koglist March 2008

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invitation to a philosophy talk - reminder

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk by Pascal Engel (Université de Genève) on Oughty Thoughts Tuesday, 18 March, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT The thesis that mental content is normative is ambiguous and has many forms. I shall here deal only with the thesis that normativity is connected to our mental attitudes rather than with the content of the attitudes, and more specifically with the view that it is connected to belief. A number of writers have proposed various versions of a "norm of truth" attached to belief. I examine various versions of this claim, and defend it against recent criticisms according to which this norm lacks normative force, that is violates the principle that "ought" implies can", and that it is viciously circular. I defend the view that we should distinguish the statement of the objective norm and the way it is regulated, and that this distinction can answer most of the critisms of the norm of truth for belief. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072

18 years, 1 month

INNS Award nominations

by Professor Ron Sun

**** INNS Award nominations **** INNS (International Neural Networks Society; http://www.inns.org) has a well established awards program, designed to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of Neural Networks. Up to three awards, one in each of the following categories, are presented annually at IJCNN to senior individuals for outstanding contributions made to the field of Neural Networks. The Hebb Award - recognizes achievement in biological learning. The Helmholtz Award - recognizes achievement in sensation/perception. The Gabor Award - recognizes achievement in engineering/application. In addition, there is the Young Investigator Award: up to two awards are presented annually to individuals with no more than five years postdoctoral experience and who are under forty years of age, for significant contributions in the field of Neural Networks. The INNS Awards Committee is now inviting nominations for the 2009 Hebb, Helmholtz, and Gabor awards as well as the Young Investigator awards. You can find the details of the nomination procedure on the INNS Web page: http://www.inns.org; please click on "awards program". I would urge you to think of highly qualified candidates and send in formal nominations for them (see the INNS web page for the instructions). Please email the nominations (along with attachments) directly to the chair of the Awards Committee at rsun(a)rpi.edu by May 1, 2008. Ron Sun Chair, Awards Committee ======================================================== 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 =======================================================

18 years, 1 month

invitation to a philosophy talk

by Krisztina Biber

18 years, 2 months

Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Christophe Heintz

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 17 March 4:00 PM Room 226 Christophe Heintz Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Altenberg, Austria A cognitive history of calculus: how infinitesimals went to the limit Abstract: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2007-2008/March/#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/March/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 CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk by Øystein Linnebo (University of Bristol) on Ontological Minimalism Tuesday, 11 March, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT A number of philosophers have been attracted to the idea that the existence of certain kinds of objects is "cheap", in the sense that very little is required for there to be objects of the kind in question. For instance, Frege and neo-Fregeans hold that nothing more is required for the existence of directions than that there be lines standing in the relation of parallelism; mathematical structuralists hold that nothing more is required for the existence of mathematical objects than that there could be concrete realizations of certain structures; and some metaphysicians hold that nothing more is required for the existence of mereological sums than that the relevant parts exist. I examine some problems with existing forms of ontological minimalism. Then I develop what I take to be a better form of the view, based on an assimilation of objects to semantic values and a minimalist account of what is required for an expression to have a semantic value. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072

18 years, 2 months

nmeghívó

by Horvath Zsuzsa

Kedves Kollégák! Mellékelem a következő Kognitív Péntekre - március 14-ére - szóló meghívót! Üdvözlettel: HZS Horváth Zsuzsa ELTE PPK Kognitív Pszichológiai Tanszék 1064 Bp. Izabella u. 46. horvath.zsuzsa(a)ppk.elte.hu Tel/fax: 461-2649

18 years, 2 months

Rips et al/From Numerical Concepts to Concepts of Number: BBS Call for Commentators

by Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty, ================================================================== *** CALL RESPONSE 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=Rips-082420… * If you only wish to suggest potential commentators, please ignore prompts to submit a proposal with expertise information. * If you experience technical difficulties, please email bbs(a)bbsonline.org. * Please respond to this Call no later than March 31, 2008 NOTE: Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) is 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. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions linked below: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/associnst.html ================================================================== ** Target Article Information ** ================================================================== To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an unedited, uncorrected target article is retrievable at the URL that follows the abstract and keywords below. This unedited draft has been prepared only for potential commentators who wish to nominate themselves for formal commentary invitation. Please DO NOT write a commentary until you receive a formal invitation. If you are invited to submit a commentary, a copyedited, corrected version of this paper will be posted in the invitation letter. The commentary invitation list is compiled by the Editors so as to balance proposals, areas of expertise, and frequency of prior commentaries in BBS. TITLE: From Numerical Concepts to Concepts of Number AUTHORS: Lance J. Rips Amber Bloomfield, and Jennifer Asmuth ABSTRACT: Many experiments with infants suggest that they possess quantitative abilities, and many experimentalists believe these abilities set the stage for later mathematics: the natural numbers and arithmetic. But the connection between these early and later skills is far from obvious. We evaluate two possible routes to mathematics and argue that neither is sufficient: (a) We first sketch what we think is the most likely model for infant abilities in this domain, and we examine proposals for extrapolating the natural number concept from these beginnings. Proposals for arriving at natural number by (empirical) induction presuppose the mathematical concepts they seek to explain. Moreover, standard experimental tests for childrens understanding of number terms do not necessarily tap these concepts. (b) True concepts of number do appear, however, when children are able to understand generalizations over all numbers, for example, the principle of additive commutativity (a + b = b + a). Theories of how children learn such principles usually rely on a process of mapping from physical object groupings. But both experimental results and theoretical considerations imply that direct mapping is insufficient for acquiring these principles. We suggest instead that children may arrive at natural numbers and arithmetic by constructing mathematical schemas on a base of innate abilities and math principles. KEYWORDS: mathematical concepts; acquisition of natural numbers; representations of mathematics; theories of mathematical cognition FULL TEXT: http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Rips-08242006/Referees/ ================================================================== *** CALL RESPONSE 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=Rips-082420… * If you only wish to suggest potential commentators, please ignore prompts to submit a proposal with expertise information. * If you experience technical difficulties, please email bbs(a)bbsonline.org. * Please respond to this Call no later than March 31, 2008 NOTE: Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) is 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. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions linked below: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/associnst.html ================================================================== ================================================================== Paul Bloom - Editor Barbara Finlay - Editor Behavioral and Brain Sciences bbs(a)bbsonline.org http://www.bbsonline.org -------------------------------------------------------------------

18 years, 2 months

Rips et al/From Numerical Concepts to Concepts of Number: BBS Call for Commentators

by Behavioral & Brain Sciences

================================================================== *** CALL RESPONSE 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=Rips-082420… * If you only wish to suggest potential commentators, please ignore prompts to submit a proposal with expertise information. * If you experience technical difficulties, please email bbs(a)bbsonline.org. * Please respond to this Call no later than March 31, 2008 NOTE: Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) is 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. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions linked below: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/associnst.html ================================================================== ** Target Article Information ** ================================================================== To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an unedited, uncorrected target article is retrievable at the URL that follows the abstract and keywords below. This unedited draft has been prepared only for potential commentators who wish to nominate themselves for formal commentary invitation. Please DO NOT write a commentary until you receive a formal invitation. If you are invited to submit a commentary, a copyedited, corrected version of this paper will be posted in the invitation letter. The commentary invitation list is compiled by the Editors so as to balance proposals, areas of expertise, and frequency of prior commentaries in BBS. TITLE: From Numerical Concepts to Concepts of Number AUTHORS: Lance J. Rips Amber Bloomfield, and Jennifer Asmuth ABSTRACT: Many experiments with infants suggest that they possess quantitative abilities, and many experimentalists believe these abilities set the stage for later mathematics: the natural numbers and arithmetic. But the connection between these early and later skills is far from obvious. We evaluate two possible routes to mathematics and argue that neither is sufficient: (a) We first sketch what we think is the most likely model for infant abilities in this domain, and we examine proposals for extrapolating the natural number concept from these beginnings. Proposals for arriving at natural number by (empirical) induction presuppose the mathematical concepts they seek to explain. Moreover, standard experimental tests for childrens understanding of number terms do not necessarily tap these concepts. (b) True concepts of number do appear, however, when children are able to understand generalizations over all numbers, for example, the principle of additive commutativity (a + b = b + a). Theories of how children learn such principles usually rely on a process of mapping from physical object groupings. But both experimental results and theoretical considerations imply that direct mapping is insufficient for acquiring these principles. We suggest instead that children may arrive at natural numbers and arithmetic by constructing mathematical schemas on a base of innate abilities and math principles. KEYWORDS: mathematical concepts; acquisition of natural numbers; representations of mathematics; theories of mathematical cognition FULL TEXT: http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Rips-08242006/Referees/Rips-08242006_pre… ================================================================== *** CALL RESPONSE 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=Rips-082420… * If you only wish to suggest potential commentators, please ignore prompts to submit a proposal with expertise information. * If you experience technical difficulties, please email bbs(a)bbsonline.org. * Please respond to this Call no later than March 31, 2008 NOTE: Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) is 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. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions linked below: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/associnst.html ================================================================== ================================================================== Paul Bloom - Editor Barbara Finlay - Editor Behavioral and Brain Sciences bbs(a)bbsonline.org http://www.bbsonline.org -------------------------------------------------------------------

18 years, 2 months

invitation to a philosophy talk

by Krisztina Biber

18 years, 2 months

meghívó

by Horvath Zsuzsa

Kedves Kollégák! Mellékelem Csépe tanárnő székfoglalójára szóló meghívót. Üdvözlettel: HZS Horváth Zsuzsa ELTE PPK Kognitív Pszichológiai Tanszék 1064 Bp. Izabella u. 46. horvath.zsuzsa(a)ppk.elte.hu Tel/fax: 461-2649

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