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by Laszlo E. Szabo

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 P h i l o s o p h y o f S c i e n c e C o l l o q u i u m Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM ____________________________________ April Program 7 April4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 T i m C r a n e <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/philosophy/f-staf.htm#crane> Deprtment of Philosophy University College London The problem of perception and its solution It can seem puzzling why there is a philosophy of perception at all. Perception is a psychological process or capacity which is studied empirically by psychology, and some aspects of our perceptual capacities are now well-understood. What is it, then, that philosophy can contribute to the understanding of perception? Some philosophers have argued that the main role of the philosophy of perception is to explain how perceptions can give us reasons for empirical beliefs. On this conception of the philosophy of perception, the only problems of perception are epistemological. In this paper, I argue against this conception, and argue that (regardless of the answer to these epistemological questions) there is another problem of perception, which is the result of a conflict between some fundamental assumptions contained in our ordinary concept of perception. The worry here is not that perceptions will not justify belief, but that our concept of perception is incoherent. I examine the intentionalist and disjunctivist solutions to the problem, and present some considerations in favour of intentionalism. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 April 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 J o h n K a d v a n y <mailto:KADVANY@aol.com> Policy and Decision Science, Menlo Park, CA From Hegel to Lakatos: Historical Method in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Science During his career, and since his death in 1974, some noticed latent Hegelian ideas in Imre Lakatos? approach to combining philosophy and history in his theories of mathematical and scientific method. This talk explains the importance of Lakatos? Hegelianism in his masterpiece on mathematical method, Proofs and Refutations, and in his methodology of scientific research programmes. Topics to be discussed include: the historiography of Proofs and Refutations and Hegel?s Phenomenology of Spirit; pedagogical philosophy in Hegel and Lakatos; skepticism in nineteenth-century mathematics; the history of Gödel?s Second Incompleteness Theorem; Lakatos? ?changing logic? of scientific discovery; classical political economy as a research programme; research programmes and criticism of scientific practice; and the continuity of Lakatos? ideas with those of Georg Lukács. The talk summarizes the philosophical content of my book, Imre Lakatos and the Guises of Reason (Duke University Press 2001). Biographical statement for John Kadvany: http://hps.elte.hu/seminar/2003/April/kadvany_biog.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Wednesday April 16, I will give a talk titled ?Lakatos, Hegel, Hungary? at the Central European University. That talk will present Lakatos? work and life in the context of Hungarian Stalinism and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 April 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 B e n e d e k L á n g <mailto:mphlab01@phd.ceu.hu> Medieval Studies Department Central European University, Budapest Necromantia mint a hetedik szabad mu"vészet avagy a tanult mágia a középkori tudomány határain innen és túl (Necromantia as the seventh liberal art - sophisticated magic fringing upon the medieval science ) Az arab szövegek latinra történo" átültetését célzó program, amely az Ibériai félsziget és Szicília 12. századi fordítóiskoláiban bontakozott ki, alapveto" változást és nem kevés zavart hozott az európai tudomány életébe. Egyfelo"l a keresztény nyugat szembesült az arab tudomány gazdagságával és felso"bbrendu" voltával, valamint igyekezett annak eredményeit asszimilálni, másfelo"l pedig az új tudással nem kevés olyan anyag is érkezett, amely elgondolkodásra késztette a nyugat filozófusait. A fordítók ugyanis a matematikai, csillagászati, optikai és orvosi traktátusokkal együtt (so"t nem ritkán ezeket félretéve) különösen szívesen fordították a divináció, a természetes mágia és a talizmán mágia alapszövegeit. Az új tudomány érkezése olyan helyzetet teremtett, amelyre talán nem túlzás a ?paradigmaváltás? kifejezést alkalmazni. Nem csupán azért, mert a természetro"l való tudás mennyisége drasztikusan megno"tt a jellege pedig megváltozott, hanem azért is, mert az új szövegek új kihívással szembesítették a nyugat tudósközösségeit: meg kellett határozni, hogy a tudásanyag mely része mino"sül elfogadhatónak és tudományosnak, és mit kell sürgo"sen kizárni a legitim tudományból, egyszóval állást kellett foglalni a demarkáció kérdésében. A helyzet átmeneti voltára jellemzo", hogy számunkra meglepo" tudástípusok is aspirálhattak a tudomány státuszra: a 12. század néhány oktatási kézikönyve a necromantia tudományát ? bármit is értettek e terminus alatt ? a hetedik szabad mu"vészetként, azaz az oktatás legalapveto"bb elemeként említette. Elo"adásomban 13. századi latin szerzo"k tudományklasszifikációit segítségül híva azt a mechanizmust igyekszem rekonstruálni, amelynek folyamán eldo"lt, hogy mely arab forrásból fordított mágiatípusok nyernek bebocsátást a hivatalos tudomány védo"bástyái közé, és melyek mino"sülnek veszélyes ? de nem megsemmisítendo", csupán félretéve mego"rzendo" ?tudásanyagnak. Ha vizsgálatunkat kiterjesztjük az egész középkorra, megfigyelhetjük, hogy amíg a ?mágia? terminus egyértelmu" elutasítás tárgya volt a kora középkorban, addig a korszak végére korlátozott mértékben lehetségessé vált egyes mágia formák mellett érvelni. A tanult mágia differenciálódásával és az egyes mágiatípusok elkülönülésével párhuzamosan, bizonyos mágiához kötheto" motívumok és teóriák ?pozitivizációjáról?, tudományossá szelídüléséro"l számolhatunk be. Úgy tu"nik, hogy nem csak a tudomány, de a mágia fogalma is történetileg változó, állandó mozgásban lévo" és dinamikus konstrukció, valamint, hogy végso" soron egy tágabb értelemben vett tudósközösség döntésén múlik, hogy mi számít egyetemi szinten oktatható tudásnak, és mi mino"sül veszélyes tévelygésnek. Ezek a következtetések persze nem okoznak meglepetést azoknak, akik figyelemmel követték az elmúlt húsz-harminc év tudományfilozófiai és tudásszociológiai fejleményeit. Azonban amíg e filozófiai tételek illusztrálására és alátámasztására rendszerint 17. századi vagy késo"bbi, modern példák szolgáltatnak történeti anyagot, addig én azt próbálom felderíteni, hogy hogyan lehet hasonló szempontok mentén újraolvasni a 13. század egyes vitáit, azaz hogyan lehet egy olyan korszakot vizsgálni, amely sokkal kevesebb tudománytörténeti és szociológiai információt hagyott ránk, és amelyhez összehasonlíthatatlanul nehézkesebb a hozzáférésünk. ___________________________________ The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we held a 30-60-minute discussion.The participants may comment the talks and initiate discussion on the Internet. The comments should be written in the language of the presentation. The organizer of the colloquium: Laszlo E. Szabo (email: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu) -- 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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FINAL CFP: Epigenetic Robotics 2003, deadline extended to March 31

by Georgi Stojanov

(Apologies for crosspostings) The deadline for EPIROB 2003 has been extended to March 31, 2003 EPIROB2003--EPIROB2003-EPIROB2003-EPIROB2003 Call for Papers EPIROB2003 EPIROB2003 Third International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: EPIROB2003 Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems EPIROB2003 EPIROB2003 Organizing Committee: EPIROB2003 Luc Berthouze, Christopher G. Prince EPIROB2003 Christian Balkenius, Daniel Bullock, Hideki Kozima, Georgi Stojanov EPIROB2003 EPIROB2003 er2003(a)epigenetic-robotics.org EPIROB2003 EPIROB2003 http://www.epigenetic-robotics.org EPIROB2003 EPIROB2003 August 4th and 5th 2003 EPIROB2003 EPIROB2003--EPIROB2003-EPIROB2003-EPIROB2003 Call for Papers Location: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA (held after the Cognitive Science Society meeting) **** Extended Deadline for Submission of Papers & Poster Abstracts: 31 March 2003 **** This workshop focuses on combining developmental psychology and robotics and generally on: (a) the embodiment of the system; (b) its situatedness in a physical and social environment; (c) a prolonged developmental process through which varied and complex cognitive and perceptual structures emerge as a result of an embodied system interacting with a physical and social environment. Invited Speakers Gyorgy Gergely (Institute for Psychological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary) Rod Grupen (Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA) Deb Roy (Media Lab, MIT, USA) Submissions Papers not exceeding eight (8) pages should be submitted electronically (PDF or Postscript) as attachment files to Luc Berthouze (Luc.Berthouze(a)aist.go.jp). Extended abstracts (maximum two pages) can also be submitted, and will be presented as posters (extended abstracts should also be submitted in PDF or Postscript as attachments to Luc Berthouze(Luc.Berthouze(a)aist.go.jp). Further instructions to authors will be posted on the workshop web page: http://www.epigenetic-robotics.org Publication of Papers Papers will be published in a proceedings, and archived at CogPrints

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Philosophy of Science Colloquium, L. Szekely

by Laszlo E. Szabo

23 years, 2 months

ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE

by Daniel Wolpert

ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE (A FENS/IBRO NEUROSCIENCE SCHOOL) August 11th - September 5th, 2003 MUNICIPALITY OF OBIDOS, PORTUGAL DIRECTORS: Ad Aertsen (University of Freiburg, Germany) Alain Destexhe (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France) Klaus Obermayer (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) Eilon Vaadia (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) The Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience introduces students to the panoply of problems and methods of computational neuroscience, simultaneously addressing several levels of neural organisation, from subcellular processes to operations of the entire brain. The course consists of two complementary parts. A distinguished international faculty gives morning lectures on topics in experimental and computational neuroscience. The rest of the day is devoted to practical training, including learning how to use simulation software and how to implement a model of the system the student wishes to study on individual UNIX workstations. The first week of the course introduces students to essential neurobiological concepts and to the most important techniques in modelling single cells, networks and neural systems. Students learn how to apply software packages like GENESIS, MATLAB, NEURON, XPP, etc. to the solution of their problems. During the following three weeks the lectures will cover specific brain functions. Each week topics ranging from modelling single cells and subcellular processes through the simulation of simple circuits, large neuronal networks and system level models of the brain will be covered. The course ends with a presentation of the students' projects. The Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience is designed for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in a variety of disciplines, including neuroscience, physics, electrical engineering, computer science and psychology. Students are expected to have a basic background in neurobiology as well as some computer experience. Students of any nationality can apply. A maximum total of 30 students will be accepted and we specifically encourage applications from researchers who work in less-favoured regions and women. There will be a fee of EUR 950,- per student covering costs for lodging, meals and other course expenses, but a limited number of fellowships for travel and tuition fee will be available. These fellowships will be given in priority to students from less favoured countries. More information and application forms can be obtained from: http://www.neuroinf.org/courses/EUCOURSE/EU03/ The application process will start on February 10th, 2003. Please apply electronically ONLY using a web browser. Contact address: - mail: Klaus Obermayer, FR2-1, Fakultaet IV, Technical University of Berlin, Franklinstrasse 28/29, 10587 Berlin, Germany phone: +49-(0)30-314-73442 fax: +49-(0)30-314-73121 - e-mail: obidos(a)cs.tu-berlin.de APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 13th, 2003 Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection procedures by May 23rd, 2003.

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deadline approaching

by Summer School of Cogitive Science

10th International Summer School in Cognitive Science Sofia, New Bulgarian University, July 7 - 27, 2003 Courses: Keith Stenning (University of Edinburgh, UK) - Putting semantics and psychology back together: a different way of doing the psychology of reasoning Herman Kolk (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands) - Behavioral Plasticity and Language Disorders Henry Roediger (Washington University at St. Luis, USA) - Remembering Events that Never Happened: False Memories Created by Associative Inferences Larry Jacoby (Washington University at St. Luis, USA) - Dissociating Controlled and Automatic Processes: Seeing and Remembering Johannes Engelkamp (Saarland University, Germany) - Remembering. The role of item-specific and relational information Robert French (University of Liege, Belgium) - An Introduction to Connectionist Networks: How they learn and, especially, how they forget Peter Todd (Max-Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany) - The Adaptive Toolbox: Studying Heuristics for Decision Making Morris Moscovitch (University of Toronto, Canada) Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Face Recognition. Allan Baddeley (University of Bristol, UK) -- Working Memory Christian Freksa (Hamburg University, Germany) - Spatial Cognition Gerhard Strube (Freiburg University, Germany) - Modeling Human Problem Solving Jeroen Raaijmakers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - Mathematical models of human memory Organised by the New Bulgarian University Endorsed by the Cognitive Science Society For more information look at: http://www.nbu.bg/cogs/events/ss2003.htm Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science New Bulgarian University 21 Montevideo Str. Sofia 1635 phone: 955-7518 e-mail: school(a)cogs.nbu.bg Radostina Belcheva Administrative manager Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science Svetlana Petkova Administrative manager Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science

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by Emese Mogyorodi

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Burnham eloadasa

by Pléh Csaba

Kedves Kollegak, ez egy ige izgaams torteneti eloadas lesz. Mindekit szeretettel varunk, udv Pleh csaba

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by ramsoy＠tiscali.dk

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