******** CALL FOR PAPERS ***********
Kedves Koglist Olvasok!
A Magyar Megismerestudomanyi Tarsasag (MAKOG) es az ELTE Altalanos
Pszichologia tanszeke ezennel megalakitja a
FIKOG (Fiatal Kognitivistak) fiokszervezetet.
A fiokszervezet elso rendezvenye 1995 majus 12-an, penteken (9.00-
6.00) es 13-an, szombaton (9.00-13.00) lesz; konferenciat szervezuenk
magyar nyelven a megismerestudomanyok irant erdeklodo pszichologus,
nyelvesz, biologus (etologus), matematikus doktorandus hallgatok
szamara.
A konferencia helye az ELTE Szerb utcai oktatoi klubja.
Kerjuk, hogy az erdeklodok reszveteli szandekukat minel
elobb jelezzek a koevetkezo e-mail cimen:
bocz(a)btk.jpte.hu.
Az eloadasokat kb. 30 percre tervezzuek; ezeket 15 perc vita koeveti.
A konferencian olyan provokativ kerdezok lesznek majd jelen, mint
Pleh Csaba, Kalman Laszlo es remeljuek, hogy meg masok is. (A senior
resztvevok jelentkezeset nagyon varjuk)
Az eloadasok anyagat kiadvanyban jelentetjuek meg; erre az anyagi
eszkoezoek rendelkezesre allnak.
Kerjuek, hogy aki eloadast kivan tartani, az kueljdoen magyar
nyelvu absztraktot (max.: 1 oldal) 1995 marcius 15-ig Bocz Andrasnak
a fenti e-mail cimre.
Az eloadok majus 12-re az eloadas nyomdakesz szoeveget adjak le
floppyn (lehetoleg WordPerfect 5.1. vagy 6.0 formatumban) es papiron
egyarant a szervezoknek. A kiadvany terveink szerint nyaron jelenik
meg, ezert keruenk minden eloadot, hogy feltetlenuel adja le idoben a
kesz anyagot - ellenkezo esetben nem tudjuk biztositani dolgozata
megjeleneset.
Vegezetuel kerjuek, hogy terjesszetek ezt a felhivast olyanoknak,
akik esetleg nem olvassak a Koglist-et - senioroknak es junioroknak
egyarant.
Remeljuek, hogy ez lesz az elso, de nem az utolso programja
a MAKOG FIKOG-fiokainak,
:>
Bocz Andras bocz(a)btk.jpte.hu
Vinkler Zsuzsanna vinkler(a)izabell.elte.hu
Kedves Kollegak es erdeklodok,
Alberto Zanardo professzor ket eloadast tart marcius harmadik heteben,
a mellekelt ket bejelentes szerint.
Az elsot rogton korrigalnom is kellett, mert a TeX eredetit kuldtem el,
elnezest erte.
Mindenkit szeretettel varunk.
Udv Kampis Gyorgy
SZEMINARIUM
Az ELTE TTK Tudomanytortenet es Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszeken (1088 Bp.,
Rakoczi ut 5.), a
"Tudomanyfilozofiai Teazo"
kereteben
Alberto Zanardo
(Matematikai Tanszek,
Paduai Egyetem, Olaszorszag)
"BRANCHING-TIME SEMANTICS FOR TEMPORAL LOGICS"
cimu eloadasara kerul sor.
ELOADASKIVONAT
The basic idea underlying branching-time logic is that, in general,
every moment in time has only one past, but many possible futures.
This leads to pictureing time as a tree or as a set of linear orders
(possible histories, possible courses of affairs) which bear
some connection to each other.
In the logic of linear time, the Prior operators P (it was the case
that) and F (it will be the case that) are generally interpreted in a
standard Kripke fashion. In a branching-time context, instead, these
operators can be interpreted in various different ways and it is
often meaningful to consider other temporal or modal operators and to
combine them with the Priorean ones. Moreover, if the interpretation
of these operators is meant to support a branching-time semantics for
propositional temporal languages, there are different options
also for the evaluation of propositional variables.
For this reason, there are various branching-time semantics
for temporal languages. In the talk, these semantics will be discussed
and compared both from the point of view of model theory and from
the point of view of their adequacy to specify the meaning of
tensed expressions in natural languages.
Az eloadas idotartama 50-60 perc, amelyet rovid szunet
utan kb. 30-60 perc vita kovet.
Idopontja: 1995 marcius 23., csutortok, 17 ora.
Helye: Rakoczi ut 5., I. em. 105.
Udvozlettel,
a szervezok: Kampis Gyorgy (kampis(a)ludens.elte.hu)
Szabo Laszlo (leszabo(a)ludens.elte.hu)
Szecsenyi Tibor (szecska(a)ludens.elte.hu)
RENDKIVULI SZEMINARIUM
Az ELTE TTK Tudomanytortenet es Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszeken (1088 Bp.,
Rakoczi ut 5.)
Alberto Zanardo
(Matematikai Tanszek,
Paduai Egyetem, Olaszorszag)
"RESULTS AND OPEN PROBLEMS IN THE LOGIC OF BRANCHING-TIME"
cimmel tart eloadast.
ELOADASKIVONAT
The mathematical logic for the semantics presented in the previous
talk will be considered. Axiomatizability, decidability, and definability
results, as well as some open problems, will be presented and discussed.
References
J. Burgess, 'Logic and Time',
J. of Symbolic Logic 44, 1979, pp.556-582 (section 3).
R. Thomason, 'Combinations of tense and modality',
in D. Gabbay and F. Guenthner (eds.),
The Handbook of Philosophical Logic, vol.2, D. Reidel,
Dordrecht (1984), pp.135-165.
A. Zanardo, 'Branching-time logic with quantification over branches -
The point of view of modal logic', Preprint Dipartimento di
Matematica P. ed A. Universita' di Padova 25, 1994
(to appear in the J. of Symbolic Logic).
Az eloadas idotartama 50-60 perc, amelyet rovid szunet
utan kb. 30-60 perc vita kovet.
Idopontja: 1995 marcius 24., pentek, 16 ora.
Helye: Rakoczi ut 5., I. em. 105.
Minden erdeklodot szeretettel varunk.
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The basic idea underlying branching-time logic is that, in general,
every moment in time has only one past, but many possible futures.
This leads to pictureing time as a tree or as a set of linear orders
(possible histories, possible courses of affairs) which bear
some connection to each other.
In the logic of linear time, the Prior operators P (it was the case
that) and F (it will be the case that) are generally interpreted in a
standard Kripke fashion. In a branching-time context, instead, these
operators can be interpreted in various different ways and it is
often meaningful to consider other temporal or modal operators and to
combine them with the Priorean ones. Moreover, if the interpretation
of these operators is meant to support a branching-time semantics for
propositional temporal languages, there are different options
also for the evaluation of propositional variables.
For this reason, there are various branching-time semantics
for temporal languages. In the talk, these semantics will be discussed
and compared both from the point of view of model theory and from
the point of view of their adequacy to specify the meaning of
tensed expressions in natural languages.
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Az el\H oad\'as id\H otartama 50-60 perc, amelyet r\"ovid sz\"unet
ut\'an kb. 30-60 perc vita k\"ovet.
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Id\H opontja: {\bf 1995 m\'arcius 23., cs\"ut\"ort\"ok, 17 \'ora}. Helye: R\'ak\'oczi \'ut 5., {\bf I. em. 105.}
\vskip 5 pt
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\"Udv\"ozlettel,
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Hey folks,
Van ket olyan uj konyv a piacon amelyeknel kulon-kulon csak a masik
kognitivabb.
(1) Speaking Minds (Interviews with Twenty Eminent Cognitive Scientists)
Ed. by Peter Baumgartner and Sabine Payr
Princeton Univ. Press (1995).............<= $29.99
(2) Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies (Computer models of the fundamental
mechanisms of thought)
DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER
Basic Books (1995).......................<= $29.95
Udv. Nadasdy Zoli
(p.s: Szinte hallom a nagyfiuk szkeptikus hummogeset.)
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of language, language comprehension or production, syntactic
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S7N 5A5. The deadline for applications is March 31,1995 but
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The target article by L. Caporael on Sociality whose abstract follows
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psycoloquy.95.6.01.group-selection.1.caporael Monday 20 February 1995
ISSN 1055-0143 (51 pars, 1 table, 1 note, 44 refs, 999 lines)
Psycoloquy is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA)
Copyright 1995 Linnda R. Caporael
SOCIALITY: COORDINATING BODIES, MINDS AND GROUPS
Linnda R. Caporael
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180
caporl(a)rpi.edu
ABSTRACT: Human interaction, as opposed to aggregation, occurs in
face-to-face groups. "Sociality theory" proposes that such groups
have a nested, hierarchical structure, consisting of a few basic
variations, or "core configurations." These function in the
coordination of human behavior, and are repeatedly assembled,
generation to generation, in human ontogeny, and in daily life. If
face-to-face groups are "the mind's natural environment," then we
should expect human mental systems to correlate with core
configurations. Features of groups that recur across generations
could provide a descriptive paradigm for testable and non-intuitive
evolutionary hypotheses about social and cognitive processes. This
target article sketches three major topics in sociality theory,
roughly corresponding to the interests of biologists,
psychologists, and social scientists. These are (1) a multiple
levels-of-selection view of Darwinism, part group selectionism,
part developmental systems theory; (2) structural and psychological
features of repeatedly assembled, concretely situated face-to-face
coordination; and (3) superordinate, "unsituated" coordination at
the level of large-scale societies. Sociality theory predicts a
tension, perhaps unresolvable, between the social construction of
knowledge, which facilitates coordination within groups, and the
negotiation of the habitat, which requires some correspondence with
contingencies in specific situations. This tension is relevant to
ongoing debates about scientific realism, constructivism, and
relativism in the philosophy and sociology of knowledge.
KEYWORDS: developmental systems theory, group coordination, group
selection, hierarchy, human evolution, social cognition, social
identity, teleofunctionalism
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The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition is holding its first
biannual conference this July (15-17) at UBC in Vancouver. The Society now has
over 200 members and was heavily involved in last summer's Practical Aspect of
Memory conference held at the Univ of Maryland. This year's meeting will have
three "streams" or concurrent talks. One will focus on Psychology & Law
(Eyewitness memory etc), another on Autobiographical Memory, and the third will
be comprised of papers submitted in response to the Call for Papers. Keynote
speakers will include Steve Ceci (Psych & Law) and David Rubin
(Autobiographical mem). If you are interested in presenting a paper on any
aspect of applied cognition and memory,please e-mail David Burrows
(dburrows(a)skidmore.edu) for the apropriate materials. We have a strong group
of speakers on each of the two focus themes and wish to encourage all of you to
attend. And, Vancouver is a rather pleasant place to visit in July. Don Read,
Univ of Lethbridge (Read(a)hg.uleth.ca).
