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Webb: Can robots make good models of biological behaviour? -- BBS Call for Commentators

by Stevan Harnad - Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Below is the abstract of a forthcoming BBS target article [Please note that this paper was in fact accepted and archived to the web in February 2001 but the recent move of BBS to New York delayed the Call until now.] Can robots make good models of biological behaviour? by Barbara Webb http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Webb/ 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 BBS Associates or nominated by a 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 reply by EMAIL within three (3) weeks to: calls(a)bbsonline.org The Calls are sent to 8000 BBS Associates, so there is no expectation (indeed, it would be calamitous) that each recipient should comment on every occasion! Hence there is no need to reply except if you wish to comment, or to nominate someone to comment. If you are not a BBS Associate, please approach a current BBS Associate (there are currently over 10,000 worldwide) who is familiar with your work to nominate you. All past BBS authors, referees and commentators are eligible to become BBS Associates. A full electronic list of current BBS Associates is available at this location to help you select a name: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/assoclist.html If no current BBS Associate knows your work, please send us your Curriculum Vitae and BBS will circulate it to appropriate Associates to ask whether they would be prepared to nominate you. (In the meantime, your name, address and email address will be entered into our database as an unaffiliated investigator.) 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. To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable from the online BBSPrints Archive, at the URL that follows the abstract below. _____________________________________________________________ Can robots make good models of biological behaviour? Barbara Webb Centre for Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Department of Psychology University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland, U.K. b.h.webb(a)stir.ac.uk www.stir.ac.uk/psychology/Staff/bhw1/ KEYWORDS: models; simulation; animal behaviour; neuroethology; robotics; realism; levels. ABSTRACT: How should biological behaviour be modelled? A relatively new approach is to investigate problems in neuroethology by building physical robot models of biological sensorimotor systems. The explication and justification of this approach are here placed within a framework for describing and comparing models in the behavioural and biological sciences. First, simulation models - the representation of a hypothesis about a target system - are distinguished from several other relationships also termed 'modelling' in discussions of scientific explanation. Seven dimensions on which simulation models can differ are defined and distinctions between them discussed: (1) Relevance: whether the model tests and generates hypotheses applicable to biology. (2) Level: the elemental units of the model in the hierarchy from atoms to societies. (3) Generality: the range of biological systems the model can represent. (4) Abstraction: the complexity, relative to the target, or amount of detail included in the model. (5) Structural accuracy: how well the model represents the actual mechanisms underlying the behaviour. (6) Performance match: to what extent the model behaviour matches the target behaviour (7) Medium: the physical basis by which the model is implemented No specific position in the space of models thus defined is the only correct one, but a good modelling methodology should be explicit about its position and the justification for that position. It is argued that in building robot models biological relevance is more effective than loose biological inspiration; multiple levels can be integrated; that generality cannot be assumed but might emerge from studying specific instances; abstraction is better done by simplification than idealisation; accuracy can be approached through iterations of complete systems; that the model should be able to match and predict target behaviour; and that a physical medium can have significant advantages. These arguments reflect the view that biological behaviour needs to be studied and modelled in context, that is in terms of the real problems faced by real animals in real environments. http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Webb/ ___________________________________________________________ Please do not prepare a commentary yet. 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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Webb: Can robots make good models of biological behaviour? -- BBS Call for Commentators

by Stevan Harnad - Behavioral & Brain Sciences

24 years, 10 months

Fwd: What is a structural represetation?

by Gergely Csibra

Header field too long (>1024) ---- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 02:41:22 -0300 (ADT) From: Lev Goldfarb <goldfarb(a)unb.ca> To: ai(a)cs.stanford.edu, ai-stats(a)watstat.uwaterloo.ca, ail-l(a)austin.onu.edu, allstat(a)jiscmail.ac.uk, annimab(a)listserv.hum.gu.se, arpanet-bboards(a)edu.mit.lcs.mc, bayes-news(a)stat.cmu.edu, biocomp(a)umiacs.umd.edu, cogpsy(a)phil.uu.nl, colt(a)cs.uiuc.edu, community(a)mlnet.org, connectionists(a)cs.cmu.edu, dalist(a)fuqua.duke.edu, datamine-l(a)nautilus-sys.com, dbworld(a)cs.wisc.edu, editor(a)kdnuggets.com, empiricists(a)csli.stanford.edu, fuzzy-mail(a)dbai.tuwien.ac.at, ga-list(a)aic.nrl.navy.mil, gann-list(a)cs.cmu.edu, genetic-programming(a)cs.stanford.edu, hybrid-list(a)cs.ua.edu, idss(a)socs.uts.edu.au, ie-list(a)cs.ucl.ac.uk, inductive(a)unb.ca, kdd(a)gte.com, machine-learning(a)egroups.com, ml(a)ics.uci.edu, neuron(a)cattell.psych.upenn.edu, neuron(a)hpl.hp.com, news-announce-conferences(a)uunet.uu.net, nl-kr(a)cs.rpi.edu, planning(a)asu.edu, reinforce(a)cs.uwa.edu.au, sigart(a)vaxa.isi.edu, simulation(a)ufl.edu, uai(a)cs.orst.edu, ai-medicine(a)smi.stanford.edu Subject: What is a structural represetation? (Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement) Dear colleagues, The following paper, titled "What is a structural representation?", ( http://www.cs.unb.ca/profs/goldfarb/struct.ps ) which we believe to be, in a sense, the first one formally addressing the issue of structural representation and proposing the formal ETS model, should be of interest to many researchers in various areas. It implies, in particular, that the properly understood (non-trivial) "structural" representations cannot be "replaced" by the classical numeric, e.g. vector-space-based, representations. Moreover, the concept of "structural" representation emerging from the ETS model is not the one familiar to all of you. (The abstract of the paper is appended below; for a change, the default paper size is A4. Unfortunately for some, the language of the paper is of necessity quite formal, since the main concepts do not have any analogues and therefore must be treated carefully.) Although the proposed model was motivated by, and will be applied to, the "real" problems coming from such areas as pattern recognition, machine learning, data mining, cheminformatics, bioinformatics, and many others, in view of the required radical rethinking that must now go into its implementations, at this time, we can only offer a very preliminary discussion, in the following companion paper, addressing the model's potential applications in chemistry http://www.cs.unb.ca/profs/goldfarb/cadd.ps (please keep in mind that the last paper was written on the basis of an earlier draft of the paper we are announcing now and it will be updated accordingly next month). We intend to discuss the paper shortly on INDUCTIVE mailing list. (To subscribe, send to INDUCTIVE-SERVER(a)UNB.CA the following text SUBSCRIBE INDUCTIVE FIRSTNAME LASTNAME) We would greatly appreciate any comments regarding both of the above papers. Best regards, Lev Goldfarb Tel: 506-458-7271 Faculty of Computer Science Tel(secret.): 453-4566 University of New Brunswick Fax: 506-453-3566 P.O. Box 4400 E-mail: goldfarb(a)unb.ca Fredericton, N.B., E3B 5A3 Home tel: 506-455-4323 Canada http://www.cs.unb.ca/profs/goldfarb/goldfarb.htm **************************************************************************** * WHAT IS A STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATION? Lev Goldfarb, Oleg Golubitsky, Dmitry Korkin Faculty of Computer Science University of New Brunswick Fredericton, NB, Canada We outline a formal foundation for a "structural" (or "symbolic") object/event representation, the necessity of which is acutely felt in all sciences, including mathematics and computer science. The proposed foundation incorporates two hypotheses: 1) the object's formative history must be an integral part of the object representation and 2) the process of object construction is irreversible, i.e. the "trajectory" of the object's formative evolution does not intersect itself. The last hypothesis is equivalent to the generalized axiom of (structural) induction. Some of the main difficulties associated with the transition from the classical numeric to the structural representations appear to be related precisely to the development of a formal framework satisfying these two hypotheses. The concept of (inductive) class--which has inspired the development of this approach to structural representation--differs fundamentally from the known concepts of class. In the proposed, evolving transformations system (ETS), model, the class is defined by the transformation system---a finite set of weighted transformations acting on the class progenitor--and the generation of the class elements is associated with the corresponding generative process which also induces the class typicality measure. Moreover, in the ETS model, a fundamental role of the object's class in the object's representation is clarified: the representation of an object must include the class. From the point of view of ETS model, the classical discrete representations, e.g. strings and graphs, appear now as incomplete special cases, the proper completion of which should incorporate the corresponding formative histories, i.e. those of the corresponding strings or graphs.

24 years, 10 months

[Fwd: Obituary for F Varela]

by George Kampis

Evan Thompson bucsuztatoja Varelarol, RIP. udv kgy -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Obituary for F Varela in PSYCHE Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:33:05 -0400 From: evant(a)yorku.ca To: Adrian Palacios <adrianp(a)entelchile.net>,Alva Noë <anoe(a)cats.ucsc.edu>,Al Kaszniak <kaszniak(a)u.arizona.edu>,Anthony Freeman <Anthony(a)imprint.co.uk>,Axel Cleeremans <axcleer(a)ulb.ac.be>,Arthur Zajonc <agzajonc(a)amherst.edu>,"B. Alan Wallace" <maitri(a)gte.net>,brian cantwell smith <smithbc(a)indiana.edu>,"Christopher D. Green" <christo(a)yorku.ca>, ddennett(a)emerald.tufts.edu,Dan Zahavi <d_zahavi(a)yahoo.com>, David Chalmers <chalmers(a)arizona.edu>,Denis Fisette <fisette.denis(a)uqam.ca>,Diane Zorn <dianezorn(a)hotmail.com>,Diego Cosmelli <diego.cosmelli(a)chups.jussieu.fr>,"Donald T. Dryden" <dtd1(a)acpub.duke.edu>,dumouchel paul <dumouchel.paul(a)uqam.ca>,Eduard Marbach <eduard.marbach(a)philo.unibe.ch>,Franz Reichle <reichle(a)bluewin.ch>,Hanna Robert <Robert.Hanna(a)Colorado.EDU>, jagdish(a)yorku.ca,"hugh r. wilson" <hrwilson(a)yorku.ca>, Jessica Riskin <jriskin(a)MIT.EDU>,John Brockman <brockman(a)edge.org>, tsotsos(a)cs.yorku.ca,Jonathan Cole <jonathan_cole(a)new-forest.org>,Jonathan Shear <jcs(a)richmond.infi.net>, Kampis Gyorgy <gk(a)hps.elte.hu>,Kathleen Akins <kathleea(a)sfu.ca>, Kay Toombs: ;,Keith Sutherland <keith(a)imprint.co.uk>,Kevin Mulligan <Kevin.Mulligan(a)lettres.unige.ch>,oregan(a)ext.jussieu.fr, Lis Nielsen <lnielsen(a)u.arizona.edu>,"Louis C. Charland" <charland(a)julian.uwo.ca>,Luiz Pessoa <pessoa(a)ln.nimh.nih.gov>,"Margaret.Donaldson(a)ed.ac.uk" <ejua56(a)holyrood.ed.ac.uk>,Max Velmans <psa01mv(a)gold.ac.uk>,Merlin Donald <donaldm(a)psyc.queensu.ca>,Natalie Depraz <frj(a)ccr.jussieu.fr>, thompson(a)scar.utoronto.ca,Pier Luigi Luisi <luisi(a)ifp.mat.ethz.ch>, Piet Hut <piet(a)IAS.EDU>,tbt7(a)columbia.edu, Ronald de Sousa <sousa(a)chass.utoronto.ca>,sandylemberg(a)juno.com, Shaun Gallagher <gallaghr(a)canisius.edu>,Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)coglit.ecs.soton.ac.uk>,Steven Tainer <tainer(a)earthlink.net>, biossr@panther.gsu.edu,SSRLRC@aol.com, Susan Oyama <s.oyama(a)prodigy.net>,mddy(a)musica.mcgill.ca,valerie bonnardel <valerie.bonnardel(a)sunderland.ac.uk>,Vittorio Gallese <gallese(a)ipruniv.cce.unipr.it>,William Seager <seager(a)scar.utoronto.ca>, arisaka(a)usfca.edu,Yves Candau <ycandau(a)cybercable.fr>,Jean Petitot <petitot(a)poly.polytechnique.fr>,Jean-Michel Roy <roy(a)heraclite.ens.fr>,Antoine Lutz <antoine.lutz(a)chups.jussieu.fr> Dear Friends, Attached to this message is an obituary for Francisco Varela which I have written for the on-line journal PSYCHE. I thought I would share it with you directly. Regards, Evan

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meghivo (fwd)

by Pleh Csaba

Csaba Pleh, Professor of psychology Dept of Information Management Technical University of Budapest Budapest, Sztoczek utca 2 H-1111 Phone: (361) 4631832 Fax: (361)45631225 also at the Dept of Psychology, University of Szeged Editor in chief HUNGARIAN REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY Home: Budakeszi, Zichy P. u 4, H-2092 Phone: (36)(23)453933,06203278922 Fax: (36)(23)453932 email: pleh(a)itm.bme.hu Homepage: www.jate.u-szeged.hu/~pleh ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:05:35 GMT+100 From: URBAN Robert <RURBAN(a)IZABELL.elte.hu> To: tanar(a)izabell.elte.hu Subject: meghivo Resent-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 101 12:05:37 +100 Resent-From: PLEH(a)izabell.elte.hu Resent-To: pleh(a)sol.cc.u-szeged.hu 2001. junius 25-en, hetfin 17 orakor a 301-es teremben Thomas Szasz eliadast tart elsi magyarul megjelent koenyvenek (Szertartasos kemia - Drogmitologiak) kapcsan. Minden erdeklidit szeretettel varunk!

24 years, 10 months

konferencia

by George Kampis

The Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office, Budapest, the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Eötvös University, Budapest, the Austrian Society of Organismic-Systemic Research and Theory, Vienna cordially invite you to their workshop REDUCTIONISM AND HOLISM IN SCIENCES AND IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Place: Eötvös University, Lágymányos Campus 1117 Budapest, Pázmány sétány 1 / Room 654 Date: 20/22 June 2001 PROGRAM Wednesday June 20 15.00 Opening 15.30 Markus Peschl (Department for Philosophy of Science and Social Studies of Science, University of Vienna, Vienna) Challenging the Reductionist Approach in Cognitive Science 16.30 Péter Szegedi (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Eötvös University, Budapest) Correspondence and Incommensurability 17.30 Manfred Fraunlob (Viennese Fund for Integration, Vienna) Discrimination or Reintegration ? On Legitimate and Illegitimate Reductionism in Science and Philosophy Thursday June 21 9.30 Karl Edlinger (Natural Historical Museum, Vienna) The Theory of Organismic Constructions: Bridging the Gap between Holism and Reductionism 10.30 György Kampis (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Eötvös University, Budapest) Complexity in Natural Sciences 11.30 Péter Érdi (Department of Biophysics, KFKI Research Instititue for Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest) Social Systems as Complex Interactive Networks 12.30 Lunch Break 14.30 Günther Fleck (Military Psychology Service, Vienna) Philosophies of Science and their Origins in Ways of Thinking: A Psychological Reconstruction 15.30 Katalin Martinás (Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest) Reductionism and Holism in Economic Theory 16.30 László Ropolyi (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Eötvös University, Budapest) Information and Interpretation Friday June 22 9.30 Simon Jencius (Department of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna) Reductionism and Holism in Personality Science 10.30 Csaba Pléh (Depatment of Psychology, University of Szeged, Szeged and Technical University, Budapest) Types of Classical Reductionism in Psychology and Present Day Cognitive Trends 11.30 Ralf Risser (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Vienna) The Role of Psychology in the Applied Field of Traffic and Transport 12.30 Closing For further information please contact: Béla Rásky Osztrák Kelet- és Délkelet-Európa Intézet (OSI) Budapesti Kirendeltsége Úri utca 53. H-1014 Budapest Tel/Fax: 375 68 46 eMail: bela.rasky(a)univie.ac.at http://www.nexus.hu/osi-bp Ropolyi László Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Tudománytörténet és Tudományfilozófia Tanszék Pázmány Péter sétány 1. H-1117 Budapest Tel: 372 2949 Fax: 372 2924 eMail: ropolyi(a)hps.elte.hu http://hps.elte.hu

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Magyar Pszichofiziologiai es Viselkedes-Elettani Tarsasag

by Gergely Csibra

Non-member submission from ["Haller Jozsef" <Haller(a)koki.hu>] --- Kedves Kollegak! 2000 oszen megrendeztuk az elso Magyar Visselkedes-elettani Konferenciat. A rendezveny sikeresnek volt mondhato. A resztvevok szamat 60 korulire becsultuk, igy a reszvetel magasabb volt mint amire elozetesen szamitottunk. A letszam, a hangulat, valamint a resztvevok velemenye alapjan arra gondolunk, hogy a kezdemenyezest folytatnunk es fejlesztenunk erdemes. Ugy tunt, hogy azok, akik idehaza viselkedes-elettannal foglalkoznak, profitalhatnanak egy szervezett keretek kozotti egyuttmukodesbol. A konferencia resztvevoi Dr. Gyertyan Istvant, Dr. Haller Jozsefet es Dr. Levai Gyorgyot felhatalmaztak, hogy a fent emlitett fejlesztesen gondolkozzanak, illetve felvegyek a kapcsolatot mar letezo tudomanyos tarsasagokkal ez ugyben. Magyarorszagon nehany eve letezik a Magyar Kiserleti Pszichfiziologiai Tarsasag, amely be van jegyezve, es rendelkezik nemzetkozi kapcsolatokkal is. A tarsasag elnoke Karmos Gyorgy professzor, vezetosegenek tagjai Dr. Bardos Gyogy es Dr. Molnar Mark. A Magyar Kiserleti Pszichofiziologiai Tarsasag kezdemenyezte azt, hogy az esetleges uj, es a mar letezo tarsasag egyesitse eroit. Dr. Bardos Gyogy, Dr. Gyertyan Istvan, Dr. Haller Jozsef, Dr. Karmos Gyorgy, Dr. Levai Gyorgy, es Dr. Molnar Mark (risztvevok abc-sorrendben) megbeszeltek az ugyet a 2001. evi MITT konferencian, es a kovetkezo javaslatot tarjak a Magyar Kiserleti Pszichofiziologiai Tarsasag tagjai, az I. Magyar Viselkedes- Elettani konferencia resztvevoi, valamint minden tovabbi erdeklodo ele: 1) A Magyar Kiserleti Pszichofiziologiai Tarsasag, valamint az I. Magyar Viselkedes-Elettani Konferencia resztvevoibol alakult ad hoc kozosseg egyesitene eroit, es egy kozos tarsasagot alapitana "Magyar Pszichofiziologiai es Viselkedes-Elettani Tarsasag" (Hungarian Psychophysiology and Behavioural Neuroscience Society) neven; 2) A "Magyar Pszichofiziologiai es Viselkedes-Elettani Tarsasag" a Magyar Kiserleti Pszichofiziologiai Tarsasag jogutodja volna, es orokolne annak szervezeti elozmenyeit es nemzetkozi kapcsolatait. 3) Az uj tarsasag celjai az lenne, hogy 3.a) rendszeresen szervezendo konferenciak reven elosegitse a tudomanyagon beluli hazai kapcsolattartast, informaciocseret es egyuttmukodesek kialakulasat; 3.b) segitse tagjainak integralasat a hazai es kulfoldi tudomanyos eletbe. 4) A tarsasag, a fenti celoknak megfeleloen, egyreszt ugyelne arra, hogy a tematikus konferenciak rendszeresen megrendezesre keruljenek masreszt kapcsolatokat epitene ki olyan hazai es nemzetkozi tudomanyos tarsasagokkal, amelyek tematikailag kozel allnak hozza. E kapcsolatepites soran azonban nem szeretne elveszteni indvidualitasat. A kapcsolatepitesben az uj tarsasag egyreszt a Magyar Kiserleti Pszichofiziologiai Tarsasag elozmenyeire epitene, de azt tovabb is bovitene. A fent emlitettek informalisan felvettek a kapcsolatot a Magyar Idegtudomanyi Tarsasaggal, es ugy tunik, hogy a kapcsolatepites lehetseges. A letrejovo kapcsolat szorossaga tovabbi targyalasok eredmenyeitol fugg. Felmerult az a lehetoseg, hogy a Magyar Pszichofiziologiai es Viselkedes- Elettani Tarsasag - indivdualitasat megorizve - a MITT szekciojakent is mukodhetne, aminek szamos elonye lenne (pl. szoros kapcsolatot tarthatnank olyan kollegakkal, akiknek tevekenysege szorosan kapcsolodik a mienkhez, is egyszerusodne az uj tarsasag penzugyi-adminisztrativ ugyintezese is) . Az uj tarsasag felvenne a kapcsolatot nemzetkozi szervezetekkel is (pl. European Brain and Behavioral Society, European Behavioral Pharmacology Society, Psychopharmacology Society, etc; a nevsor bovitheto). 5) Az uj tarsasagon beluli informaciocsere (konferenciak kozott) e-mailen, egy mar letezo levelezesi listan (BehavPhysiolist(a)yahoogroups.com), es esetleg egy kesobb letrehozando honlapon alapulna. 6) A kapcsolattartas modja miatt a tarsasag mukodtetese olcso volna. Ennel fogva tagdijak szedeset elsosorban az uj tarsasag nemzetkozi kapcsolatainak fenntartasa erdekeben tervezzuk. Igy valamilyen - kesobb meghatarozando, de velhetoleg alacsony - tagdij szedesevel szamolnunk kell. Bar a tagdij a tarsasagok neuralgikus pontja, itt olyan tagdijrol van szo, amely konkret elonyokkel jarna a fizetoknek. A tagdijszedes technikai korulmenyeit meg ki kell dolgoznunk. A kovetkezokben tisztelettel felkerunk mindenkit arrra, hogy A) amennyiben a Magyar Kiserleti Pszichofiziologiai Tarsasag tagja volt, jelezze, hogy tagja maradna-e az uj tarsasagnak; B) amennyiben nem volt tagja a Magyar Kiserleti Pszichofiziologiai Tarsasagnak, jelezze, hogy be kivan-e lepni az ujba; C) mondja el velemenyet a fenti tervezetrol egeszeben es amennyiben kivanja, reszleteiben is. Minden kritikat, javaslatot orommel veszunk; D) irja meg, hogy az identitas megorzese mellett egyetertene-e azzal, hogy az uj tarsasag MITT szekciokent mukodjon; E) nepszerusitse ezt a kezdemenyezest azok koreben, akikhez az informacio valamilyen okbol nem jutott el. E level vegen ott van mindazok neve es e-mail cime, akihez valoszinuleg eljutott a level. Elore is elnezest kerunk azoktol, akiknek e-mail cimet nem sikerult megtudnunk. Valaszukat Dr. Haller Jozsef e-mail cimere kerjuk (haller(a)koki.hu). Kesobb, ha mar a levelezolista megbizhatoan mukodik, a kapcsolattartast azon bonyolitanank. Tisztelettel, Dr. Bardos Gyogy Dr. Gyertyan Istvan Dr. Haller Jozsef Dr. Karmos Gyorgy Dr. Levai Gyorgy Dr. Molnar Mark gyorgy.bardos(a)elte.hu bardosgy(a)ludens.elte.hu i.gyertyan(a)richter.hu haller(a)koki.hu karmos(a)cogpsyphy.hu levay(a)elender.hu levayg(a)itsa.ucsf.edu molnar(a)cogpsyphy.hu Jozsef Haller, PhD Institute of Experimental Medicine 1450 Budapest, P..O. Box 67 Hungary Phone: (36) 12100819 ext. 126 Fax: (36) 12100811 e-mail: haller(a)koki.hu

24 years, 11 months

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR, B. L o e w e r

by Laszlo E. Szabo

Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos University Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR (http://hps.elte.hu/seminar) ________________________________________________ 18 June 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 (Language: English) B a r r y L o e w e r Philosophy, Rutgers University, New York David Lewis formulated a principle (he calls it "the Principal Principle") that he claims tells how chances (and beliefs concerning chances) should guide belief. The principle is that if the chance at t of A's occurring is x then your credence at that A will occur should be x as long as you don't possess any inadmissible information. The principle is intuitive and explains a lot of statistical practice. However Lewis thinks it is incompatible with his favorite theory of the nature of chance and more generally with a metaphysical doctrine called "Humean Supervenience." I argue that Lewis is mistaken about this. Further more I show that while there can be no "justification" of the principle that shows that following it will lead to successful results one can provide a kind of "rationale" for the principle based on Lewis' account of the nature of chance. ________________________________________________________ End of the 2000/2001 program ________________________________________________________ I would like to thank you all, the lecturers and the audience, your participation and the stimulating atmosphere of the seminars! See you in September! László E. Szabó The organizer of the seminar -- Laszlo E. Szabo Department of Theoretical Physics Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos University, Budapest H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924 Home: (36-1) 200-7318 Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172 http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo

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by Moln�r Tam�s

Kedves Listatagok ! Az OPNI Addiktológiai Osztályára klinikai szakpszichológust keresünk, aki kognitív vagy egyéb csoportpszichoterápiák iránt érdeklődik, illetve ebben képzett. Érdeklődhettek az osztályvezető főorvosnál: Dr. Takách Gáspár: 391-5364 vagy 202-2418 Üdv Tamás Molnár Tamás szakpszichológus

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World Congress on Neuroinformatics

by Erdi Peter

World Congress on Neuroinformatics Vienna University of Technology Austria September 24-29, 2001 deadline for abstract submission: June 30 http://www.neuroinformatics.cc/

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