koglist February 2005

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by Jakab Zoltán

Andrew Brook (Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) alábbi két előadására minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk:** *1.* 2005. május 2, 16:00: * * *Zombies and Imprisoned Minds* *Andrew Brook and Paul Raymont * *Abstract* Thought experiments (TEs) about zombies are one standard way to argue for anti-cognitivism about consciousness, the view that consciousness is not a cognitive (information processing) property of minds. Another class of TEs are actually more interesting in this regard, TEs about what we call imprisoned minds. Imprisoned minds are minds that have no way of expressing themselves behaviourally. Unlike zombies, they actually exist, which adds to their interest - administration of curare and certain massive strokes in the brain stem can both produce imprisoned minds, curare temporally, strokes permanently. In both cases, one has to add an exotic premise to get an anti-cognitivist argument going. For zombie TEs, the exotic premise is that an utterly nonconscious zombie could be behaviourally, cognitively, or even molecule-for-molecule identical to us conscious beings. The exotic premise in the case of imprisoned mind TEs is that in addition to no behavioural expression, the activities of an imprisoned mind could also make no neural difference. (We call such minds Radically Imprisoned Minds [RIMs].) As has often been noted, part of what makes zombie TEs difficult to assess is their close kinship to the traditional problem of knowledge of other minds. In particular, we do not know by what criterion or criteria we could settle whether another being is conscious. The same is true of imprisoned minds. It turns out, interestingly enough, that it is easier to resolve the knowledge problem that arises in connection with each TE than it is to settle whether they have any potential as arguments for anti-cognitivism. The reason is the same in both cases: the exotic premise required for the TEs to work as arguments for anti-cognitivism, premises that are very difficult to assess, do not affect the knowledge problem. As arguments for anti-cognitivism, the two TEs are different. As we will show, zombie TEs do not work as arguments for anti-cognitivism. By contrast, we know of no definitive cognitivist response to imprisoned minds TEs. <> <>*Biographical Notes* Andrew Brook (D.Phil., Oxon.) is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is the author of /Kant and the Mind/ (Cambridge 1994) and, with Paul Raymont, /A Unified Theory of Consciousness/ (MIT Press forthcoming) and has written or edited five other books and about 80 papers, chapters, etc. He was recently President of the Canadian Philosophical Association. Paul Raymont (Ph.D., Toronto) was recently a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council post-doctoral fellow at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is currently at the University of Toronto. He has numerous journal publications and co-authored /A Unified Theory of Consciousness/ with Andrew Brook. * * *Helyszín: *Tudományfilozófiai szeminárium*, * ELTE Tudománytörténet és Tudományfilozófia Tanszék, Pázmány P. sétány 1/A, 6. emelet, 654, terem *2.* 2005. május 3, 17:00: *The Representational Base of Consciousness * * * *Andrew Brook and Paul Raymont* * * *Abstract* Everyone agrees, no matter what else they think about consciousness, that it has a representational base. However, there have been relatively few worked-out attempts to say what this base might be like. The two best developed are perhaps the higher-order thought (HOT) model of David Rosenthal and the transparency approach of Fred Dretske and others. As we will show, both face serious problems. Our alternative to these models starts from the notion of a self-presenting representation, a representation that presents not only what it is about (if it is about anything; not all representations have an object) but also itself to the representing subject. Thus, seeing text on the computer display tells one not only about the text but also about this representations of it, that, for example, one is seeing it, not touching it. Indeed, in our view, representations, being self-presenting, are the representational base for not just for consciousness of their objects (when they have one) and of themselves. They are also the representational base for consciousness of oneself as subject. Though we take mainly a philosophical approach, we hope that the unified picture of consciousness that flows from our picture of the representational base will assist research on consciousness no matter what the approach. <> *Biographical Notes* Andrew Brook (D.Phil., Oxon.) is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is the author of /Kant and the Mind/ (Cambridge 1994) and, with Paul Raymont, /A Unified Theory of Consciousness/ (MIT Press forthcoming) and has written or edited five other books and about 80 papers, chapters, etc. He was recently President of the Canadian Philosophical Association. Paul Raymont (Ph.D., Toronto) was recently a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council post-doctoral fellow at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is currently at the University of Toronto. He has numerous journal publications and co-authored /A Unified Theory of Consciousness/ with Andrew Brook. *Helyszín:* Közép-Európai Egyetem, Filozófia Tanszék, Zrínyi u. 14, 412 terem

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Kiserletes nyelveszet eloadas sorozat

by Zoltan Banreti

Új előadás sorozat: KÍSÉRLETES NYELVÉSZET II. Helyszín: MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézete, 1068 Benczúr u. 33. földszinti előadóterem PROGRAM: Március 1. kedd, 14 órától: Hunyadi László, tanszékvezető egyetemi tanár, KLTE, Általános és alkalmazott nyelvészeti tanszék: A csoportosítás kognitív képessége mint a nyelvi képesség alapja Március 8. kedd, 14 órától: Fehér Zsuzsa, főiskolai adjunktus, ELTE, Bárczi Gusztáv Gyógypedagógiai Főiskolai Kar: Nyelvfejlődési elmaradások; adatok és elméletek Március 22. kedd 14 órától, Babarczy Anna, tudományos munkatárs, BME Kognitív Tudományi Intézete: Az implicit negatív visszajelzés szerepe az argumentumstruktúra elsajátításában Március 29. kedd 14 órától: Gervain Judit tudományos ösztöndíjas, Trieszti Nemzetközi Kutatóközpont, Kognitiv Idegtudományi szekció: A mesterséges nyelvtan tanulás paradigmája a nyelvtanulás és a nyelvelsajátítás kutatásában Április 5. 14 órától: Dr. Horváth Szabolcs, neurológus, osztályvezető főorvos, (Szent Rókus Kórház), egyetemi tanár (ELTE, Bárczi Gusztáv Gyógypedagógiai Kar): Bepillantás a beszéd megváltozásának gyakorlati kérdéseibe; a neuorológus szemével Április 12. kedd, 14 órától: Németh Dezső, egyetemi tanársegéd, SZTE, Bölcsészettudományi Kar, Pszichológia tanszék: Az emlékezeti rendszerek és a nyelvi folyamatok kapcsolata Április 19. kedd 14 óra Bánréti Zoltán, tudományos főmunkatárs, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézete: Mit jelent a nyelvtan sérülése agrammatikus afáziában? Április 26. kedd, 14 óra: Mészáros Éva, tudományos munkatárs, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézete: A struktúra és a jelentés kapcsolata a mondatok grammatikalitásának megítélésében Május 3. kedd 14 óra: Lukács Ágnes, tudományos munkatárs, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézete, egyetemi adjunktus, BME Kognitív Tudományi Intézete: A nyelvi fejlődés zavarainak vizsgálata Május 10. kedd 14 óra: Szentkuti-Kiss Katalin, tudományos munkatárs, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézete: Afáziás mondatmegértési mintázatok értelmezhetősége minimalista keretben Május 17. kedd 14 óra: Szépe Judit, tudományos főmunkatárs, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézete: Fonológiai szekvencia szervezési korlátozottságok műveleti megközelítése, sok érdekes adattal Május 24. kedd 14 óra: Szalai Andrea, tudományos munkatárs, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézete: Antropológiai nyelvészeti vizsgálatok roma közösségekben ----------- MTA Nyelvtudomanyi Intezete Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1068 Budapest Benczúr u. 33 tel: 36-1-351-0413 fax: 36-1-322-9297 email: banreti(a)nytud.hu MTA Nyelvtudomanyi Intezete Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1068 Budapest Benczúr u. 33 tel: 36-1-351-0413 fax: 36-1-322-9297 email: banreti(a)nytud.hu

21 years, 2 months

Megjelent a Szabad Változók második száma

by Balazs Gyenis

Tisztelt Hölgyem/Uram! Örömmel értesítjük, hogy új száma jelent meg a Szabad Változóknak, online folyóiratunknak. ( http://www.szv.hu ) Kérjük, látogasson el honlapunkra. Az új számhoz Geréby Györggyel készítettünk interjút. A lapban emellett Csordás Attila, Michael John Gorman, Kiricsi Zoltán, Rónai András, Sidney Shoemaker, J.M.E. McTaggart és Tamás Ábel írásai olvashatóak. Amennyiben az írásokhoz véleményt szeretne fűzni, ezt könnyedén megteheti a honlap fórum rovatában, ahol számos más tudományos, bölcseleti, és oktatáspolitikai témahoz is hozzá tud szólni. A szerkesztőséget az info(a)szv.hu, a főszerkesztőt a margocsy.daniel(a)szv.hu címen érheti el. Reméljük, lapunk elnyeri tetszését. E levél többszöri kézbesítése esetén türelmüket kérjük. Üdvözlettel, Szabad Változók

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Henrich et al./'Economic Man' in cross-cultural perspective: BBS Call for Commentators

by Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty, If you would like to be considered a potential commentator, or you would like to suggest one, please follow the instructions below. NOTE: Your proposal and/or suggestions should be submitted via the new Online Commentary Proposal system no later than March 23, 2005. The following target article has recently been accepted: "'Economic Man' in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies" Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, Herbert Gintis, Richard McElreath, Michael Alvard, Abigail Barr, Jean Ensminger, Natalie Smith Henrich, Kim Hill, Francisco Gil-White, Michael Gurven, Frank W. Marlowe, John Q. Patton and David Tracer ========================================================================= NEW BBS CALL INSTRUCTIONS ========================================================================= Please DO NOT respond to this email. If you wish to submit a proposal for commentary and/or suggest potential commentators, please go to the new Online Commentary Proposal System at the following URL: http://www.bbsonline.org/perl/commentary/commproposal?authordir=Henrich.ACC Note: Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions linked below: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/associnst.html ========================================================================= TARGET ARTICLE INFORMATION ========================================================================= TARGET ARTICLE: 'Economic Man' in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies AUTHORS: Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, Herbert Gintis, Richard McElreath, Michael Alvard, Abigail Barr, Jean Ensminger, Natalie Smith Henrich, Kim Hill, Francisco Gil-White, Michael Gurven, Frank W. Marlowe, John Q. Patton and David Tracer ABSTRACT: Researchers from across the social sciences have found consistent deviations from the predictions of the canonical model of self-interest in hundreds of experiments from around the world. This research, however, cannot determine whether this uniformity results from universal patterns of human behavior or from the limited cultural variation available among the university students used in virtually all prior experimental work. To address this, we undertook a cross-cultural study of behavior in Ultimatum, Public Goods, and Dictator Games in fifteen small-scale societies exhibiting a wide variety of economic and cultural conditions. We found, first, that the canonical modelbased on pure self-interestfails in all of the societies studied. Second, the data reveals substantially more behavioral variability across social groups than has been found in previous research. Third, group-level differences in economic organization and the structure of social interactions explain a substantial portion of the behavioral variation across societies: the higher the degree of market integration and the higher the payoffs to cooperation in everyday life, the greater the level of prosociality expressed in experimental games. Fourth, the available individual-level economic and demographic variables do not robustly explain game behavior, either within or across groups. Fifth, in many cases experimental play appears to reflect the common interactional patterns of everyday life. 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***{SPAM?}*** Philosophy of Science Colloquium, V. B i n z b e r g e r

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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Philosophy of Science Colloquium, CORRECTION! - March

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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 Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest, Hungary Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924 http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium _______________________ Contrary to the previously circulated announcement, there will be no seminar session on 14 March! Jozsef Topal's lecture is postponed to April. (14 March is a non-working day. I'm sorry for this mistake - L. E. Szabo) _______________________ Corrected PROGRAM - March A printable poster is available here: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/March/poster.pdf 7 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: Hungarian L a s z l o N e m e s Institute of Ethology, University of Debrecen Egy feltorekvo uj terulet: az etologia filozofiaja (A new field of research: philosophy of ethology) Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/March/#1 21 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: Hungarian T a m a s D e m e t e r Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Mi a nepi pszichologia? (What is folk psychology?) Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/March/#3 ___________________________________ The colloquium is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments! 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: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu) -- 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 http://hps.elte.hu/leszabo

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PhD védés - meghívó

by NEMETH, Dezso

MEGHÍVÓ Az ELTE PPK Pszichológia Doktori Iskola tisztelettel meghívja Önt Németh Dezső doktori értekezésének védésére. Az értekezés címe: Nyelv és emlékezet Opponensek: Dr. Csépe Valéria, az MTA doktora Dr. Bánréti Zoltán, a nyelvtudomány kandidátusa A védés időpontja: 2005. február 25. péntek 10 óra A védés helye: ELTE PPK, Budapest, Kazinczy u. 23-27. Tanácsterem ---------------------------------------------------------- NEMETH Dezso University of Szeged, Department of Psychology Email: nemethd(a)edpsy.u-szeged.hu Web: http://www.staff.u-szeged.hu/~nemethd/ Cognitive Sciences at University of Szeged: http://kognit.edpsy.u-szeged.hu

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Fw: BorosJ

by Kampis

Kedves Kollegak, mellekelem Boros Janos konferencia felhivasait, udv gk

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Hamvas Béla előadás

by b b

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Philosophy of Science Colloquium, March

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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 Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest, Hungary Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924 http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium PROGRAM - March A printable poster is available here: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/March/poster.pdf 7 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: Hungarian L a s z l o N e m e s Institute of Ethology, University of Debrecen Egy feltorekvo uj terulet: az etologia filozofiaja (A new field of research: philosophy of ethology) Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/March/#1 14 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: Hungarian J o z s e f T o p a l Comparative Ethology Research Group of HAS Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest A kutya kizarason alapulo kovetkeztetesi kepessegei: Ahogyan azt az etologus latja (Dog's exclusionary inference capacity: from the ethologist's point of view) Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/March/#2 21 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: Hungarian T a m a s D e m e t e r Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Mi a nepi pszichologia? (What is folk psychology?) Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/March/#3 ___________________________________ The colloquium is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments! 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: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu) -- 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 http://hps.elte.hu/leszabo

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