Department of HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Eotvos University, Budapest
Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest
Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924
Department's Home Page:http://hps.elte.hu
Philosophy of Science Colloquium
Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM
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18 November 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
Instead of the canceled lecture of 21 October!
Tamas Rudas
Department of Statistics, Institute of Sociology, Eötvös University,
Budapest
Measurement and modelling of association in contingency tables
Association between two variables is defined in the talk as the
information in their joint distribution not present in the univariate
distributions. Therefore, a measure of association, together with the
marginal distributions, has to parameterize the joint distribution and
has to be variationally independent from the marginals. These
requirements point to the odds ratio as the only appropriate measure of
association.
For higher dimensional contingency tables, a possible generalization is
the system of conditional odds ratios. The conditional odds ratios, on
an ascending class of subsets, are variationally independent from the
marginal distributions on the complement descending class and together
parameterize the joint distribution. Depending on the class of subsets
used, one obtains a flexible class of parametereizations that can be
used to model the conditional association structure. The models obtained
by assuming lack of conditional association on an ascending class of
subsets are of the log-linear type.
The concepts discussed in the talk and the analyses based on these
concepts suggest that association has a hierarchical structure. The
assumption of multivariate normality, routinely applied in our thinking
about multivariate data structures, is equivalent to assuming that only
first order interactions exist is therefore, is an oversimplification of
reality.
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The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we held a
30-60-minute discussion.
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The organizer of the seminar: László E. Szabó
<http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo> (email: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu)
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L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
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The Newell Test for a Theory of Mind
by
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Carnegie Mellon University
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The Newell Test for a Theory of Mind
John R. Anderson
Department of Psychology BH345D
Carnegie Mellon University
Christian Lebiere
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
ABSTRACT: Newell (1980, 1990) proposed that cognitive theories be developed
trying to satisfy multiple criteria to avoid theoretical myopia. He
provided two overlapping lists of 13 criteria that the human cognitive
architecture would have to satisfy to be functional. We have distilled
these into 12: flexible behavior, real-time performance, adaptive behavior,
vast knowledge base, dynamic behavior, knowledge integration, natural
language, learning, development, evolution, and brain realization. There
would be greater theoretical progress if we evaluated theories by a broad
set of criteria such as these and attended to the weaknesses such
evaluations revealed. To illustrate how theories can be evaluated we apply
them to both classical connectionism (McClelland & Rumelhart, 1986;
Rumelhart & McClelland, 1986) and the ACT-R theory (Anderson & Lebiere,
1998). The strengths of classical connectionism on this test derive from
its intense effort in addressing empirical phenomena in domains like
language and cognitive development. Its weaknesses derive from its failure
to acknowledge a symbolic level to thought. In contrast, ACT-R includes
both symbolic and subsymbolic components. The strengths of the ACT-R derive
from its tight integration of the symbolic with the subsymbolic. Its
weaknesses largely derive from its failure as yet to adequately engage in
intensive analyses of issues related to certain criteria on Newells list
KEYWORDS: Cognitive Architecture; Connectionism; Hybrid Systems; Language
Learning; Symbolic Systems
http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Anderson/Referees/
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The theme of the 2003 UQaM Summer Institute is CATEGORISATION
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sccog/liens/program.html
Universite of Quebec @ Montreal: June 30 - July 11 2003
Day 1. CATEGORIZATION IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
(all disciplines)
Categorization in cognitive neuroscience - S Grossberg (Boston U)
Categorization in psychology - S Harnad (UQaM)
Categorization in computer science - JF Sowa (LLC)
Categorization in linguistics - TBA
Categorization in Philosophy - TBA
Categorization in cognitive sciences - A Papafragou (Penn)
Day 2. SEMANTIC CATEGORIES
(anthropology, linguistics, philosophy, psychology)
Emotion categories across languages - J Boster (U Conn)
Semantic categorization - B Gillon (McGill)
Conceptual Change - P Thagard (Waterloo)
Biology of substance categories - R Millikan(U Conn)
Color categories across languages - P Kay (Berkeley)
Semantic categories - S Coulson (UCSD)
Day 3. SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES AND CATEGORY CHANGE
(linguistics)
Syntactic categories 1 - A Zwicky (Stanford)
Multifunctional categories - Lisa Travis (McGill)
Crossgcategorial constructions - R Malouf (Groningen)
Category change - Ian Roberts (Cambridge)
How different can languages be? - D Gil (MPI Leipzig)
Syntactic categories 2 - J Bobaljik (McGill)
Day 4. CATEGORIES IN SPOKEN AND SIGNED LANGUAGES
(linguistics and psychology)
Sign Language 1 - D Bouchard/C Dubuisson (UQaM)
Sign languages 2 - Judy Kegl (U So Maine)
Sign vs speech - D Lillo-Martin (U Conn)
ACQUISITION OF CATEGORIES
L1 acquisition - M Labelle (UQaM)
L2 acquisition - L White (McGill)
Categorisation and acquisition - E Clark (Stanford)
Day 5. DATA MINING FOR CATEGORIES AND ONTOLOGIES
(computer science, philosophy)
Graph structure clustering - G Mineau (Laval)
Data mining - Y Kodratoff (Paris-Sud XI)
Text mining - A Napoli (LORIA)
Computer-aided categorization - J-G Meunier (UQaM)
Categorization nets - R Proulx (UQaM)
Day 6. NEUROSCIENCE OF CATEGORIZATION AND CATEGORY LEARNING
(psychology, philosophy)
Neuropsychology of category learning - FG Ashby (Santa Barbara)
Striatum and category learning - WT Maddox (UT Austin)
Brain basis of category learning - J Gabrieli (Stanford)
Categorical speech perception/production - S Ravizza (Berkeley)
Neural nets - Pierre Poirier (UQaM)
Day 7. MACHINE CATEGORY LEARNING
(computer science, philosophy, robotics)
Conceptual spaces - P Gardenfors (Lund)
Symbolic learning - Patrick Gallinari (U PM Curie)
Similarity in fuzzy categories - D Dubois/H Prade (U P Sabatier)
Self-organizing vocabularies - S Nolfi (ICST Rome)
Inferential learning theory - RS Michalski (G Mason U)
Cognitive computation - SJ Hanson (Rutgers)
Day 8. PERCEPTION AND INFERENCE
(psychology, philosophy)
Perception to symbols - L Barsalou (Emory)
Return of conceptual empiricism - J Prinz (Wash U St-Louis)
Category representation - R Nosofsky (Indiana)
Category learning - R Goldstone (Indiana)
Categorization and inference - A Markman (UT Austin)
Perception and inference - S Coulson (UCSD)
Day 9. GROUNDING, RECOGNITION, AND REASONING
(psychology, philosophy)
Reference - S Larochelle (U Montreal)
Shape recognition - I Biederman (USC)
Object perception - PG Schyns (Glasgow)
Analogical reasoning - D Gentner (Northwestern)
Categorization and reasoning - S Robert (UQaM)
Day 10. THE NATURALIZATION OF CATEGORIES
(philosophy)
Nominalism and concepts - C Panaccio (UQTR)
Social construction of categories - L Faucher (UQaM)
Concept nativism - E Margolis (Rice)
Category neurosemantics - C Eliasmith (Waterloo)
Philosophical Analysis - G Rey (Maryland)
Registration information:
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sccog/liens/registration.html
Dear Dr. Qwerty,
Below is a link to the forthcoming BBS target article
The Newell Test for a Theory of Mind
by
John R. Anderson and Christian Lebiere
Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Anderson/Referees/
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 suggested 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,
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(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
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some indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring
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BBSPrints Archive, at the URL that follows the abstract below.
_______________________________________________________________________
The Newell Test for a Theory of Mind
John R. Anderson
Department of Psychology BH345D
Carnegie Mellon University
Christian Lebiere
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
ABSTRACT: Newell (1980, 1990) proposed that cognitive theories be developed
trying to satisfy multiple criteria to avoid theoretical myopia. He
provided two overlapping lists of 13 criteria that the human cognitive
architecture would have to satisfy to be functional. We have distilled
these into 12: flexible behavior, real-time performance, adaptive behavior,
vast knowledge base, dynamic behavior, knowledge integration, natural
language, learning, development, evolution, and brain realization. There
would be greater theoretical progress if we evaluated theories by a broad
set of criteria such as these and attended to the weaknesses such
evaluations revealed. To illustrate how theories can be evaluated we apply
them to both classical connectionism (McClelland & Rumelhart, 1986;
Rumelhart & McClelland, 1986) and the ACT-R theory (Anderson & Lebiere,
1998). The strengths of classical connectionism on this test derive from
its intense effort in addressing empirical phenomena in domains like
language and cognitive development. Its weaknesses derive from its failure
to acknowledge a symbolic level to thought. In contrast, ACT-R includes
both symbolic and subsymbolic components. The strengths of the ACT-R derive
from its tight integration of the symbolic with the subsymbolic. Its
weaknesses largely derive from its failure as yet to adequately engage in
intensive analyses of issues related to certain criteria on Newells list
KEYWORDS: Cognitive Architecture; Connectionism; Hybrid Systems; Language
Learning; Symbolic Systems
http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Anderson/Referees/
======================================================================
IMPORTANT
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. We will then let you know whether it was
possible to include your name on the final formal list of invitees.
=======================================================================
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(1) Call for Book Nominations for BBS Multiple Book Review
In the past, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) had only been able
to do 1-2 BBS multiple book treatments per year, because of our
limited annual page quota. BBS's new expanded page quota will make
it possible for us to increase the number of books we treat per
year, so this is an excellent time for BBS Associates and
biobehavioral/cognitive scientists in general to nominate books you
would like to see accorded BBS multiple book review.
(Authors may self-nominate, but books can only be selected on the
basis of multiple nominations.) It would be very helpful if you
indicated in what way a BBS Multiple Book Review of the book(s) you
nominate would be useful to the field (and of course a rich list of
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Journals Department
Cambridge University Press
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Tantermi eloadas: Az emberi latas fejlodese
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Aznap a Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem 1O eves pszichologuskepzesenek unneplese
kereteben szamos igen erdekes eloadas lesz, Bereczkei, Moscovici, Lenard,
Laszlo s hasonlok.
Udvozlettel
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Editor: Hungarian Review of Psychology
Workshop on
Cognitive Modeling of Agents and Multi-Agent Interactions
During IJCAI'2003
9-11 August, 2003. Acapulco, Mexico
Computational models of cognitive agents that incorporate a wide
range of cognitive functionalities (such as a variety of
memory/representation, various types of learning, and sensory motor
capabilities) have been developed in both AI and cognitive science.
In AI, they appear under the rubric of intelligent agents and
multi-agent systems. In cognitive science, they are often known as
cognitive architectures. These strands of research provide useful
paradigms for addressing some fundamental questions in AI and
Cognitive Science.
Artificial intelligence started out with the goal of designing functioning
intelligent agents. However, faced with the enormous difficulty of
the task, the focus has largely been on modeling specific aspects of
intelligence, often in highly restricted domains. Nevertheless, some
researchers have focused on putting the pieces together with the goal
of designing autonomous agents. More important, there is a growing interest in
multi-agent interactions that addresses issues of coordination and cooperation
among cognitive agents.
On the other side, traditionally, the main focus of research in cognitive
science has been on specific components of cognition (e.g., perception,
memory, learning, language). Recent developments in computational modeling
of cognitive architectures provide new avenues for precisely specifying
complex cognitive processes in tangible ways, thereby addressing foundational
questions in cognitive science. Such developments need to be extended to
multi-agent interactions and there are promising developments in this regard
(see e.g. recent papers in this area in the journal Cognitive Systems Research).
Against this background, this workshop seeks to bring together cognitive
scientists and AI researchers, with a wide range of background and expertise,
to discuss research problems in understanding cognition at the individual
level as well as at the collective level.
The workshop is open to all members of the AI and CogSci research communities.
We invite submissions on all aspects of cognitive modeling of agents and
multi-agent interactions, including, but not limited to:
* Cognitive architectures of individual cognitive agents.
* Cognitive models of multi-agent interactions (e.g., communication,
cooperation, and negotiation, in relation to cognition).
* Cognitive models of multi-agent organizations (e.g., organizational
structure, economies, culture, and other coordination structures and
mechanisms, in relation to cognition).
* Cognitive models of co-learning of multiple cognitive agents.
* Computational models of evolution of cognition and behavior.
* Computational abstractions, languages, and tools for cognitive modeling
of agents and multi-agent interactions.
The discussions at the workshop will focus on the following issues,
among many others:
* What are the characteristics of the successful cognitive architectures for
modeling individual cognitive agents?
* What are the suitable characteristics of cognitive architectures for
modeling both individual cognitive agents and multi-agent interactions?
* What are the fundamental ways of understanding and modeling multi-agent
interactions? Can they be reduced to individual cognition?
* How can we best characterize and model social structures and organizations
in relation to cognition?
* How important is evolution in shaping individual cognition and collective
behavior? How can we model that aspect?
SUBMISSION
If you are interested in giving a presentation at the workshop, please submit
a full paper, 6-10 pages, in the IJCAI paper format. If you are only interested
in attending, submit a brief abstract (one page or less) describing your
interest.
Use the IJCAI paper format (and templates) for your papers.
See the IJCAI Web site: http://www.ijcai-03.org for details.
Electronic submission is required. Only the Postscript or PDF format is
accepted. Send your paper (in PS or PDF) as an email attachment.
In the body of your email, include (in plain ASCII): names of all authors,
their affiliations, their physical addresses, and their email addresses.
In addition, the same information should also be included in your paper itself.
All submissions should be sent to: rsun(a)cecs.missouri.edu
Each paper will be reviewed for technical soundness, relevance, significance,
and clarity.
An edited book volume, as well as a special issue of the journal
Cognitive System Research, is planned for a selected subset of the papers of
the workshop.
IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
* Deadline for the submission of full papers (6 to 10 pages) or abstracts (1
page): March 1, 2003.
* Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 30, 2003.
* Deadline for the receipt of camera-ready papers: May 1, 2003
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Prof. Ron Sun (Chair)
CECS Department, 201 EBW
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211-2060
rsun(a)cecs.missouri.edu
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun
Prof. Cristiano Castelfranchi
Department of Communication Sciences
University of Siena
Siena, Italy
castel(a)ip.rm.cnr.it
Prof. Jan Treur
Department of Artificial Intelligence
Faculty of Sciences
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
treur(a)cs.vu.nl
Dr. Robert L. West
Department of Psychology and Department of Cognitive Science
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
robert_west(a)carleton.ca
Dr. Christian Lebiere
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
cl(a)andrew.cmu.edu
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See the workshop Web page at:
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/wsp03.html
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Professor Ron Sun, Ph.D
CECS Department, 201 EBW phone: (573) 884-7662
University of Missouri-Columbia fax: (573) 882 8318
Columbia, MO 65211-2060 email: rsun(a)cecs.missouri.edu
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun
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(Language: Hungarian)
János Tanács <nego(a)primposta.com>
Philosophy and History of Science, Technical University of Budapest
Ami hiányzik Bolyai János Appendixébo"l - és ami nem
A Bolyai-féle paralléla-terminus hiánya és rekonstrukciója
(The missing term 'parallela' and its reconstruction in Bolyai's Appendix)
Az elo"adás célja megmutatni, hogy nem támasztható alá az a standard
nézet, amely Bolyai János Appendix címu" mu"vével, azon belül is a
Bolyai-féle paralléla-terminus értelmezésével kapcsolatban kialakult. A
bevett nézet ugyanis - egymástól kevéssé eltéro" megfogalmazási
változatokban - azt állítja, hogy Bolyai János a mu" elso" aragrafusában
(i) értelmezi, (ii) definiálja vagy (iii) újradefiniálja a párhuzamosság
fogalmát.
Az elo"adás elso" lépésben a bevett nézet rekonstrukciójára tesz
kísérletet, amely az interpretatív szándékú magyar
Appendix-fordításokat, valamint a nemzetközi matematikatörténeti
szakirodalom által - helytelenül - elso"dleges forrásként használt angol
(Halsted-féle), valamint francia (Hoüel-Schmidt-féle)
fordításokat elemzi, illetve az elso" paragrafusra vonatkozó
matematikatörténeti nézeteket összegzi.
A standard nézet cáfolásához az álláspontok legjóindulatúbb, közös
minimális megfogalmazását veszem alapul. A tézis cáfolatát az Appendix
eredeti latin nyelvu" - facsimile és levéltári - példányaira, a Bolyaiak
levelezésére, Bolyai János sajátkezu" német Appendix-fordítására és
Lobacsevszkij mu"vével kapcsolatos feljegyzéseire, továbbá a magyar
nyelvújítási mozgalom matematikai mu"szavakra adott javaslataira
valamint a szóalkotás elveire szándékozom építeni.
Végül azzal a meglepo" tézissel fogok elo"állni, hogy a
paralléla-terminus nem az Appendix elso" paragrafusában, hanem a mu" egy
másik helyén bukkan fel. Ám hogy hol, ennek megválaszolását az
elo"adásra tartogatom.
A fogalmi általánosítás problémája felo"l amellett fogok érvelni, hogy
az euklideszi geometria mellett megjeleno" nem-euklideszi geometria
fogalmi rendszere, pontosabban a ketto" közötti fogalmi átmenet
aluldeterminált. Ez azt jelenti, hogy az átmenetben a fogalmi
általánosításnak nincs kitüntetett iránya, hanem nyitott az alternatív
kiterjesztések vonatkozásában. Ennek következménye, hogy nem
beszélhetünk az euklideszi geometria egyetlen helyes fogalmi
kiterjesztéséro"l és a hiperbolikus geometria egyetlen
helyes fogalmi rendszeréro"l sem. Ez azzal a következménnyel jár, hogy
megmutatható: az adott fogalmi rendszeren, jelesül az euklideszi
geometriáén belül érvényes szinonimitási viszonyok nem tarthatók fenn
egy az egyben a fogalmi rendszerek közötti átmenetben - egyes
szinonimitási viszonyokhoz ragaszkodva másokat fel kell adnunk, azonban
bármelyik viszony mego"rzéséhez ragaszkodhatunk a többi rovására. Bolyai
János tehát teljes joggal választhatott Lobacsevszkij vagy Gauss fogalmi
kiterjesztéséto"l eltéro"t. Mindez elméletileg támasztja alá, hogy
Bolyainak miért nem kellett szükségképpen azt a fogalmi általánosítást
végrehajtania, vagy azt a kiterjesztési alternatívát választania,
amelyet a standard nézet favorizál, és amelyet az
appendix-interpretációk és -fordítások révén, hibásan, Bolyaira kényszerít.
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The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we held a
30-60-minute discussion.
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The organizer of the seminar: László E. Szabó
<http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo> (email: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu)
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L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
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Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 12:25:18 +0000
From: Thomas Zoega Ramsoy <ramsoy(a)tiscali.dk>
To: SEPTEMBER98-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
Subject: Open-access consciousness articles and how to find them on the Web
Science & Consciousness Review http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/
has just released a new article on free science articles on the
Internet. The article mentions many relevant ways of searching for
reprints etc of scientific articles on consciousness, among them is the
CogPrints Archive.
Please go to http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/LN_Oct02_FreeScienceOnline.htm to
see the full article.
Sincerely,
Thomas Zoega Ramsoy
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