koglist February 2008

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16 participants
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Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Gyorgy Szabo

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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 ___________________________________ 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

18 years, 2 months

invitation to a philosophy talk - reminder

by Krisztina Biber

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.

18 years, 3 months

Kognitiv tavasz - Szeged

by NEMETH, Dezso

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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- NEMETH, Dezso (PhD) visiting professor Brain and Language Lab Department of Neuroscience Georgetown University http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/visitingprofs.htm#Nemeth

18 years, 3 months

NYELV, MEGISMERES, TUDAT

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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

18 years, 3 months

Call for poster - Minds and Societies 2008 Summer Institute in Cognitive Science (fwd)

by Stevan Harnad

** Apologies for Cross-Posting ** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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 -10-

18 years, 3 months

konferencia A magyar vall�studom�ny t�rt�nete

by Bulcsu Kal Hoppal

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 www.uc.cl/iapuc ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

18 years, 3 months

Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Gergely Ambrus

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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

18 years, 3 months

álláshirdetés

by Miklósi Ádám

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.

18 years, 3 months

faculty work in progress lectures

by Krisztina Biber

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 ******************************************************************************** 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.

18 years, 3 months

postdoc in philosophy or cognitive science, Lund University

by Zvolenszky Zsofia

Three year post-doc employment, open for applicants in philosophy and cognitive science, available at Lund University. Applications shall contain complete CV, copy of Ph.D. exam (exam must not be older than three years), list of publications, and research project plan (not exceeding five pages) for the period. Reference number: 4918. Six copies of the complete application must have been received before February 20th Address: Vice Chancellor, Lund University, Box 117, 221 00 Lund, Sweden Directives and information at http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s/11294 Information about salary etc: Senior Administrative Officer Lena Kandefelt (+46 46-222 7224, lena.kandef...(a)kansliht.lu.se). About Philosophy in Lund: Professor Wlodek Rabinowicz (+46 46 222 75 95, wlodek.rabinow...(a)fil.lu.se), Professor Erik J Olsson (+46 46 222 09 25, erik_j.ols...(a)fil.lu.se) About Cognitive Science in Lund: Professor Peter Gärdenfors (+46 46 222 48 17, peter.gardenf...(a)lucs.lu.se) Björn Petersson http://www.fil.lu.se/staff/person.asp?id=12&lang=se

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