THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM
Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eotvos University
Room 226 Monday 4:00 PM Muzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest
Web site: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf
18 February 4:00 PM Room 226
Gyorgy Szabo
Complex Systems Group
Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Budapest
Mechanisms supporting cooperation in evolutionary Prisoner's Dilemma
Abstract: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2007-2008/February/#3
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The Forum is open to everyone, including students,visitors, and faculty
members from all departments and institutes!
Format: 60 minute lecture, 10 minute coffee break, followed by a 30-60
minute discussion. The language of presentation is English or Hungarian.
A printable poster is available from here:
http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2007-2008/February/poster.pdf
Please feel free to post it in your institution!
The organizer of the Forum: Laszlo E. Szabo
(leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu)
--
L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eotvos University, Budapest
http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo
The CENTER FOR HELLENIC TRADITIONS and the DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY at
CEU
cordially invite you
to the next lecture of the
3rd series of the
HELLENIC COLLOQUIA
by
Jennifer Whiting
(Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto)
Psychic Contingency in Plato: Rethinking the Tripartite Soul
Time: Tuesday, February 12, 16:30
Location: CEU, Room 412, Department of Philosophy, Zrinyi u. 14,
1051-Budapest
Abstract: Commentators often assume (a) that the argument of Platos
Republic requires that each human being has exactly the three and only
the three parts of soul required by the dialogues state-soul analogy and
(b) that this tripartition (also found in the Phaedrus and Timaeus)
reflects a change of mind on Platos part from the Phaedo (where
appetites and emotions that the Republic ascribes to the lower parts of
soul are ascribed instead to the body and the soul itself is viewed as
simple). I challenge both assumptions, first showing how Socrates (the
character in the Republic) seems to take his argument there to allow for
contingency in how many parts, and exactly which parts, any given soul
has. His view seems to be that the well-ordered souls described in Book
IV are unified in a way such that they do not have the sort of genuinely
distinct parts that the corrupt souls described in Books VIII and IX do.
If this is right, then we can see how the views Socrates expresses in
the Phaedo may be compatible with those he expresses in the Republic:
for he may be talking in the Phaedo primarily about what he takes his
own, philosophically cultivated soul to be like, while talking in the
Republic primarily about what he takes the souls of the many to be like.
Kedves Kognitiv Kollégák,
Csatoltam a Szegedi Megismeréstudományi és Neuropszichológia Programunk
2008. tavaszi kinálatát (PDF és doc file-ban).
További információk megújult (!) honlapunkon:
http://kognit.edpsy.u-szeged.hu/
Várunk minden érdeklődőt sok szeretettel!
Dezso
Az idei program:
SZEGEDI MEGISMERÉSTUDOMÁNYI ÉS NEUROPSZICHOLÓGIA PROGRAM
2008. tavaszi félév
Winkler István
Információ sz?rés és eseményel?rejelzés a hallási észlelésben (a
kísérletez? szemszögéb?l)
Szerda 12-16, Kardos terem, Id?pontok: Február 13., 27., Márc. 12.,
Április 9., 23., Május 7.
Alen Hajnal
Térérzékelés: "Használd az agyadat! Vagy mégse."
Április 14-18, tömbösítve
Stefanik Krisztina
Autizmus spektrum zavarok - a kutatás és klinikum találkozási pontjai
Péntek, 10-14, Kardos terem, Február 15., 29., Április 4., 11., 18.,
Május 9.
Fiser József
Kognitív modellezés
Tömbösítve, Február 21-22
Janka Zoltán
Pszichiátria
Csütörtök, 12-14, Új Klinika fsz. el?adó
Sefcsik Tamás
Pszichés rendellenességek a neurológiai kórképekben
Csütörtök 10-12, Kardos terem
Ivaskó Livia
Neurolingvisztika
Szerda 10-12, BTK épület, Új kommunikációs tanterem
Tisljár Roland
A humor pszichológiája
Németh Dezs?
Pszicholingvisztika
Hétf?, 10-12 Petofi XII. terem
Polonyi Tünde Éva
A nyelvtanulás és a kétnyelv?ség kognitív pszichológiája
Március 1. 8-16, tömbösítve, Pet?fi épület, Várkonyi terem
Sefcsik Tamás
A kisagy és a bazális ganglionok szerepe a kognícióban
Február 16. 8-16, Tömbösítve, Kardos terem
Németh Dezso
Nyelv, agy és emlékezet
Február 22. 10-18, Tömbösítve, Kardos
Csifcsák Gábor
A szkizofrénia modern idegtudományi megközelítései
Február 29, 10-18, Bartlett, Tömbösítve
SZTE Megismeréstudományi Csoport: http://kognit.edpsy.u-szeged.hu/
SZTE Pszichológia Tanszék(letölthet? anyagok):
http://www.pszich.u-szeged.hu/
Érdekl?dni lehet Németh Dezs?nél (nemethd(a)edpsy.u-szeged.hu), Krajcsi
Attilánál (krajcsi(a)gmail.com).
Hely: Kognitív Csoport, Irinyi épület, 3. lépcs?ház magasföldszint
Telefon: +36-62-544692, +36-62-544509
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University of Szeged, Institute of Psychology
Email: nemethd(a)edpsy.u-szeged.hu
Web: http://www.staff.u-szeged.hu/~nemethd/cv2.htm
Cognitive Sciences at University of Szeged:
http://kognit.edpsy.u-szeged.hu/english/
Memory and Language Lab: http://kognit.edpsy.u-szeged.hu/english/memlang.htm
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NEMETH, Dezso (PhD)
visiting professor
Brain and Language Lab
Department of Neuroscience
Georgetown University
http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/visitingprofs.htm#Nemeth
FELHÍVÁS
AZ ELTE BTK FILOZÓFIAI INTÉZETE ÉS AZ MTA-ELTE NYELVFILOZÓFIAI KUTATÓCSOPORTJA
A „NYELV, MEGÉRTÉS, INTERPRETÁCIÓ (A nyelv mint a kortárs filozófiai áramlatok
közös problémája)” sorozat keretében
NYELV, MEGISMERÉS, TUDAT
címmel konferenciát rendez.
A konferencia időpontja: 2008. október 2-3.
A konferencia helyszíne: Az ELTE BTK Filozófiai Intézete (Budapest 1088,
Múzeum krt. 4/i. épület.
Idei konferenciánkon a megismerés és az elme problémáját javasoljuk megvitatni
a releváns diszciplínák újabb eredményeinek tükrében. Ezen belül kiemelten
szeretnénk vizsgálni a mentális reprezentációk és a valóság viszonyára
vonatkozó kérdéseket. Számítunk arra, hogy bő lehetőség nyílik a kortárs
kognitív tudományok eredményeinek bemutatására.
Témánk szerteágazó természete folytán a filozófus kollégák és a kognitív
tudományok művelői mellett a nyelvészet, a logika és a tudományfilozófia
képviselőinek jelentkezését is várjuk.
Az előadások írásos változataiból – a hagyományokhoz híven – a Világosság
duplaszáma közöl majd válogatást.
A konferenciára való jelentkezés határideje: 2008. május 31.
A jelentkezéseket (melyeknek a tervezett előadás 10-15 soros összefoglalóját
kell tartalmazniuk) a következő ímélcímre kérjük:
megismereskonferencia(a)gmail.com
A konferencia weboldala: http://phil.elte.hu/oszi-konferencia/2008
--
L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eotvos University, Budapest
http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo
** Apologies for Cross-Posting **
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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:04:50 -0500
From: École été 2008 <summer08.isc(a)uqam.ca>
To: École été 2008 <summer08.isc(a)uqam.ca>
Subject: Call for poster - Minds and Societies 2008 Summer Institute in
Cognitive Science
Call for Posters
The Minds and Societies Summer Institute in Cognitive Science
June 27 July 6, 2008
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
A Summer Institute organized by the Université du Québec à Montréal¹s
Cognitive Science Institute
(Pdf version of this call can be found here:
http://www.summer08.isc.uqam.ca/ocs/custom/cfp-socialCognition.pdf )
OVERVIEW
The main theme of the Minds and Societies Summer Institute is social
cognition, understood both from a psychological and community point of
views. From a psychological point of view, the fundamental problem of social
cognition is to understand how the human mind processes social information;
how it detects, categorizes and applies it in social situations. From a
community point of view, the question is understanding how individual
cognition is influenced, perhaps even improved and increased, or indeed
hampered, by social interactions, for example by communicating and
collaborating with intelligent agents, natural and artificial. The two
dimensions of social cognition are linked, in that the psychological
dimension makes the community dimension possible, and the latter can in
return modify the first. More information about the Summer Institute's
content can be found on its website: www.summer08.isc.uqam.ca
REFEREED POSTER SUBMISSIONS
Successful posters are carefully designed to convey ideas. They should also
attract the attention of attendees as they stroll past the displays. The
goal is to develop a poster that encourages and facilitates small groups of
individuals interested in an issue to gather and interact.
Posters will be reviewed and selected by the Poster Committee. An award will
be given at the conference for the best poster.
Submissions must include an abstract of up to 400 words.
Authors of accepted submissions must provide a one or two page summary
(and/or an electronic copy of the poster itself) for publication on the
Summer Institute¹s web site. These summaries will be posted on the Summer
Institute web site one week prior to Summer Institute to give all
participants a chance to review the content of the presentation before the
event.
All participants must register, including those presenting a poster.
PRACTICAL
The posters will be located in a public area, close to the exhibition,
viewable for all conference attendees.
Posters shall fit in a 1,40x1.40m space. Push pins can be used to attach
material to the board.
A small table on which you can put leaflets or your laptop for a live demo
is available upon request.
The posters are to be set up before the first poster session, on June
30th.
Someone must be present at the poster to interact with conference
attendees on at least one of the two official occasions: July 30th and July
4th. It is also possible, but not required, to be present at other times.
Putting a time schedule on the poster is recommended.
Advice for the preparation of a poster can be found on ISC¹s website:
http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/cogsci2/isc/article.php3?id_article=218. Most of
the content is in French, but some of it is in English.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission start: March 3, 2008
Submission due: March 17, 2008
Notification to authors: April 7, 2008
Summary due: May 30, 2008
Poster go up: June 28, 2008
Must be present to discuss poster: June 30 and/or July 4
Please send all inquiries to summer08.isc(a)uqam.ca
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Tiztelt Kollégák!
Csatolt fájlban találják a Magyar Vallástudományi
Társaság konferencia felhívását.
Kérem, terjesszék!
Üdvözlettel:
Hoppál Bulcsú
Hoppál, Kál Bulcsú
Ph.D. student
International Academy of Philosophy,
Pontificia Universidad Catolica Chile (IAP - PUC)
Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul
Santiago, Chile
Phone (sec.): (56 2) 354-1513
e-mail: khoppal(a)yahoo.com
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THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM
Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eotvos University
Room 226 Monday 4:00 PM Muzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest
Web site: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf
11 February 4:00 PM Room 226
Gergely Ambrus
Philosophy, University of Miskolc
A tudat problemaja a logikai empirizmusban
(The problem of mind in logical empirism)
Abstract: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2007-2008/February/#2
___________________________________
The Forum is open to everyone, including students,visitors, and faculty
members from all departments and institutes!
Format: 60 minute lecture, 10 minute coffee break, followed by a 30-60
minute discussion. The language of presentation is English or Hungarian.
A printable poster is available from here:
http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2007-2008/February/poster.pdf
Please feel free to post it in your institution!
The organizer of the Forum: Laszlo E. Szabo
(leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu)
--
L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eotvos University, Budapest
http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo
Az ELTE TTK Etológia Tanszéke FP7-es (2008-2012) „Living with
interactive companions” (LIREC) pályázatának megvalósításához keres
olyan állati és emberi viselkedéssel foglalkozó kutatót, akit érdekel
komplex viselkedésű rendszerek (ember és kutya) leírása illetve a
tapasztalatok robotikai megvalósításának kérdése. Keressük azt a
kutyaszerető, vezetői készségekkel is rendelkező angolul beszélő és
külföldi partnereinkkel is kapcsolatot tartó agilis kutató munkatársat,
aki egy lelkes munkaközösség tagja szeretne lenni.
Posztdoktori státusz illetve hosszabb dokumentált tudományos tapasztalat
előnyt jelent.
A jelentkezéshez kérünk szakmai önéletrajzot, publikációs listát és az
eddigi tudományos munkásság rövid összefoglalóját.
Munkakezdés várhatóan március 1. és 31. között az EU projekt
elkezdésének függvényében. A kiválasztott jelölt tudományos munkatárs
munkakörben dolgozik majd, bérezése szakmai felkészültségének függvénye
a munkaköri lapbért meghaladó mértékben.
Jelen felhívás az állás sikeres betöltéséig érvényes várhatóan március
1-ig. Jelentkezés Etológia tanszék postai címén (Budapest 1117 Pázmány P
sétány 1c) vagy amiklósi62(a)gmail.com <mailto:amikl%F3si62@gmail.com>
emailen.
A témához kapcsolódóan PhD jelöltek és szakdolgozók jelentkezését is
várjuk!
Érdeklődés: Miklósi Ádám egyetemi docens, amiklósi62(a)gmail.com
<mailto:amikl%F3si62@gmail.com>
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/ict/docs/2008-jan-projects-resulting-from-call-1-short-abstracts_en.pdf
LIREC will establish a multi-faceted (memory, emotions, cognition,
communication, learning, etc.) theory of artificial long-term
companions, embody it in innovative technology, verify the theory and
technology experimentally in real social environments, and provide
guidelines for designing and using such companions. The project draws on
studies of human-pet interaction and builds upon existing robotics
technologies such as Pioneers, Peoplebots, & iCat in order to develop
and evaluate experimentally the theoretical framework. Companions will
have different capabilities, based on a common cognitive-affective
architecture, depending on their intended use. This may involve the
ability to respond sensitively to the user, regard his or her possible
motives and intentions, and encompass several forms of communication.
Different scenarios will be set up, such as the "robot house", "spirit
of the building" and "my mentor", and several activity types will be
tested in each. The scenarios will involve humans interacting with
robots and/or graphical companions in their day-to-day lives over
periods of weeks or months. The migration of companions to different
“bodies”, for instance a mobile phone, will also be explored.
Dear All,
Please find enclosed Katalin Farkas` abstract for the next faculty work in progress lecture (Tuesday, 5. February, from 4.30 PM in room 412)
Best
Kriszta
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Katalin Farkas
Can one be immoral in a dream?
Dreams in philosophy are usually considered in the theory of knowledge. The classic sceptical Dream Argument goes something like this: since dreams are subjectively indistinguishable from wakeful experiences, the qualitative character of experience doesnt guarantee that I am not dreaming now, and therefore I cannot exclude the possibility that I am not dreaming now. But then I cannot t know anything based on my present experiences.
I shall refer to the conception of dreams embodied in this argument as the "usual conception of dreams. The key feature of the usual conception is that dreams are subjectively the same as wakeful experiences. I think the usual conception is wrong, and considering the moral significance of dreams helps to bring this point out.
The question of the moral status of dreams is raised for example in the following passage in St. Augustines Confessions:
"Obviously thou commandest that I should be continent from the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Thou commandest me to abstain from fornication, and as for marriage itself, thou hast counseled something better than what thou dost allow. And since thou gavest it, it was done--even before I became a minister of thy sacrament. But there still exist in my memory--of which I have spoken so much--the images of such things as my habits had fixed there. These things rush into my thoughts with no power when I am awake; but in sleep they rush in not only so as to give pleasure, but even to obtain consent and what very closely resembles the deed itself. Indeed, the illusion of the image prevails to such an extent, in both my soul and my flesh, that the illusion persuades me when sleeping to what the reality cannot do when I am awake. Am I not myself at such a time, O Lord my God? And is there so much of a difference between myself awake and myself in the moment when I pass from waking to sleeping, or return from sleeping to waking?
Where, then, is the power of reason which resists such suggestions when I am awake--for even if the things themselves be forced upon it I remain unmoved? Does reason cease when the eyes close? Is it put to sleep with the bodily senses? But in that case how does it come to pass that even in slumber we often resist, and with our conscious purposes in mind, continue most chastely in them, and yield no assent to such allurements? Yet there is at least this much difference: that when it happens otherwise in dreams, when we wake up, we return to peace of conscience. And it is by this difference between sleeping and waking that we discover that it was not we who did it, while we still feel sorry that in some way it was done in us." (Book 10, ch. 30):
As Augustine notes, one of the most troubling aspect of dreams from a moral point of view is that we seem to consent to all sorts of things in dream that we would never do in waking life. So much so that Augustine even considers - though immediately discards - the possibility that he isnt really himself when dreaming. Of course there is an important difference between wakeful acts and apparent dream acts: that the latter dont really happen. It seems that this leads Augustine to conclude that one shouldnt feel guilty - though one may not help feeling sorry - about things done in a dream.
However, some commentators argued that Augustine is in fact committed to some assumptions which entail that one can be immoral in a dream. One of these assumption is the usual conception of dreams.
It is also instructive to compare the moral status of acts apparently committed in dreams with the moral status of acts apparently committed in a hypothetical situation of perfect simulation (like the Matrix). It is common to both cases that the act doesnt actually happen; yet I claim that the moral status of the two situations are different.
I argue that the usual conception of dreams is mistaken, and dreams are in fact states of diminished responsibility (like being drugged or drunk), which are subjectively very different from waking experiences. Since dreams are such states, I dont think that one can be immoral in a dream.
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