koglist June 2005

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Meghivo, E. Szabo Laszlo MTA doktori vedes

by Laszlo E. Szabo

M E G H I V O Az MTA Doktori Tanacsa meghivja Ont SZABO LASZLO MTA doktora (filozofia) cimre benyujtott A nyitott jovo problemaja -- veletlen, kauzalitas es determinizmus a fizikaban cimu munkajanak 2005. junius 29-en 15:00 orakor, az MTA Szekhaz Kupolatermeben (1051 Bp., V., Roosevelt ter 9.) tartando nyilvanos vitajara. A munka opponensei: Andreka Hajnal, a matematikai tudomany doktora Geszti Tamas, a fizikai tudomany doktora Mate Andras, a filozofiai tudomany kandidatusa A munka megtekintheto az MTA Konyvtaraban (Bp. V., Arany J. u. 1.) A nyilvanos vitaban minden jelenlevo reszt vehet es irasban elozetesen is eszrevetelt tehet. Tezisek (PDF): http://philosophy.elte.hu/leszabo/szl_tezisek.pdf -- 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

20 years, 10 months

Lea & Webley/Money as tool, money as drug: BBS Call for Commentators

by Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty, The Online Commentary Proposal System is currently unavailable due to technical difficulties. Until the system is reactivated, please follow the instructions in this email. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Below the proposal instructions please find the abstract, keywords, and a link to the full text of the forthcoming BBS target article: "Money as tool, money as drug: The biological psychology of a strong incentive" Stephen E. G. Lea and Paul Webley FULL TEXT: http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Lea/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, please reply to calls(a)bbsonline.org by July 19, 2005. The Calls are sent to 10,000 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 suggest 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. An 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.) ======================================================================= *** COMMENTARY PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS *** ======================================================================= To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, it would be most helpful if you would send us an indication of the relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the paper, and what aspect of the paper you would anticipate commenting upon. Please DO NOT prepare a commentary until you receive a formal invitation, indicating that it was possible to include your name on the final list, which is constructed so as to balance areas of expertise and frequency of prior commentaries in BBS. Please reply by EMAIL to calls(a)bbsonline.org by July 19, 2005. ======================================================================= TARGET ARTICLE INFORMATION ======================================================================= TARGET ARTICLE: Money as tool, money as drug: The biological psychology of a strong incentive AUTHORS: Stephen E. G. Lea and Paul Webley ABSTRACT: Why are people interested in money? Specifically, what could be the biological basis for the extraordinary incentive and reinforcing power of money, which seems to be unique to the human species? We identify two ways in which a commodity which is of no biological significance in itself can become a strong motivator. The first is if it is used as a tool, and by a metaphorical extension this is often applied to money: it is used instrumentally, in order to obtain biologically relevant incentives. However substances can be strong motivators because they imitate the action of natural incentives but do not produce the fitness gains for which those incentives are instinctively sought. The classic examples of this process are psychoactive drugs, but we argue that the drug concept can also be extended metaphorically to provide an account of money motivation. From a review of theoretical and empirical literature about money, we conclude (i) that there are a number of phenomena that cannot be accounted for by a pure Tool Theory of money motivation; (ii) that supplementing it with a Drug Theory enables the anomalous phenomena to be explained; and (iii) that the human instincts that, according to a Drug Theory, money parasitizes include trading (derived from reciprocal altruism) and object play. KEYWORDS: Economic behaviour; evolutionary psychology; giving; incentive; money; motivation; play; reciprocal altruism FULL TEXT: http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Lea/Referees/ ======================================================================= SUPPLEMENTARY ANNOUNCEMENT ======================================================================= (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 potential reviewers would be the best evidence of its potential impact!). *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Please note: Your email address has been added to our user database for Calls for Commentators, the reason you received this email. If you do not wish to receive further Calls, please feel free to change your mailshot status through your User Login link on the BBSPrints homepage, using your username and password. Or, email a response with the word "remove" in the subject line. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Barbara Finlay - Editor Paul Bloom - Editor Behavioral and Brain Sciences bbs(a)bbsonline.org http://www.bbsonline.org -------------------------------------------------------------------

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****{SPAM?}**** reminder - philosophy talks

by Krisztina Biber

Dear All, This is to invite you to the talks by the short-listed applicants for the assistant professor position at the philosophy department. The talks will take place on 4th and 5 th July, in Room 412 - 14. Zrinyi str.4th floor Monday July 4th 10am: talk by Dr Maria Reicher "Two interpretations of 'according to a story'" 11am: talk by Zsofia Zvolenszky "Analytic Truths and Kripke's Semantic Turn" 12noon: talk by Dr Hanoch Ben-Yami "A Critique of Frege on Common Nouns" Tuesday July 5th 10am: talk by Dr Adam Kovach "On False Emotions" 11am: talk by Dr Andrea Iacona "Future contingents and Aristotle's fantasy" 12noon: talk by Dr Juraj Hvorecky "Structure of Intentionality" Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

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invitation to philosophy talks at CEU

by Krisztina Biber

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analizis

by Ropolyi Laszlo

M E G H Í V Ó A Magyar Daseinanalitikai Egyesület (MDE) tisztelettel meghívja Önt A Daseinanalitikai pszichoterápia és filozófiai alapjai címmel megrendezésre kerülő második szemináriumára Időpont: 2005. június 18. szombat 16:30 Meghívott előadók: Dr. Schwendtner Tibor kandidátus (Budapest) Dr. med. Hansjörg Reck (Zürich) Helyszín: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Pszichológiai Kutatóintézet 1132 Budapest, Victor Hugo u. 18-22 Program: 16:30-18:00 Dr. Hansjörg Reck: A Daseinanalitikai pszichoterápia filozófiai alapjai Holger Helting: Einführung in die philosophischen Dimensionen der psychotherapeutischen Daseinsanalyse c. könyvének első fejezete (német nyelven) Összefoglaló: Sárkány Péter (német nyelven) 18:15-20:00 Dr. Schwendtner Tibor: Szabadság, sors és önazonosság összefüggései a Lét és időben (magyar nyelven) Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk! Magyar Daseinanalitikai Egyesület I Kuruc utca 75.4/3 I H-3535 Miskolc Telefon +43-676-4976261 I +36-20-9678668 www.daseinanalizis.hu mde(a)daseinanalizis.hu

20 years, 11 months

Post-doctoral position available

by Professor Ron Sun

I am looking for a post-doctoral researcher, to join in a basic research project investigating cognitive modeling, cognitive architectures, and human skill learning. The starting date is September 1, 2005 (although a slight delay, say by a couple of months, is also possible). This will be a full-time research position, with the expectation that you devote all your time to project-related research work (not your own research topics). Prospective applicants should have a finished Ph.D degree before starting, by September 1, 2005 (or shortly thereafter). They should have a strong background in computer science (the equivalent of a BS in computer science), with strong Java programming skills, and have prior exposure to psychology and cognitive science (with background in human and machine learning, motivation, and meta-cognition preferred), and other related areas. Prospective applicants with interests in cognitive science should apply by EMAILing me: (1) a complete vitae, and (2) samples of best prior writings (especially published papers), and also FAX me (3) GRE/TOEFL scores (if available), and other pertinent information. Make sure to also FAX me (4) copies of all transcripts of all the BS, MS, Ph.D programs you previously attended. Also FAX me (5) the reference letters (if available). RPI is a top-tier research university. The new CogSci department has identified research as its primary missions. The department is conducting research in a number of areas: cognitive architectures, cognitive modeling, human and machine learning, multi-agent interactions and social simulation, neural networks and connectionist models, human and machine reasoning, cognitive engineering, perception and motor control, and so on. See the Web page below regarding my own research (in the afore-described area and in other areas): http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun Two sample publications are downloadable from my Web site: R. Sun, P. Slusarz, and C. Terry, The interaction of the explicit and the implicit in skill learning: A dual-process approach. Psychological Review, Vol.112, No.1, pp.159-192. 2005. http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/sun-pr2005-f.pdf R. Sun, E. Merrill, and T. Peterson, From implicit skills to explicit knowledge: A bottom-up model of skill learning. Cognitive Science, Vol.25, No.2, pp.203-244. 2001. http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/sun.cs01.pdf Apply as soon as possible. Completed applications will be considered as they come in, until the position is filled. ======================================================== 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 =======================================================

20 years, 11 months

a szegedi pszichológus hallgatók tudományos eredményei

by NEMETH, Dezso

Kedves Kollégák, a szegedi pszichológus hallgatók hazai és külföldi tudományos diákköri konferenciákon, versenyeken való szerepléseit és eredményeit megtekinthetitek a következő Web címen: http://primus.arts.u-szeged.hu/pszichologia/tdk/index.htm A szegedi pszichológus hallgatók tudományos munkái szerkesztett kötetben is megjelentek: Szegedi Pszichológiai Tanulmányok JGYTF Kiadó, 2004 Kötet kapható: JGYTF Kiadó - Jegyzet- és könyvesbolt Szeged, Boldogasszony sgt. 6. (udvari pavilon), Telefon: 36-62/546-072 Megrendelhető a kiadótól a következő számon, mely fax szám is: +3662546071 Ár: 1428Ft Tartalomjegyzék: http://www.staff.u-szeged.hu/~nemethd/kotet.htm üdv. dezső ---------------------------------------------------------- NEMETH Dezso University of Szeged, Department of Psychology Email: nemethd(a)edpsy.u-szeged.hu Web: www.staff.u-szeged.hu/~nemethd Cognitive Sciences in Szeged: http://kognit.edpsy.u-szeged.hu/

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Meghivo, E. Szabo Laszlo MTA doktori vedes

by Laszlo E. Szabo

M E G H I V O Az MTA Doktori Tanacsa meghivja Ont SZABO LASZLO MTA doktora cimre benyujtott A nyitott jovo problemaja – veletlen, kauzalitas es determinizmus a fizikaban cimu munkajanak 2005. junius 29-en 15:00 orakor, az MTA Szekhaz Kupolatermeben (1051 Bp., V., Roosevelt ter 9.) tartando nyilvanos vitajara. A munka opponensei: Andreka Hajnal, a matematikai tudomany doktora Geszti Tamas, a fizikai tudomany doktora Mate Andras, a filozofiai tudomany kandidatusa A munka megtekintheto az MTA Konyvtaraban (Bp. V., Arany J. u. 1.) A nyilvanos vitaban minden jelenlevo reszt vehet es irasban elozetesen is eszrevetelt tehet. Tezisek (PDF): http://philosophy.elte.hu/leszabo/szl_tezisek.pdf -- 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

20 years, 11 months

Consciousness: An Exchange

by Stevan Harnad

New York Review of Books Volume 52, Number 11 · June 23, 2005 WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS? By Stevan Harnad, Reply by John R. Searle In response to Consciousness: What We Still Don't Know* (January 13, 2005) http://cogprints.org/4390/01/harnad-searle.html

20 years, 11 months

(no subject)

by Laszlo Ropolyi

FILOZÓFIAI KOMPETENCIÁK WORKSHOP 2005 június 23 (csütörtök) Budapest A Bolognai Folyamat által előtérbe helyezett kompetencia alapú képzés a filozófia területén is felveti a problémát: vajon milyen készségeket és képességeket fejleszt a filozófia, illetve milyen módszerekkel és technikákkal lehet e képzési folyamatot elősegíteni. A kérdéskör elsősorban a nem-szakos képzést folytató kollégákat érinti, hiszen az ő területükön sokkal inkább veszélybe került a filozófiai képzés legitimációja. Ugyanakkor azonban a filozófia szakos képzésben sem megkerülhető a téma, hiszen ott is kérdés: milyen kompetenciák birtokában lehet egy Bachelor diplomával szakmai perspektívát találni. Ha a bölcsészképzés el is tudja kerülni a probléma felvetését, azt mindenképpen megfontolandónak tartjuk, hogy - remélhetőleg - továbbra is filozófia szakot végzettek fogják a nem szakosokat is tanítani. Nem árt tehát, ha tudják, mire vállalkoznak, mit vár tőlük a nem szakos képzés és mit tehetnek hallgatóikért a kompetenciafejlesztés területén. * Melyek ezek a kompetenciák? (Pl. fogalmi analízis, előfeltevések feltárása és elemzése, látásmódok elemzése, alapfogalmak rendszerének tisztázása, idealizáció, kritikai gondolkodás, vita- és dialóguskészség) * Hogyan fejleszthetők? (szövegolvasás, dialógus, értelmezések összevetése, vita) * Milyen szövegek feldolgozása segíti különösképpen a fejlesztésüket? Tanszékeink egy workshop keretében szeretnének párbeszédet kezdeményezni e témáról. Időpontja: 2005. június 23. (csütörtök) Helyszíne: Budapesti Műszaki Egyetem, Filozófia és Tudománytörténet Tanszék Kérjük, hogy akit érdekel - akár egy rövid (maximum 20 perces) előadás tartása, akár csak a témáról való beszélgetés -, az mielőbb jelentkezzen Kiss Olgánál. Minden érdeklődőt örömmel látnak a szervezők: Kiss Olga (Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem) kissolga(a)yahoo.com Margitay Tihamér (Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem) margitay(a)phil.philos.bme.hu vagy margitay(a)filozofia.bme.hu Ropolyi László (Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Természettudományi Kar) ropolyi(a)ludens.elte.hu Toronyai Gábor (Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem) toronyai(a)uni-corvinus.hu

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