Hello Everyone!
THIS IS A REMINDER THAT THERE IS A THIRD MEETING OF THE:
Budapest Mind Society:
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/03/Istvan_Aranyosi/Budapest_Mind_Societ…
Dr. Zoltán Jakab, Cognitive Science, Budapesti Mûszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem (Technical University Budapest)
"Perceptual content: an objection to externalism"
October 20, 2004, 5 PM, Department of Philosophy, CEU, Zrínyi utca 14, 4th floor, room 412.
ABSTRACT:
I start by arguing for one important difference between visual perception of shape and that of color. Visual representation of shapes is compositional, whereas that of colors is representationally atomic. This difference explains a few other features of visual perception. The first is that shape is absolute whereas color is relative, even though both shapes and colors are reasonably taken to be physical properties. The second is that vision is revelatory with respect to shape and space but it is not revelatory with respect to color. Finally, there is one way in which shape perception is normative, and color perception is not. Shape percepts encode the structure of the corresponding stimuli, and this imposes constraints on which percept can correctly track which stimulus. There is no such constraint in color perception, due to the fact that color percepts are representationally atomic.This picture in turn gives rise to an anti-externalist argument about perceptual content which, in my opinion, is quite compelling.
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Cheers,
István Aranyosi
www.personal.ceu.hu/students/03/Istvan_Aranyosi/
Fifth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy, ECAP 5
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Letters, 27-31 August 2005
http://www.centrofilosofia.org/ecap5
First Announcement and Call for Papers
(Please circulate)
ECAP-congresses are organized every three years by the European Society
forAnalytic Philosophy, ESAP. The Society organizes these congresses to
furthercontacts and collaboration amongst European analytic hilosophers.
Plenary speakers:
John Broome, University of Oxford
Kit Fine, University of New York
François Récanati, Institut Jean Nicod, Paris
Sections and chairpersons:
1. History of Philosophy, Wolfgang Künne
2. Logic and Philosophy of Language, Sten Lindstrom
3. Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, David Papineau
4. Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind, Kevin Mulligan
5. Practical Philosophy, John Skorupski
Invited speakers:
Wolfgang Künne, University of Hamburg (Section 1)
Sten Lindstrom, University of Umea (Section 2)
Kevin Mulligan, University of Geneva (Section 4)
Roman Murawski, University of Poznan (Section 2)
David Papineau, University of London (Section 3)
Philip Pettit, University of Princeton (Section 5)
Eva Picardi, University of Bologna (Section 2)
Josep Prades, University of Girona (Section 4)
Stathis Psillos, University of Athens (Section 3)
John Skorupski, University of St Andrews (Section 5)
Special Workshops:
Definite Descriptions, organized by Adriana Silva Graça (Lisbon).
Philosophy, Economics and Public Policy, organized by Luc Bovens (Colorado).
Probability in Quantum Mechanics, organized by Stephan Hartmann (London
School of Economics) and Amit Hagar (Konstanz).
Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Mathematics, organized by
Fernando Ferreira (Lisbon).
Value, organized by Kevin Mulligan (Geneva) and Wlodek Rabinowicz (Lund)
Submission of abstracts:
Authors are invited to submit abstracts of papers that they wish to
presentat the congress. Each presentation will be given 40 minutes,
including timefor discussion.
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Theabstract page should include the name of the author, her or his
affiliation,the title of the paper and the name of the section in which
the authorwishes to present it. It is desirable that the abstract
provides an outlineof the arguments given in the paper, and not just the
theses argued for.
The abstract should be sent in duplicate to ECAP 5, by fax (number
below),or electronically as an attachment (preferably pdf) to
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All abstracts will be blind reviewed. Authors will be notified by 1
April2005 about the programme Committee's decision regarding their
presentations.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 February, 2005.
Registration:
Registration should be made by 1 June, 2005. Please use the
enclosedregistration form (pdf file) or go to
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Programme Committee of ECAP 5:
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Huoranszki,Wlodek Rabinowicz, Howard Robinson, Stelios Virvidakis,
Alberto Voltolini,Ulla Wessels, and Jan Wolenski.
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irodalomtudom�ny ter�n. Ennek megfelel�en els�sorban az analitikus
filoz�fia, a tudom�nyfiloz�fia, a tudom�ny- �s t�rsadalomt�rt�net, a
nyelv�szet �s az irodalomtudom�ny t�rgyk�r�be tartoz�
tanulm�nyokat, ford�t�sokat tervez�nk k�z�lni. Foly�iratunkban
mindezek mellett frissen megjelent k�nyvekr�l sz�l� recenzi�kkal,
valamint a hazai tudom�nyos �let szerepl�ivel folytatott
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Felt�telez�sem szerint a kognit�v pszichol�gusok k�z�tt kevesen ismerik, de ha ismerik is, m�g kevesebben fogadj�k el Rudolf Steiner antropoz�fiai munk�ss�g�t. M�gis van valami ebben a munk�ss�gban, ami seg�thet a Cs�nyi Vilmos �ltal el�t�rt probl�m�t t�gabb �sszef�gg�sben l�tni. A probl�ma l�nyege olyan r�gi, hogy m�r maga Steiner is egy �js�gcikket hozhatott fel r� p�ldak�nt.
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SCEPTICAL ARGUMENTS IN HUME AND WITTGENSTEIN
M a r k S t e i n e r
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5:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 13
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Reception to follow
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Prof. Steiner;’s areas of research are philosophy of mathematics,
philosophy of science, Wittgenstein, Hume. He has published the books:
Mathematical Knowledge. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, His
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The Application of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem. Cambridge,
Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1998. And articles
Wittgenstein: Mathematics, Regularities, Rules." In Benacerraf and His
Critics, edited by Adam Morton and Stephen P. Stich, 190-212. Oxford:
Blackwell, 1996.
"Frege, the Natural Numbers, and Natural Kinds." In Between Logic and
Intuition: Essays in Honor of Charles Parsons, edited by Gila Sher and
Richard Tieszen, 291-298. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
"Penrose and Platonism." In The Growth of Mathematical Knowledge, edited
by Emily Grosholz and Herbert Breger, 133-141. Dordrecht and Boston:
Kluwer, 2000.
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For Professor Steiner's Monday lecture on mathematics see:
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
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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
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Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM
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http://hps.elte.hu/seminar
11 October 5:00 PM CEU (Nador u. 9), Gellner Room (2nd floor) !!!
(Language: English)
Joint seminar session of the HPS Department of Eotvos
University and the CEU Mathematics Department
M a r k St e i n e r
Philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Philosophy, Columbia University
Mathematics: Application and Applicability
Abstract: http://hps.elte.hu/seminar/2004/October/index.html#2
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The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we hold a
30-60-minute discussion. The participants may comment on the talks and
are encouraged to initiate discussion through the Internet. The
comments should be written in the language of the presentation.
The organizer of the colloquium: Laszlo E. Szabo (email:
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Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
http://hps.elte.hu/leszabo
Hello Everyone!
Budapest Mind Society, 3rd Meeting:
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/03/Istvan_Aranyosi/Budapest_Mind_Societ…
Zoltán Jakab, Cognitive Science, Budapesti Mûszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem (Technical University Budapest)
"Perceptual content: an objection to externalism"
October 20, 2004, 5 PM, Department of Philosophy, CEU, Zrínyi utca 14, 4th floor, room 412.
ABSTRACT:
I start by arguing for one important difference between visual perception of shape and that of color. Visual representation of shapes is compositional, whereas that of colors is representationally atomic. This difference explains a few other features of visual perception. The first is that shape is absolute whereas color is relative, even though both shapes and colors are reasonably taken to be physical properties. The second is that vision is revelatory with respect to shape and space but it is not revelatory with respect to color. Finally, there is one way in which shape perception is normative, and color perception is not. Shape percepts encode the structure of the corresponding stimuli, and this imposes constraints on which percept can correctly track which stimulus. There is no such constraint in color perception, due to the fact that color percepts are representationally atomic.This picture in turn gives rise to an anti-externalist argument about perceptual content which, in my opinion, is quite compelling.
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I'll send out a reminder around the 17th of October, 2004.
Cheers,
István
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Subject: meghivo
Kedves Kollégák,
az MTA Rényi Alfréd Matematikai Kutatóintézete a 2004/05 -ös
akadémiai évben egy országos Bioninformatika Szemináriumot
indít. Legfõbb célunk az országban (és esetleg azon kívül) élõ
és dolgozó kutatók, oktatók és alkalmazók megismerése, akik
bioniformatikával foglalkoznak. Ennek elõsegítésére minden
harmadik pénteken összegyülünk az Intézetben. (Budapest, 1053,
Reáltanoda u 13-15, mintegy öt perc sétára az Asztoriától, vagy
a Ferencesek terétöl). Szeretnénk, ha minél többen eljönnének
hozzánk, ahol mód lenne egymás eredményeinek vagy problémáinak
megismerésére, új együttmüködések kialakítására.
Megbeszélhetnénk, hogy hol, mikor, kinek és mit kéne tanítani,
hogy ne maradjunk le a bioinformatika világforradalmáról.
Tanrendeket és segédanyagokat cserélhetnénk. Központi
"lerakatot" szervezhetnénk irodalmi anyagok gyüjtésére és
felhasználására. És nyilvén egy seregnyi egyébb együttmüködésre
is lehetöség van, ami nem is jutott eszünkben.
Meghivunk tehát minden érdeklödöt, látogassa a szemináriumunk
összejöveteleit.
Ezzel a levéllel azokat tudtuk megkeresni, akiket sikerült web
keresés vagy személyes kapcsolatok alapján megtalálni, ezért a
lista nyilván erösen hiányos. Mindenkit megkérünk tehát, hogy
ismerettségi körében terjessze el. Ha valaki fel akar kerülni a
listára, annak kérjük email címét, vagy írjon nekünk. Ellenben
ha a jövöben valaki nem akar kapni ezeket a leveleket, akkor
kérjük, írjon nekünk, és mondja le.
A szemináriumnak van egy honlapja is. Ennek címe
http://www.renyi.hu/~bioinf/ de ugyanide el lehet jutni az
Intézet központi lapján (www.renyi.hu) keresztül is.
Szeretnénk megkérni minden kollégát, hogy válaszoljanak jelen
levélre, mert ebböl kiderül, hogy mindenki rendben megkapta-e.
Üdvözlettel
Erdõs L. Péter
MTA, Rényi Alfréd Matematikai Kutatóintézet
P.s.: a levélhez csatoltuk Tusnády Gábor, a szeminárium vezetõjének a
levelét amely, többek között, az elsõ alkalom programját is tartalmazza.
I am looking for a few Ph.D students.
The Ph.D program of the Cognitive Science department at RPI is accepting
applications. Graduate assistantships and other forms of financial
support for graduate students are available.
Prospective graduate students with interests in Cognitive Science,
especially in learning and skill acquisition and in the relationship
between cognition and sociality, are encouraged to apply. Prospective
applicants should have background in computer science (the equivalent
of a BS in computer science), and have some prior exposure to
psychology, artificial
intelligence, connectionist models (neural networks), multi-agent
systems, and other related areas. Students with a Master's degree
already completed are preferred.
RPI is a top-tier research university. This new CogSci department has
identified the Ph.D program and research as its primary missions. The
department is conducting research in a number of areas:
cognitive modeling, human and machine learning, multi-agent interactions
and social simulation, neural networks and connectionist models, human
and machine reasoning, cognitive engineering, and so on.
See the Web page below regarding my research:
http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun
For the application procedure, see
http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/
The application deadline is Jan.15, 2005.
If you decide to apply, follow the official procedure as outlined on
the Web page. Send me a short email (in plain text, ASCII) AFTER you
have completed the application.
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Professor Ron Sun
Cognitive Science Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street, Carnegie 302A
Troy, NY 12180, USA
phone: 518-276-3409
fax: 518-276-3017
email: rsun(a)rpi.edu
web: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun
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