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
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
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
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.
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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
4 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226
Emese Mogyorodi
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
___________________________________
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
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
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
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.
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
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