koglist October 2009

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MAKOG 2010 Konferencia felhívás

by Lukacs Agnes

Kedves Kollégák, Kérjük továbbítsátok és hirdessétek más fórumokon is, ahol érdeklődésre tarthat számot, üdvözlettel, Lukács Ágnes KONFERENCIAFELHÍVÁS *XVIII. MAKOG * *Interfészek a megismeréstudományban* A megismeréskutatás visszatérő kérdése a kognitív rendszerek kapcsolata. Előtérben áll ez a moduláris feldolgozással kapcsolatos vitákban, felmerül az idegtudományi plaszticitás értelmezéseiben, de ugyanígy a modern nyelvészet komponensek közötti viszonyokat kereső felfogásában is. A konferenciára olyan előadásokat várunk melyek ezt a témát érintik, a legtágabban értelmezve, vagyis ideértve a megismerőfunkciók közötti kapcsolatokat, a modalitások közötti átjárást, a tudományterületek közötti együttműködést egyaránt. Elsősorban a megadott témakörben várjuk a jelentkezéseket, de ettől eltérő tematikájú előadásokat is szívesen látunk. A konferencia ideje: *2010. január 25-26* (hétfő-kedd) A konferencia helyszíne: *Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem* A konferenciára való jelentkezés határideje: *2009. december 1.* A legfeljebb egyoldalas előadáskivonatokat egy név nélküli és egy neveket is tartalmazó példányban a következő emailcímre kérjük: makog2010(a)cogsci.bme.hu A hazai kognitív tudomány módszertani finomodását, az aktív kognitív mester és doktori programokat figyelve úgy érezzük, hogy megérett a helyzet ahhoz, hogy közel két évtizedes múlt után kivonatokon alapuló valódi anoním szelekciót alkalmazó elbírálást használjunk. A kivonatnak kísérleti munkákat bemutató előadások esetében hipotéziseket és eredményeket kell tartalmaznia, az elméleti előadásoknál pedig a kiinduló keret(ek) bemutatásán túl az előadás új hozzájárulását emelje ki. A kivonatokat két független bíráló pontozza, a bírálatok elkészítésének várható időpontja 2009. december 20. A neveket is tartalmazó kivonaton legyenek feltűntetve az alábbiak: Cím: Név: Intézmény: email: Regisztrációs díj: 5000 Ft Diákoknak: 3000 Ft Szervező: BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszéke Pléh Csaba, Lukács Ágnes, Racsmány Mihály

16 years, 5 months

invitation to a talk on `Truth and Possibility` - 10 November,4.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Jan Wolenski (Jagiellonian University)) on Truth and Possibility Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 (there is no Colloquium scheduled for 3 November because of the University Town Hall meeting from 5.00 PM) ABSTRACT We have an obvious assertion (1) A Þ àA. If we apply T-scheme to A , it results in (2) TA Þ àA. Thus, what is true, is possibile as well. Although truth and possibility are treated here as monadic sentential (propositional) operators, a similar argument holds for predicates „is true” and „is possible”. Hence, I will use I both readings as equivalent. We can also apply T-scheme to àA and obtain (3) TA Þ T(àA). This means that truth of a sentence implies that it is true, that the sentence in question is true too. If we agree that „is true” should be interpreted as „is true In a model M”, A and àA are true in the same model. Since (1) cannot be converted to àA Þ A, àA is weaker than A. In particular, àA can be false, but A. Assume that A is consistent and false. This means, on the base of Gödel-Malcev completeness theorem, that it has a model in which is true. On the other hand, this model must be different than the model in which A is true. Denote this model by M’. Semantics of possibile worlds has no problem with that. It is enough to distinguish a model M* as the actual world and say that other are accessible from it. Thus, A can be false in M*, but true in M’. This, however, contradicts our earlier assumption that A and àA are true in the same model. Logically speaking, introducing M* and M does not matter, because models are abstract algebraic structures. The situation changes when we pass to ontology, because the basic intuition points out that the actual world exists in the fundamental sense, but other merely subsists. What can we do in order to resolve the issue? One way is to take a Platonic stance and treat all possible worlds as abstract objects. This is at odds with ordinary intuitions. Thus, we should find a solution respecting that M* is distinguished not only for logical, but also for ontological reasons. Possible worlds as logical constructs can be identified with models of maximally consistent sets of propositions. On this level, M* can be arbitrarily chosen. If we add the ontological factor, M* becomes a representation of the world in which we live. This open a possibility for naturalism. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

16 years, 6 months

kognitív péntek meghívó

by Rago Anett

Tisztelt Kollégák, ezúton továbbítom az ELTE Kognitív Pszichológiai Tanszékének meghívóját a 'Kognitív péntek' elnevezésű előadássorozat következő, jövő pénteki rendezvényére, melynek programja: Káldy Zsuzsa Apples and oranges: How to solve the problem of visual salience in infant studies az előadás időpontja: November 6. 14 óra helye: ELTE Pszichológia Intézet, Izabella u. 46. 216. terem Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk! -- Ragó, Anett rago(a)cogpsyphy.hu INSTITUTE for PSYCHOLOGY Hungarian Academy of Sciences H- 1068 Budapest, Szondi utca 83-85 36/1-3542390

16 years, 6 months

BBS: Call for Commentary Proposals, Henrich et al.

by Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty: Today we are pleased to announce that Editorial Manager (EM) will process BBS Call for Commentary Proposal submissions. Henrich et al. is the first target article to be accepted within our new EM system. When a target article or recent book has been accepted for BBS Commentary, the editorial office sends out the Call for Commentary Proposals to thousands of people. Commentary Proposals help the BBS Editors craft a well-balanced commentary invitation list. If this target article interests you as a possible subject for commentary, please download the full pre-print to see if you would like to propose a commentary. If you are interested please follow the instructions below the target article information. Please keep in mind that we are not asking you to submit a commentary -- but rather, a short proposal in order to be considered as an invited author after the proposal deadline. Please also be aware that we typically get far more proposals than we can accept. NOW ACCEPTING COMMENTARY PROPOSALS ON: Target Article: "The Weirdest People in the World?" Authors: Joseph Henrich, Steven J. Heine and Ara Norenzayan Deadline for proposals: November 19, 2009 Abstract (short): Broad claims about human psychology and behavior based on narrow samples from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) societies are regularly published in leading journals. Are such species-generalizing claims justified? This review suggests not only that substantial variability in experimental results emerges across populations in basic domains, but that WEIRD subjects are in fact rather unusual compared with the rest of the species-frequent outliers. The domains reviewed include visual perception, fairness, categorization, spatial cognition, memory, moral reasoning and self-concepts. This review (1) indicates caution in addressing questions of human nature based on this thin slice of humanity, and (2) suggests that understanding human psychology will require tapping broader subject pools. We close by proposing ways to address these challenges. Keywords: external validity, population variability, experiments, cross-cultural research, culture, human universals, generalizability, evolutionary psychology, cultural psychology, behavioral economics. Download target article pre-print: http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Call/Henrich_Preprint COMMENTARY PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING 1. What aspect of the target article or book you would anticipate commenting upon. 2. The relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the target article or book. Please include names and affiliations of your co-authors if applicable. SUGGESTING COMMENTATORS AND NOMINATING BBS ASSOCIATES Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions below. To suggest others as possible Commentators, or to nominate others for BBS Associateship status, please email bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org. http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Inst/Assoc HOW TO SUBMIT A COMMENTARY PROPOSAL If you would like to nominate yourself for potential commentary invitation, you must submit a Commentary Proposal via our BBS Editorial Manager site: 1. Log-in as Author Username: CQwerty-545 Password: Qwerty875632 Log-in to your BBS Editorial Manager account as an author: http://www.editorialmanager.com/bbs. If you do not have an account, please visit the site and register. You can also submit a request for missing username and password information if you have an existing account. 2. Submit New Manuscript Within your author main menu please select Submit New Manuscript. 3. Select Article Type Choose the article type of your manuscript from the pull-down menu. Commentary Proposal article types are temporarily created for each accepted target article or book. Only select the Commentary Proposal article type that you wish to submit a proposal on. For example; "Commentary Proposal (Henrich et al.)" 4. Enter Title Please title your proposal submission by indicating the relevant first author name of the target article or book. For example; "Commentary Proposal on Henrich et al." 5. Add Co-Authors If you are proposing to write a commentary with any co-authors, please enter their required information here. These potential co-authors need not contribute to the Commentary Proposal itself. 6. Attach Files The only required submission Item is your Commentary Proposal in MSWord or RTF format. In the Description field please add the first author name of the target article or book. For example; "Commentary Proposal on Henrich et al." 7. Approve Your Submission Editorial Manager will process your Commentary Proposal submission and will create a PDF for your approval. On the 'Submissions Waiting for Author's Approval' page, you can view your PDF, edit, approve, or remove the submission. Once you have Approved the Submission, the PDF will be sent to the editorial office. **It is VERY important that you check the and approve your Commentary Proposal manuscript as described above. Otherwise, we cannot process your submission.** Note: If you have designated a different Corresponding Author, only the new Corresponding Author will have access to the PDF and must log-in to the system in order to approve the PDF. 8. Editorial Office Decision At the conclusion of the Commentary Proposal period, the editors will review all the submitted Commentary Proposals. An undetermined number of Commentary Proposals will be approved and those author names will be added to the final commentary invitation list. At that time you will be notified of the decision. If you are formally invited to submit a commentary, you will be asked to confirm your intention to submit by the commentary deadline. Note: Before the commentary invitations are sent, the copy-edited and revised target article will be posted for invitees. In the case of Multiple Book Review, invitees will be sent a copy of the book to be commented upon if requested. With Multiple Book Reviews, it is the book, not the Précis article that is the target of commentary. Please do not write a commentary unless you have received an official invitation! SPECIAL NOTE Since this is our first year on Editorial Manager, we would like your feedback regarding how the process could be improved. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. BEING REMOVED FROM THE CALL EMAIL LIST If you DO NOT wish to receive Call for Commentary Proposals in the future, please reply to bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org, and type "remove" in the subject line. Sincerely, Ralph DeMarco Editorial Administrator, BBS Associate Editor, STM Journals Cambridge University Press 32 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10013-2473 Tel 001 212.337.5016 bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org http://journals.cambridge.org/bbs http://bbs.edmgr.com/

16 years, 6 months

Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Emese Mogyorodi

by Laszlo E. Szabo

16 years, 6 months

Reminder: CDC seminar on WEDNESDAY

by Gergely Csibra

The next talk in the Cognitive Development Center seminar series at the CEU will be given by Agnes Lukacs (Cognitive Science, BME) Title: Motor Organization, Sequence Learning and Language Development Date and time: Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 5.00 pm CEU Cognitive Development Center Hattyuhaz, Level 3, Hattyu u. 14., 1015 Budapest Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1015+Budapest,+Budapest,+Hattyu+utca+14,+Hung… Everyone is welcome to attend. Our seminars start on time and we may not be able to let latecomers in. --- Gergely Csibra

16 years, 6 months

reminder: Michelle Montague`s talk on `The Access Problem` - 27 October, 4.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Michelle Montague (University of Bristol) on The Access Problem Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT We enter into many mental states which involve intentional relations with objects. What mechanism determines which objects our mental states are of or about? I call this the ‘access problem’. I argue that there is at least one ineliminable ‘internal’ condition on mental access to objects, in addition to whatever ‘external’ conditions there may be. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

16 years, 6 months

invitation to Prof. Colin McGinn`s lecture "Two Types of Science" - Monday 26th October

by Krisztina Biber

CEU President and Rector John Shattuck and the Department of Philosophy are pleased to invite you to the first event of an important series of lectures and workshops in the week of 26 - 30 October. Leading international academics and public intellectuals comment on a wide range of topics. Event One: Monday 26th October Prof. Colin McGinn - Two Types of Science Time: 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Venue: CEU Auditorium (Nador u. 9.) (Followed by Q&A and reception.) Chair: Howard Robinson, Provost and Academic Pro-Rector, CEU Colin McGinn is a British philosopher currently working at the University of Miami. McGinn has also held major teaching positions at the Oxford University and Rutgers University. He is best known for his work in the philosophy of mind, though he has written on topics across the breadth of modern philosophy. Chief among his works intended for a general audience is the intellectual memoir The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy (2002). Colin’s lecture "Two Types of Science" deals with the nature of our knowledge in the physical and the natural sciences. It argues that the knowledge is different in the two cases, with knowledge of physics being in some respects inferior to knowledge of psychology. Physics is not the epistemological paradigm it is often supposed to be. I also discuss the nature of the knowledge obtained in biology and philosophy.

16 years, 6 months

Theoretical Philosophy Forum, November

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eotvos University Wednesday 5:00 PM Room 226 Muzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest Web site: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf November Program 4 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Emese Mogyoródi Department of Philosophy, University of Szeged Revelation and Reason: Mysticism and Metaphysics in Parmenides' Philosophy Abstract: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2009-2010/November/#1 1 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Balázs Gyenis * Zalán Gyenis (speaker) ** * History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh ** Mathematics, CEU, Budapest A Hume-i természettörvényekről (On Humeian laws of nature) Abstract: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2009-2010/November/#2 18 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Tamás Füzessy Department of Logic, Eötvös University, Budapest Egy ismeretelméleti probléma vizsgálata formális eszközökkel (Formal analysis of an epistemological problem) Abstract: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2009-2010/November/#3 25 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Adrien Barton Department of Philosophy, CEU, Budapest Rationality and observations in an Everettian universe Abstract: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2009-2010/November/#4 ___________________________________ 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/2009-2010/November/poster.pdf Please feel free to post it in your institution! The organizer of the Forum: Laszlo E. Szabo (leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu) -- Laszlo E. Szabo professor of philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo

16 years, 6 months

Reminder: CDC seminar on WEDNESDAY

by Gergely Csibra

The next talk in the Cognitive Development Center seminar series at the CEU will be given by Levente Littvay (Political Science, CEU) Title: Genetic Covariation between Survey Response Style and Personality: A twins study Date and time: Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 5.00 pm CEU Cognitive Development Center Hattyuhaz, Level 3, Hattyu u. 14., 1015 Budapest Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1015+Budapest,+Budapest,+Hattyu+utca+14,+Hung… Everyone is welcome to attend. Our seminars start on time and we may not be able to let latecomers in. --- Gergely Csibra

16 years, 6 months

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