: Annette Karmiloff-Smith <annette(a)cdu.ucl.ac.uk>
Sender: Annette Karmiloff-Smith <annette(a)cdu.ucl.ac.uk>
Reply-To: Annette Karmiloff-Smith <annette(a)cdu.ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: Conference announcement forwarded from Peter Carruthers, Sheffield
To: dev-europe(a)durham.ac.uk
Message-ID: <v01530504ace3aa3881bd(a)[128.40.36.20]>
Announcing an interdisciplinary conference on LANGUAGE AND
THOUGHT on the place of natural language in human cognition.
To be held at the University of Sheffield, from 2 pm
Wednesday 26 June 1996 to 2 pm Saturday 29 June 1996.
Sponsored by the HANG SENG CENTRE FOR COGNITIVE STUDIES,
University of Sheffield.
Participants will include:
Jill Boucher (Speech Science, Sheffield), Peter Carruthers
(Philosophy, Sheffield), Andy Clark (Philosophy, St Louis),
Daniel Dennett (Philosophy, Tufts), Susan Goldin-Meadow
(Psychology, Chicago), Juan Carlos Gomez (Psychology, St
Andrews), Stevan Harnad (Psychology, Southampton), Peter
Hobson (Tavistock Centre, London), Christopher Hookway
(Philosophy, Sheffield), Annette Karmiloff-Smith
(Psychology, UCL), Stephen Laurence (Philosophy,
Manchester), Mick Perkins (Speech Science, Sheffield),
Josef Perner (Psychology, Salzburg), Kim Plunkett
(Psychology, Oxford), Gabriel Segal (Philosophy, KCL),
Barry Smith (Philosophy, Birkbeck), Neil Smith
(Linguistics, UCL), Daniel Sperber (CREA, Paris), Ianthi-
Maria Tsimpli (Linguistics, Cambridge), Rosemary Varley
(Speech Science, Sheffield), Yorick Wilks (Computer
Science, Sheffield), Deirdre Wilson (Linguistics, UCL).
There will be opportunities for poster presentations, but
all paper-giving slots are now filled.
A full programme will be available in May 1996.
To be placed on the mailing list write to: Professor Peter
Carruthers, Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies,
Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield,
Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Or e-mail: p.carruthers(a)sheffield.ac.uk
Professor Peter Carruthers
Department of Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
tel.: (+44) (0)114 282 4876
fax.: (+44) (0)114 279 8760