Greetings fellow FISI participant,
The announcement below describes the summer school that I am
organizing to teach how to do cognitive modeling with Soar. I am
trying to distribute this information to as many cognitive scientists
as possible. If there is someone that you know that might be
interested, please forward the message.
Thanks for your time,
Peter
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Peter M. Hastings peter(a)umich.edu
Advanced Technology Lab office: (313)747-0969
University of Michigan fax: (313)763-1260
1101 Beal Avenue http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/peter
Ann Arbor MI, 48109
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Soar Summer School
University of Michigan
June 1-June 6, 1996
Ann Arbor, Michigan
This summer, we will be holding an intensive summer school aimed at teaching
how to do cognitive modeling in Soar. The summer school is most appropriate
for cognitive scientists, including graduate students, faculty, and
researchers who are interested in learning about cognitive modeling in Soar.
There will be six full days of hands-on exercises and lectures. The main
topics covered will include:
the basic operation of Soar
different uses of chunking for learning in Soar
quantitative and qualitative cognitive modeling
details of existing Soar cognitive models
help with defining models for student-specific problems
There will be a registration fee to cover the cost of meals and materials
(tutorials, manuals, and associated readings).
If you are interested in attending, contact Peter Hastings
(peter(a)eecs.umich.edu) by April 1, 1996. We expect to have a total of 15 to
20 attendees.
More information is available via the web at:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/peter/summer-school
Kedves Kollegak es diakok, ket konyvet reklamlozok.
(1) Megjelent a '95 majusi FIKOG konferencia kotgete. 209 pp., 15
cikk.
Ara 300 Ft. Kurgyis Jozsef illetve Czachesz Gyongyi arusitja.
Izabella 46, 311 illetve 315-os szoba.
(2) Megjelent az OSIRISnel Clark Micorcognition konyvenek forditasa
A megismeres epitokovei cimmel. Bolti ara 840 Ft.
Kedvezmenyes ara 580 Ft.
Ezt ugy lehet megkapni, hogy a ket fenti kolleganak befizetitek
jovo het szerdaig (6-a) elore a penzt, s csutortoktol atveheto a
konyv.
Udvozlettel Pleh Csaba
M E G H i V o
Az ELTE Altalanos Pszichologia Tanszeke minden erdeklodot szeretettel meghiv
a hagyomanyos tanszeki
"Keddi Szeminariumok"
koevetkezo eloadasara.
marcius 5. kedd:
Martina WILTSCHKO
(nyelvesz, Becsi Egyetem Nyelveszeti Intezet)
Some issues in Optionality and its implications for the Syntax/Semantics interface
A szeminariumok idopontja es helye ebben a szemeszterben:
keddenkent, 12.00- kb. 13.30- ig
VI. ker Izabella u. 46, IV. em. 403-as terem.
* * *
I N V I T A T I O N
The Dept. of General Psychology kindly invites you to the
next lecture of our regular speaker series, the
Tuesday Seminars.
Tuesday, 5 March at 12.00 a.m.
Martina WILTSCHKO
(linguist, Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Vienna)
Some issues in Optionality and its implications for the Syntax/Semantics interface
in room 403 at VI. Izabella u. 46.
All welcome!
From: "A. Charles Catania" <catania(a)umbc.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 08:22:16 -0500 (EST)
The 1996 Annual Meeting of the Language Origins Society
The 12th LOS meeting will be held at UMBC (University Maryland Baltimore
County) from July 11 through July 15, 1996. The five day program will include
papers on all aspects of the origins and evolution of spoken, written, and
signed languages. What we know about evolutionary, developmental, social, and
linguistic processes places severe constraints upon plausible scenarios for
the origins and evolution of language, and papers explicitly concerned with
defining these constraints are especially welcome. As in past meetings, and
consistent with the multidisciplinary character of the LOS, the participation
of scholars from a broad range of disciplines is anticipated.
A keynote lecture in honor of the late Jan Wind, founder of the LOS, will be
presented by Stevan Harnad, editor of the journal, BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN
SCIENCES, and co-editor, with Steklis and Lancaster, of the seminal volume,
"Origins and evolution of language and speech" (ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES, No. 280, 1976). Robert R. Provine of the UMBC Department of
Psychology will speak on laughter as an approach to the mechanisms and
evolution of vocal production, perception and social behavior, following upon
work presented in AMERICAN SCIENTIST (1996, Vol. 84, 38-45).
Those who wish to present papers should submit abstracts (300 word maximum)
not later than April 15, 1996. Abstracts are preferred in electronic form
(3.5 diskettes; please include both an ASCII version and a version in a
standard word-processing format, such as WordPerfect). Files sent by
electronic mail are also acceptable, provided that the text does not include
non-ASCII characters (such as phonetic symbols). Membership in the LOS is not
a prerequisite for submission of papers. Papers should be submitted to:
A. Charles Catania
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 USA
Email: CATANIA(a)UMBC.EDU
Fax : (1)(410) 455-1055
Phone: (1)(410) 455-2426 or -2973
The standard registration fee for the 1996 LOS Conference will be US$50.00.
(US$30.00 for students). This fee will include the entire academic program as
well as a Welcome Reception on Thursday evening and a special LOS Dinner on
Sunday evening.
Arrangements have been made for campus lodging and meals. Single or double
rooms will be available at approximately US$20.00 per night. These are
dormitory rooms with a shared (between two rooms) bath. Conditional upon
room availability, arrangements can be made for arrival before July 10 and
departure after July 15. The campus meal plan will be available for
approximately US$18.00 per day (three meals). Optional off-campus (hotel)
housing and meals will also be available for meeting attendees.
The UMBC campus is conveniently located ten minutes from downtown Baltimore's
famous Inner Harbor, seven miles from the Baltimore-Washington International
Airport (BWI) and 35 miles from Washington, DC. The taxi ride from BWI to
UMBC is US$10-15. If it is necessary to arrive at Washington National or
Dulles Airports in Washington, DC, the best way to travel to UMBC is by train.
Take the Washington Flier from the airport to the Washington Amtrak station
(US$8 from National; US$16 from Dulles.) This train runs every 30 minutes
from 5:20 am until 10:20 pm. From the Amtrak Station the Marc Train to BWI
Airport leaves every half hour until 10 pm (cost US$4.50). From BWI, the UMBC
campus is a short taxi ride away.
Additional, detailed information and registration materials will be available
soon. To receive this information, please contact:
Brian Bartholomay
UMBC Continuing Education
Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 USA
Email: BARTHOLO(a)UMBC.EDU
Phone: (1)(410) 455-2336
Fax: (1)(410) 455-1074
--
A. Charles Catania Phone: 1-410-455-2973 or -2426
Department of Psychology Dept: 1-410-455-2567
University of Maryland Baltimore County Fax: 1-410-455-1055
Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 USA Email: CATANIA(a)UMBC.EDU
M E G H I V O
A Magyar Filozofiai Tarsasag Tudomanyfilozofiai Szakosztalya
meghivja Ont es munkatarsait
FOKASZ NIKOSZ
(ELTE Szociologiai Intezet)
KAOSZELMELET ES A TARSADALOMTUDMANYOK
cimu eloadasara. Az eloadas helye es ideje:
Muegyetem K. (kozponti) epulet I. em. 66.
(Oktatoi Klub)
1996. II. 29., csutortok, 18:00
Kerjuk, a tisztelt kollegakat, hogy a fenti hirdetmenyt tegyek ki a
tanszeki / intezeti hirdetotablara!
Udvozlettel
Forrai Gabor
Margitay Tihamer
M E G H I V O
Az ELTE Altalanos Pszichologia Tanszeke minden erdeklodot szeretettel
meghiv a hagyomanyos tanszeki "Keddi Szeminariumok" kovetkezo
eloadasara.
februar 27. kedd:
FEKETE GABOR (University of Toronto)
A tudat mifele miszteriuma?
A szeminariumok idopontja es helye ebben a szemeszterben:
keddenkent, 12.00- kb. 13.30- ig
VI. ker Izabella u. 46, IV. em. 403-as terem.
A tovabbi alkalmakrol hamarosan ujabb meghivot kuldunk.
A tanszek neveben:
Gyori Miklos
gyori(a)izabell.elte.hu
Kampis Gyorgy cikkolvaso szeminariumanak uj idopontot keresunk.
Javaslatok: H 12-13:30 vagy K 12-13:30 vagy Sz 11-13:30 kozott valamikor,
ill. P 13-14:30 vagy 17-18:30.
Dontes egyszeru szotobbseggel, kerem az erintetteket jelezzek a nekik
alkalmas idpontokat emailben (akivel szoban is tudok erintkezni, annak mar
szoltam ill uzentem, vagy fogok, stb.).
Koesz, udv kgy
Below is the abstract of a forthcoming target article on:
REAL SELF-DECEPTION
by Alfred R. Mele
This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain
Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing
Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in
the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences.
Commentators must be current BBS Associates or nominated by a current
BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator for this article, to
suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to
become a BBS Associate, please send email to:
bbs(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk or write to:
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Department of Psychology
University of Southampton
Highfield, Southampton
SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM
http://cogsci.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/bbs.html
gopher://gopher.princeton.edu:70/11/.libraries/.pujournals
ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS
To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, please give
some indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring
your areas of expertise to bear if you were selected as a commentator.
An electronic draft of the full text is available for inspection by
anonymous ftp (or gopher or world-wide-web) according to the
instructions that follow after the abstract.
____________________________________________________________________
REAL SELF-DECEPTION
Alfred R. Mele
Department of Philosophy,
Davidson College,
Davidson, NC 28036
almele(a)davidson.edu
KEYWORDS: belief; bias; contradictory beliefs; intention;
motivation; self-deception; wishful thinking
ABSTRACT: Self-deception poses tantalizing conceptual
conundrums and provides fertile ground for empirical research.
Recent interdisciplinary volumes on the topic feature essays by
biologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, and psychologists
(Lockard & Paulhus 1988, Martin 1985). Self-deception's
location at the intersection of these disciplines is explained
by its significance for questions of abiding interdisciplinary
interest. To what extent is our mental life present--or even
accessible--to consciousness? How rational are we? How is
motivated irrationality to be explained? To what extent are
our beliefs subject to our control? What are the determinants
of belief, and how does motivation bear upon belief? In what
measure are widely shared psychological propensities products
of evolution?
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To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for
this article, an electronic draft is retrievable by anonymous ftp from
ftp.princeton.edu according to the instructions below (the filename is
bbs.mele). Please do not prepare a commentary on this draft.
Just let us know, after having inspected it, what relevant expertise
you feel you would bring to bear on what aspect of the article.
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These files are also on the World Wide Web and the easiest way to
retrieve them is with Netscape, Mosaic, gopher, archie, veronica, etc.
Here are some of the URLs you can use to get to the BBS Archive:
http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs.htmlhttp://cogsci.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/bbs.html
gopher://gopher.princeton.edu:70/11/.libraries/.pujournals
ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/bbs.mele
ftp://cogsci.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pub/harnad/BBS/bbs.mele
To retrieve a file by ftp from an Internet site, type either:
ftp ftp.princeton.edu
or
ftp 128.112.128.1
When you are asked for your login, type:
anonymous
Enter password as queried (your password is your actual userid:
yourlogin(a)yourhost.whatever.whatever - be sure to include the "@")
cd /pub/harnad/BBS
To show the available files, type:
ls
Next, retrieve the file you want with (for example):
get bbs.mele
When you have the file(s) you want, type:
quit
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Where the above procedure is not available there are two fileservers:
ftpmail(a)decwrl.dec.com
and
bitftp(a)pucc.bitnet
that will do the transfer for you. To one or the
other of them, send the following one line message:
help
for instructions (which will be similar to the above, but will be in
the form of a series of lines in an email message that ftpmail or
bitftp will then execute for you).
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