koglist June 2000

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by Kampis Gyorgy

CALL FOR PAPERS 1ST SIGDIAL WORKSHOP ON DISCOURSE AND DIALOGUE Including Theme Session On Principles For Dialogue System Evaluation October 7,8, 2000 Hong Kong In conjunction with ACL-2000: The 38th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics www.pitt.edu/~dialcal/ACL2Ksymp.html Description: There has been a perceived need in the SigDIAL Community for a regular workshop spanning the SigDIAL interest area of discourse and dialogue. While there has been a lot of activity in this area, and fairly frequent "specialty" workshops on various sub-topics, there has not been a regular place for such research to be presented in a forum to receive attention from the larger SigDIAL community. This workshop is intended to be the first in a regular series. A general session, open to the range of work in the area is to be combined with a Specialty "Theme Session", in this case on Principles for Dialogue System Evaluation. TOPICS OF INTEREST FOR THE GENERAL SESSION We welcome formal, corpus-based, implementational and analytical work on discourse and dialogue, with a focus on the following three themes: (i) Dialogue Systems Spoken, multi-modal, and text/web based dialogue systems including topics such as: - dialogue management models - task complexity and interfaces for less common and less expected tasks - repair, clarification and correction types - grounding and feedback strategies - user and user group modeling - mixed initiative and user-adaptive dialogue - re-usable components for different systems - generic architectures and common toolkits for building dialogue systems - speech, text and graphics integration (ii) Corpora and Corpus Tools Support for corpus-based work on discourse and dialogue, in particular - issues in discourse and dialogue annotation - tools and resources for discourse and dialogue studies - XML-based tools for dialogue access to internet information (iii) Pragmatic and/or Semantic Modeling a. The pragmatics and/or semantics of discourse and dialogue (i.e., beyond a single sentence) including the following issues: - ellipsis and anaphora - dependent reference - presupposition and accommodation - genres of discourse and dialogue - politeness b. Specific aspects of discourse and dialogue structure, in particular - dialogue acts - rhetorical structure - prosody and discourse - temporal structure - topic-comment structure in discourse and dialogue - focus and the distribution of discourse referents - discourse structure and conversational implicatures TOPICS OF INTEREST FOR THE THEME SESSION ON PRINCIPLES FOR EVALUATION OF DIALOGUE SYSTEMS As a special-theme session, we wish to discuss methods for evaluation which promote fruitful research directions. Contributions in this respect are solicited on topics including but not limited to: - evaluation of task-oriented dialogue systems vs. self-oriented (amusement-oriented) dialogue systems - how to evaluate the efficiency and/or comfort of dialogues - objective, quantitative, synthetic evaluation vs. subjective, qualitative, analytic evaluation - relation of evaluation of dialogue systems with evaluation of other parts of NLP - common tools and infrastructures for evaluation - how to assess/implement diversity of dialogues in evaluation The last topic may need further description: A generally important issue in evaluation of allegedly intelligent artifacts is how to manipulate the diversity under the present state of the art. The diversity of dialogues encompasses the vocabulary, syntactic constructions, discourse structures, and so forth. A major source of the diversity here is the gap between linguistic expressions and the description of the world to talk about. Diverse dialogues in fact arise in tasks, such as the Map Task, involving pattern recognition. However, the visual pattern recognition in the Map Task makes it utterly impossible to computationally implement with the current technologies. SUBMISSIONS To stimulate discussions, both the general and theme session will feature both full paper presentations and short position/discussion papers. Please indicate the submission format, as described below. All papers should be sent electronically to dialcal(a)pitt.edu with subject line SigDIAL workshop submission. Papers should be received by July 10th to insure full consideration. FULL PAPER SUBMISSIONS are limited to original, unpublished work in the areas of interest. Extended abstracts of papers may not exceed 3200 words (exclusive of title page, example pages, and references). In addition to the regular text, 2 additional pages are allowed (as an appendix) which may include examples of extended discourse, graphical representation of discourse structure, or other supporting material. The style files for submission are the same as the ones for ACL regular papers, which can be downloaded from http://www.cs.ust.hk/acl2000/Latex/index.html (for latex) http://www.cs.ust.hk/acl2000/work/ACL2000_submission.doc (for MS Word) The title page should include the following information: Title: Authors' names, affiliations, and email addresses: Keywords: Up to 5 keywords specifying subject area (preferably from lists above) Which Session: General or Theme Word Count, excluding title page and references: Under Consideration for other Conferences (specify): Abstract: short summary (up to 5 lines) SHORT PAPER SUBMISSIONS Short papers should be in the same format as long papers, but no more than 2000 words (with similar final length). As well as original work in progress, short papers may also involve positions on the topics above, comparative analysis of other approaches, or new relevant topics for discussion. IMPORTANT DATES Submissions July 10th Notification August 10th Final Submissions September 1st Workshop October 7-8th PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Laila Dybkjaer (co-chair), Koiti Hasisa (co-chair), David Traum (co-chair), Morena Danielli, Yasuharu Den, Barbara Di Eugenio, Kristiina Jokinen, Pamela Jordan, Ian Lewin, Daniel Marcu, Katashi Nagao, Akira Shimazu, Michael Strube, Jan van Kuppevelt, Marilyn Walker (and others). Contact Information: Questions about submission: Pamela Jordan <dialcal(a)pitt.edu> Questions about General Session: Laila Dybkjaer <laila(a)nis.sdu.dk> Questions about Theme Session: Koiti Hasida <hasida(a)etl.go.jp> Miscellaneous and Logistical Questions: David Traum <traum(a)cs.umd.edu>

25 years, 10 months

"TOWARDS ELECTRONIC JOURNALS": PSYC Call for Book Reviewers

by Stevan Harnad

PSYCOLOQUY CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS: Tenopir/King: Towards Electronic Journals Below is the Abstract of "Towards Electronic Journals" by Carol Tenopir and Donald W. King. This book has been selected for multiple review in Psycoloquy, a refereed journal of Open Peer Commentary in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. If you wish to submit a formal book review please write to psyc(a)pucc.princeton.edu indicating what expertise you would bring to bear on reviewing the book if you were selected to review it. (If you have never reviewed for PSYCOLOQUY or Behavioral & Brain Sciences before, it would be helpful if you could also append a copy of your CV to your inquiry.) If you are selected as one of the reviewers and do not have a copy of the book, you will be sent a copy of the book directly by the publisher (please let us know if you have a copy already). Reviews may also be submitted without invitation, but all reviews will be refereed. The author will reply to all accepted reviews. FULL PSYCOLOQUY BOOK REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS AT: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/psyc.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psycoloquy/ FULL ARTICLE-LENGTH PRECIS OF THE BOOK IS RETRIEVABLE FROM: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc-bin/newpsy?11.084 Note: Psycoloquy reviews are of the BOOK not the Precis. Review Length should be about 200 lines [c. 1800 words], with a short abstract (about 50 words), an indexable title, and reviewer's full name and institutional address, email and Home Page URL. All references that are electronically accessible should also have URLs. AUTHORS' RATIONALE FOR SOLICITING MULTIPLE REVIEW: We would like scientists as authors, readers, editors, referees and observers of the coming electronic age to review the book through their personal experiences and knowledge, which they think confirm, reinforce, or refute our observations. We would also appreciate comments on our interpretation of results. We look at the book as a stepping-stone in our further study of electronic journals. Input from scientists is particularly desired for our future study. psycoloquy.00.11.084.electronic-journals.1.tenopir Sun Jun 18 2000 ISSN 1055-0143 (53 paragraphs, 7 references, 954 lines) PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA) Copyright 2000 Carol Tenopir & Donald W. King TOWARDS ELECTRONIC JOURNALS: REALITIES FOR SCIENTISTS, LIBRARIANS, AND PUBLISHERS [Special Libraries Association 2000, xxii + 488pp ISBN 0-87111-507-7] Precis of Tenopir on Electronic-Journals Carol Tenopir School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee 804 Volunteer Boulevard Knoxville, TN 37919 tenopir(a)utk.edu http://web.utk.edu/~tenopir/tenopir.html Donald W. King 4915 Gullane Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48103 dwking(a)umich.edu ABSTRACT: This precis of "Towards Electronic Journals" (Tenopir & King 2000) focuses mostly on scientists' perspective as authors and readers, how changes over the years by publishers and librarians have affected scientists, and what they should expect from electronic journal and digital journal article databases. We describe some myths concerning scholarly journals and attempt to assess the future in a realistic manner. Most of our primary data involves U.S. scientists, libraries and publishers, but much of the secondary data is from a European perspective, which shows few differences. KEYWORDS: copyright, citation impact, digital library, electronic archives, electronic publishing, electronic journals, peer review, publication costs, research funding OVERVIEW OF CONTENTS: "Towards Electronic Journals" (Tenopir & King 2000) is addressed to four audiences: scientists as authors and readers; journal publishers; librarians and other intermediaries; and organizational funders of scientists and libraries. An attempt was made: (1) to describe the communication practices of scientists, librarians, and publishers; (2) to establish their goals, motives, and incentives for the way in which they do things; and (3) to determine the cost and other economic aspects of their involvement. In particular, we felt it important for each journal system participant to gain a better understanding and appreciation of the contributions made by all participants and to enable them to make more informed decisions about electronic journals in the future. To achieve these objectives we partitioned the book into five parts, in addition to an introduction. A background part provides a summary of the quantitative results, a brief history of scientific scholarly journals including early electronic publishing, a framework for describing scholarly journals as a system embedded in larger communication and science systems, and a description of our data collection methods. Data include results from 13,591 readership survey responses from scientists (1977 to 1998); more than 100 cost studies of library services, publishing, and scientists' authorship and information seeking; a study of the characteristics of a sample of 715 scholarly journals tracked from 1960 to 1995; and review of more than 800 relevant publications. The next three parts address the principal participants: (1) scientists, including their general communication activities and journal authorship, readership and information-seeking patterns; (2) libraries, including general library use and journal-related services use and economics; and (3) publishers, including journal publishing costs, pricing, and financial considerations. The last part covers electronic publishing details and aspects appropriate to each of the journal system participants. Tenopir, Carol, and Donald W. King (2000) Towards Electronic Journals: Realities for Scientists, Librarians, and Publishers. Washington, D.C.: Special Libraries Association. http://www.sla.org FULL PRECIS IS RETRIEVABLE FROM: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc-bin/newpsy?11.084 FULL PSYCOLOQUY BOOK REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS AT: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/psyc.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psycoloquy/

25 years, 10 months

BRAIN, INTELLIGENCE, MYOPIA: PSYC Call for Multiple Review

by Stevan Harnad

PSYCOLOQUY CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS Below is the Abstract of the Precis of "Brain Size, Intelligence and Myopia" by Miles David Storfer (970 lines). This monograph has been selected for multiple review in Psycoloquy. THE FULL TEXT OF THE PRECIS IS AT: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc-bin/newpsy?11.083 THE FULL TEXT OF THE MONOGRAPH FOR REVIEW IS DOWNLOADABLE FROM: http://www.gbhap-us.com/IJN (US) http://www.gbhap.com/IJN (elsewhere) If you wish to submit a formal review of this monograph, please write to psyc(a)pucc.princeton.edu indicating what expertise you would bring to bear on reviewing the book. (If you have never reviewed for PSYCOLOQUY or Behavioral & Brain Sciences before, it would be helpful if you could also append a copy of your CV to your inquiry.) Reviews can also be submitted without invitation, but all reviews will be refereed. The author will reply to all accepted reviews. FULL PSYCOLOQUY BOOK REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS AT: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/psyc.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psycoloquy/ Please note that Psycoloquy reviews are of the full monograph, not the Precis. Review length should be about 200 lines [c. 1800 words], with a short abstract (about 50 words), an indexable title, and reviewer's full name and institutional address, email and Home Page URL. All references that are electronically accessible should also have URLs. AUTHOR'S RATIONALE FOR SOLICITING MULTIPLE BOOK REVIEW Reviews of Storfer (1999), "Brain Size, Intelligence and Myopia," are invited on questions such as the following: (1) To what extent is the human brain growing intergenerationally, and why does the growth seem so specific to areas most heavily stressed by recent ancestral experience? (2) How does this brain growth relate to the gradual, substantial long-term rise in IQ scores? (3) How can the prevalence of myopia have risen so rapidly, yet continued to generate epidemiological data consistent with myopia as primarily an inherited condition? (4) Given the close correspondence between myopia and high IQ, and findings that relate neocortical size and IQ, does this imply a causal link between the secular increase in brain size and the upsurge in myopia? (5) Do recent post-mortem findings of a left-right asymmetry in a speech-analysis area of the neocortex of primates heavily exposed to (gestural + vocal) human speech, in contrast to the near-symmetry reported in much earlier studies, suggest a rapid, adaptive (intergenerational) biological response? The full text can be viewed and downloaded at no cost through the publisher's (Gordon and Breach) website: In the US: http://www.gbhap.com/IJN {note: the letters IJN must be capitalized}. Outside the US: http://www.gbhap-us.com/IJN may be required. psycoloquy.00.11.083.brain-intelligence.1.storfer Sun Jun 18 2000 ISSN 1055-0143 (54 paragraphs, 17 references, 6 notes, 884 lines) PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA) Copyright 2000 Miles David Storfer BRAIN SIZE, INTELLIGENCE AND MYOPIA [International Journal of Neuroscience (1999), 98(3-4): 153-276] Precis of Storfer on Brain-Intelligence Miles David Storfer The Foundation for Brain Research 46 Brittany A Drive Delray Beach FL 33446 USA brainfoundation(a)aol.com ABSTRACT: During the past century, a substantial increase has occurred in the size of the human brain, especially in 'association' areas of the neocortex heavily used to cope with a complex language-driven society. It is proposed that this neocortical expansion has made possible the large, gradual increase in IQ that has occurred across the developed world, and been responsible for the dramatic upsurge in the prevalence and severity of near-sightedness (myopia) usually found after societies urbanize. The impetus for these changes begins during prenatal development. Findings from studies of mammals reared in captivity suggest that there is a mechanism for adaptive epigenetic inheritance, one capable of modifying the timing and/or extent of gene expression prenatally, without altering the DNA sequences that comprise protein-coding and other structural genes. Mechanisms that appear capable of transporting such adaptive changes across the so-called 'germ-line barrier' -- without violating the basic precepts of Darwin's theory -- are proposed. The social and evolutionary ramifications of our apparent proclivity for rapid, progressive, adaptive neocortical change are discussed, as well as some ways of testing aspects of this theory are proposed. KEYWORDS: allergy, brain size, development, evolution, gene expression regulation, genomic imprinting, gifted, intelligence, myopia, neocortex. TEXT OF THE PRECIS IS AT: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc-bin/newpsy?11.083 THE FULL TEXT OF THE MONOGRAPH FOR REVIEW IS DOWNLOADABLE FROM: http://www.gbhap-us.com/IJN (US) http://www.gbhap.com/IJN (elsewhere) PSYCOLOQUY BOOK REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS AT: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/psyc.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psycoloquy/

25 years, 10 months

Language-Origins: PSYC Call for Multiple Book Reviewers

by Stevan Harnad

PSYCOLOQUY CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS of: "The Origins of Complex Language" by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy (OUP 1999) Below is the abstract of the Precis of "The Origins of Complex Language" by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy (740 lines). This book has been selected for multiple review in Psycoloquy. If you wish to submit a formal book review please write to psyc(a)pucc.princeton.edu indicating what expertise you would bring to bear on reviewing the book if you were selected to review it. Full Precis: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc-bin/newpsy?11.082 (If you have never reviewed for PSYCOLOQUY or Behavioral & Brain Sciences before, it would be helpful if you could also append a copy of your CV to your inquiry.) If you are selected as one of the reviewers and do not have a copy of the book, you will be sent a copy of the book directly by the publisher (please let us know if you have a copy already). Reviews may also be submitted without invitation, but all reviews will be refereed. The author will reply to all accepted reviews. FULL PSYCOLOQUY BOOK REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS AT: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/psyc.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psycoloquy/ Psycoloquy reviews are of the book, not the Precis. Length should be about 200 lines [c. 1800 words], with a short abstract (about 50 words), an indexable title, and reviewer's full name and institutional address, email and Home Page URL. All references that are electronically accessible should also have URLs. AUTHOR'S RATIONALE FOR SOLICITING MULTIPLE BOOK REVIEW Most recent investigators assume that the brain has always been the most important part of human anatomy for the evolution of language, and do not seriously examine other conceivable directions in which grammatical evolution might have proceeded. In "The Origins of Complex Language," it is suggested that certain central features of language-as-it-is, notably the distinction between sentences and noun phrases, are by no means inevitable outcomes of linguistic or cognitive evolution, so that where they come from constitutes a genuine puzzle. The solution that is proposed is that grammar-as-it-is was, in fundamental respects, exapted from, or tinkered out of, the neural mechanisms that arose for the control of syllabically organized vocalization, made possible by (among other things) the descent of the larynx. This proposal turns upside down mainstream views about the relationship between language development and vocal tract development, and also challenges the logical and epistemological basis of notions closely tied to the distinction between sentences and noun phrases, such as 'reference', 'predication' and 'assertion'. It should therefore be of interest to anthropologists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, linguists and philosophers of language. psycoloquy.00.11.082.language-origins.1.carstairs-mccarthy Wed May 24 2000 ISSN 1055-0143 (44 paragraphs, 27 references, 85 lines) PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA) Copyright 2000 Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy THE ORIGINS OF COMPLEX LANGUAGE [Oxford University Press 1999, ISBN 0-19-823822-3, 0-19-823821-5] Precis of Carstairs-McCarthy on Complex Language Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy University of Canterbury Department of Linguistics Private Bag 4800 Christchurch New Zealand a.c-mcc(a)ling.canterbury.ac.nz ABSTRACT: Some puzzling characteristics of grammar, such as the sentence/NP distinction and the organization of inflection classes, may provide clues about its prehistory. When bipedalism led to changes in the vocal tract that favoured syllabically organized vocalization, this made possible an increase in vocabulary which in turn rendered advantageous a reliable syntax, whose source was the neural mechanism for controlling syllable structure. Several features of syntax make sense as byproducts of characteristics of the syllable (for example, grammatical 'subjects' may be byproducts of onset margins). This scenario is consistent with evidence from biological anthropology, ape language studies, and brain neurophysiology. KEYWORDS: ape, aphasia, brain development, evolution of language, grammar, language, larynx, noun phrase, predication, principle of contrast, reference, sentence, sign language, speech, syllable, truth

25 years, 10 months

neuropszichologiai szekcio

by Racsmany Mihaly

Kedves Kollegak, A Magyar Pszichologiai Tarsasag neuropszichologiai szekcioja junius 14-en 15.00-kor tartja alakulo uleset az MTA Pszichologiai Intezetenek Victor Hugo utcai epuleteben (137-es terem). Sok szeretettel varunk minden erdeklodot. Racsmany Mihaly SZTE, Pszichologiai Tanszek, Megismerestudomanyi Csoport

25 years, 11 months

[E-SSchool] Tbilisi Summer School (fwd)

by Csaba PLEH

Csaba Pleh Pleh Csaba Cognitive Science Group Megismerestudomanyi Csoport Department of Psychology Pszichologiai Tanszek University of Szeged Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem Szeged Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary Telefon/Phone: (36)(62) 544691 Lakas/Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary (36)(23) 453932 or 933 Fax: (36(23)453932 Mobile: (0620) 3278922 WEB: http//www.jate.u-szeged.hu/~pleh www.cogsciszeged.deltav.hu Hungarian Review of Psychology Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle editor foszerkeszto ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:05:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: Chikoidze <chiko(a)contsys.acnet.ge> Subject: [E-SSchool] Tbilisi Summer School Resent-Date: Fri, 9 Jun 100 11:20:20 +100 Resent-From: pleh(a)izabell.elte.hu Resent-To: pleh(a)sol.cc.u-szeged.hu ANNOUNCEMENT Tbilisi Summer School in Language, Logic, and Computation 29th August - 8 September 2000 Tbilisi, Georgia The Georgian Centre for Language, Logic, and Speech, based at the Tbilisi State University, will host Tbilisi Summer School,the main purpose of which is to make the students and young scholars acquainted with the modern state of affairs in the mentioned fields of science, and - at the same time - to further contacts and scientific collaboration between Western and Eastern Scholars. LECTURERS Jurij Apresjan, Moscow Matthias Baaz, Vienna Pascal Boldini, Paris Marina Glavinskaja, Moscow Michel Parigot, Paris Carl Vogel,Dublin Andrej Voronkov, Manchester COURSES - Foundations of linguistic semantics (Ju.Apresjan) - On the generalisation of proofs and calculations (M.Baaz) - Type theories for semantics and cognition (P.Boldini) - Semantics of aspect (M.Glavinskaja) - Proofs as programs (M.Parigot) - Cognitive constraints on linguistic theory. (C.Vogel) - Logical foundations of deductive databases. (A.Voronkov). SCHEDULE Tuesday, August 29 12.00 - 13.00 Opening of the School 18.00 - Banquet Wednesday, August 30 10.00 - 13.00 M. Parigot. Proofs as programs 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 17.00 Ju. Apresjan. Foundations of linguistic semantics Thursday, August 31 10.00 - 13.00 M. Parigot. Proofs as programs. 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 17.00 Ju. Apresjan. Foundations of linguistic semantics. Friday, September 1 10.00 - 13.00 M. Glavinskaja. Semantics of aspect. 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 17.00 C. Vogel. Cognitive constraints on linguistic theory. Saturday, September 2 Recreation (sight-seeing in Tbilisi and environs, Sunday, September 3 excursion). Monday, September 4 10.00 - 13.00 M. Glavinskaja. Semantics of aspect. 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 16.00 C. Vogel. Cognitive constraints on linguistic theory. Tuesday, September 5 10.00 - 14.00 A. Voronkov. Logical foundations of deductive databases. 14.00 - 15.00 Lunch 15.00 - 17.00 C. Vogel. Cognitive constraints on linguistic theory. Wednesday, September 6 10.00 - 12.00 A. Voronkov. Logical foundations of deductive databases. 12.00 - 14.00 M. Baaz. On the generalization of proofs and calculations. 14.00 - 15.00 Lunch 15.00 - 17.00 P. Boldini. Type theories for semantics and cognition. Thursday, September 7 10.00 - 12.00 M. Baaz. On the generalisation of proofs and calculations. 12.00 - 14.00 P. Boldini. Type theories for semantics and cognition. 14.00 - 15.00 Lunch Friday, September 8 10.00 - 12.00 M. Baaz. On the generalization of proofs and calculations. 12.00 - 14.00 P. Boldini. Type theories for semantics and cognition. 14.00 - 15.00 Lunch 15.00 - 16.00 Closing of the School. 18.00 Banquet STUDENTS Besides local students, the School also welcomes students from abroad. The Participation fee for these students will be $120 (wich includes excursion, banquet, reprints, etc.).Foreign students will be comfortably accommodated with Georgian families (with two meals) for $40 per day. LOCATION AND SIGHTSEEING TOURS Georgia is the ancient country situated between Black and Caspian seas, the Caucasus and Turkey. It is the country of the Golden Fleece, the myth of Argonauts, Jason and Medea, and Prometheus, chained to the Caucasus mountains. Tbilisi - capital of Georgia - has more than 1 million in habitant. It is situated some 100-150 km to the south of main Caucasus ridge, in the beautiful valley of the river Mtkvari, surrounded by the green slopes of the Caucasus spurs. The city has a long (1500 year old) history and abounds in historical and cultural memorials. Georgia is famous for its high quality wines, exquisite cuisine and cordial hospitality. The main site of the Symposium, Tbilisi state University, is the chief centre of education in the country, and has several outstanding scholars in science, art and politics among its graduates. During the School there will be an excursion over the famous Georgian Military Road, wich leads us through the ancient capital of Georgia - Mtskheta, with its abundant architectural and historical monuments - and wich brings us across the main ridge of the Caucasus by the Cross Pass. The destination of the envisaged trip is the mountain resort Kazbegi with its Trinity Church situated on the top of high peak facing the second mountain (after Elbrus), the peak of the Caucasus - Mkinvarcveri (Glacier - mountain). TRAVEL INFORMATION Tbilisi can only be reached by air. If there are no direct trip between your point of departure and Tbilisi, the most convenient connections are via Istambul, Frankfurt or Moscow. ORGANISING COMMITTEE: T.Khurodze (Clair, Pro-rector of Tbilisi State University) R.Asatiani (Institute of Oriental Studies) N.Chanishvili (Tbilisi State University) G.Chikoidze (Institute of Control Systems) K.Pkhakadze (Institute of Applied Mathematics) Kh.Rukhaja (Institute of Aplied Mathematics). For additional information, please, use the following address: George Chikoidze Dept. of Language Modelling Inst. of Control Systems Georgian Academy of Sciences 34, K. Gamsakhurdia 380060 Tbilisi Georgia Phone: +9 9532 382136 E- mail: chiko(a)contsys.acnet.ge

25 years, 11 months

Konferenciafelhivas

by Miklos Lehmann

Gep a szellemben Konferencia a racionalitasrol Miskolci Egyetem, 2000. november 10-11. Balkanyi Peter Lehmann Miklos Konferenciank celja, hogy a racionalitas modern felfogasai fenyeben vizsgalja az emberi gondolkodast es cselekvest. Lehetoseget teremtenenk arra, hogy a filozofia, tarsadalom- es elmefilozofia es a kognitiv tudomany kulonbozo teruletein tevekenykedo gondolkodok e kerdeskorre vonatkozo nezeteiket, hozzaszolasaikat es kerdeseiket megfogalmazhassak, az oket foglalkoztato problemakat bemutathassak. A racionalitas kerdese napjainkban sokakat erdeklo es uj tavlatokat nyito problemakor. Mi a racionalitas, mi ennek kriteriuma, hogyan alkalmazhato a mindennapi elet (es a tudomanyos gondolkodas) soran ezek azok a kerdesek, melyek a XXI. szazad kuszoben mind gyakrabban elofordulnak. A XX. szazadban leginkabb az ujonnan felbukkano pszichoanalizis es pszichologiai szemlelet hatasara a filozofiaban es a tudomany mas teruletein megkerdojelezodott a klasszikus filozofia hires, hosszu idon keresztul szeleskoruen elfogadott emberdefinicioja: "Az ember racionalis allat." Cselekveseink es gondolkodasunk sok olyan vonast tartalmaz (peldaul emocioink nyoman), melyekrol nem allithato egyertelmuen, hogy racionalisak lennenek. Ezek az okok teszik szuksegesse, hogy ujra feltegyuk a kerdest, mely mar evszazadok ota foglalkoztatja az embert: Mi cselekedeteink vegso alapja? Van-e ilyen egyaltalan, vagy csak bizonyos esetleges hatasok ervenyesulnek tetteinkben es kognitiv tevekenysegunkben? Mi lehet a racionalitas es e vegso alap kapcsolata? Mindezek fenyeben celunk,hogy tag diszkussziot biztositsunk mindazoknak, akik - az ember mint racionalis leny, a racionalis megismeres es cselekves kulonbozo filozofiai megkozeliteseit fogalmazzak meg; - a kognitiv tudomany keretei kozt a racionalis gondolkodast, a kognitiv kepessegek racionalis aspektusait kutatjak; - a filozofia kulonbozo teruletein a racionalitas, a racionalis gondolkodas es cselekves korlatait vizsgaljak. Konferenciank a racionalitast nem csupan az emberi gondolkodas sajatos vagy eppen lenyegi vonasakent ertelmezi, hanem egyben mint tarsadalmi-cselekvesi strategiat, etikai alapelvet illetve ismeretelmeleti diszpoziciot is. Igy erdekesnek mutatkozik az a kerdes is, hogy vajon milyen mertekben irhato le az emberi gondolkodas es viselkedes racionalis alapelvek segitsegevel. A konferenciara jelentkezni 20-30 soros absztrakttal 2000. szeptember 15-ig lehet Lehmann Miklosnal az MTA Filozofiai Intezete cimen (1054 Budapest, Szemere u. 10.) vagy emailben a lehmann(a)phil-inst.hu cimen. Bovebb informacio ugyanitt kerheto. Balkanyi Peter Lehmann Miklos 2000-06-06

25 years, 11 months

Konferenciafelhívás

by Miklos Lehmann

Gép a szellemben Konferencia a racionalitásról Miskolci Egyetem, 2000. november 10-11. Balkányi Péter Lehmann Miklós Konferenciánk célja, hogy a racionalitás modern felfogásai fényében vizsgálja az emberi gondolkodást és cselekvést. Lehetõséget teremtenénk arra, hogy a filozófia, társadalom- és elmefilozófia és a kognitív tudomány különbözõ területein tevékenykedõ gondolkodók e kérdéskörre vonatkozó nézeteiket, hozzászólásaikat és kérdéseiket megfogalmazhassák, az õket foglalkoztató problémákat bemutathassák. A racionalitás kérdése napjainkban sokakat érdeklõ és új távlatokat nyitó problémakör. Mi a racionalitás, mi ennek kritériuma, hogyan alkalmazható a mindennapi élet (és a tudományos gondolkodás) során ezek azok a kérdések, melyek a XXI. század küszöbén mind gyakrabban elõfordulnak. A XX. században leginkább az újonnan felbukkanó pszichoanalízis és pszichológiai szemlélet hatására a filozófiában és a tudomány más területein megkérdõjelezõdött a klasszikus filozófia híres, hosszú idõn keresztül széleskörûen elfogadott emberdefiníciója: "Az ember racionális állat." Cselekvéseink és gondolkodásunk sok olyan vonást tartalmaz (például emócióink nyomán), melyekrõl nem állítható egyértelmûen, hogy racionálisak lennének. Ezek az okok teszik szükségessé, hogy újra feltegyük a kérdést, mely már évszázadok óta foglalkoztatja az embert: Mi cselekedeteink végsõ alapja? Van-e ilyen egyáltalán, vagy csak bizonyos esetleges hatások érvényesülnek tetteinkben és kognitív tevékenységünkben? Mi lehet a racionalitás és e végsõ alap kapcsolata? Mindezek fényében célunk,hogy tág diszkussziót biztosítsunk mindazoknak, akik - az ember mint racionális lény, a racionális megismerés és cselekvés különbözõ filozófiai megközelítéseit fogalmazzák meg; - a kognitív tudomány keretei közt a racionális gondolkodást, a kognitív képességek racionális aspektusait kutatják; - a filozófia különbözõ területein a racionalitás, a racionális gondolkodás és cselekvés korlátait vizsgálják. Konferenciánk a racionalitást nem csupán az emberi gondolkodás sajátos vagy éppen lényegi vonásaként értelmezi, hanem egyben mint társadalmi-cselekvési stratégiát, etikai alapelvet illetve ismeretelméleti diszpozíciót is. Így érdekesnek mutatkozik az a kérdés is, hogy vajon milyen mértékben írható le az emberi gondolkodás és viselkedés racionális alapelvek segítségével. A konferenciára jelentkezni 20-30 soros absztrakttal 2000. szeptember 15-ig lehet Lehmann Miklósnál az MTA Filozófiai Intézete címén (1054 Budapest, Szemere u. 10.) vagy emailben a lehmann(a)phil-inst.hu címen. Bõvebb információ ugyanitt kérhetõ. Balkányi Péter Lehmann Miklós 2000-06-06

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