koglist November 2009

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Fwd: PolBeRG event today: This is Your Brain in Politics

by Gergely Csibra

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Paul Weith" <weith_paul(a)ceu-budapest.edu> > Date: 23 November 2009 12:42:48 pm GMT+01:00 > To: "Gergely Csibra" <CsibraG(a)ceu.hu> > Subject: PolBeRG event today: This is Your Brain in Politics > > Dear All, > > The Political Behavior Research Group cordially invites you to a > fascinating talk about human nature, genetics, neuroscience and > political behavior today, at 5:45 p.m. in FT 309. Darren Schreiber > from the University of California San Diego, Department of Political > Science, is one of the very few political scientists working with > neuroscience and trying to reveal the biological roots of our > political engagement and actions. Today, he will be presenting the > paper outlined below: > > This is Your Brain on Politics > by Darren Schreiber > > In political science, we have long had low levels of explanatory > power with conventional models. Accounting for just a quarter of > the variance is usually a tremendous accomplishment and often > requires many independent variables and sophisticated statistical > techniques. Two dogmas of the discipline, the behaviorist approach > and rational choice theory, preclude biological explanations. In > this talk, however, I will review a variety of results that show how > some of the central phenomena of interest in the field can be > accounted for using work based in genetics and neuroscience. I'll > discuss work on race, political sophistication, voter turnout, and > partisanship. And, I will show how we can use fMRI to predict your > political party affiliation with shocking accuracy and some > preliminary evidence of the neural substrates of egalitarianism. > > The Political Behavior Research Group (POLBERG) is a research- > facilitating and learning environment for the study of political > behavior and political communication. It organizes regular seminars > with paper presentations, replication seminars, and more informal > talks on research methods and emerging research agendas > (seehttp://www.personal.ceu.hu/staff/voting_behavior/POLBERG). > The events are open to students and faculty from any CEU department > as well as interested scholars at other academic institutions, and > offer them the opportunity to discuss their own research with a > specialist audience. If you liked to learn more about upcoming POLBERG > events, present your own work at the seminar or propose a guest > speaker (e.g. a notable scholar whom you happen to know is going to > visit Budapest), please email Paul Weith at paul_weith(a)ceu-budapest.edu > . > > You are all welcome. > Best wishes, > The PolBeRG team.

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Cognitive Penetration of Colour Experience: Rethinking the Issue in Light of an Indirect Mechanism

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Fiona Macpherson (University of Glasgow)) on Cognitive Penetration of Colour Experience: Rethinking the Issue in Light of an Indirect Mechanism Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Can the phenomenal character of perceptual experience be altered by the states of one’s cognitive system, for example, one’s thoughts or beliefs? If one thinks that this can happen (at least in certain ways that are identified in the paper) then one thinks that there can be cognitive penetration of perceptual experience; otherwise, one thinks that perceptual experience is cognitively impenetrable. I claim that there is one alleged case of cognitive penetration that cannot be explained away by the standard strategies one can typically use to explain away alleged cases. The case is one in which it seems subjects’ beliefs about the typical colour of objects affects their colour experience. I propose a two-step mechanism of indirect cognitive penetration that explains how cognitive penetration may occur. I show that there is independent evidence that each step in this process can occur. I suspect that people who are opposed to the idea that perceptual experience is cognitively penetrable will be less opposed to the idea when they come to consider this indirect mechanism and that those who are generally sympathetic to the idea of cognitive penetrability will welcome the elucidation of this plausible mechanism.

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Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Adrien Barton

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 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

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summer course, 2010: Meaning, Context, Intention

by Zvolenszky Zsofia

Dear Colleagues, We'd like to call your attention to CEU's upcoming summer course "MEANING, CONTEXT, INTENTION". Also, we would greatly appreciate your help in promoting the course among your colleagues, your graduate students, or any interested researchers. We'd be grateful if you could forward the information below to those potentially interested in our summer school (individuals, listservs, blogs, electronic journals, etc.) and/or have a short announcement placed on a relevant web site. Thank you in advance, yours sincerely, Zsófia Zvolenszky ---------------------------------------------------------- "MEANING, CONTEXT, INTENTION" Course dates: JULY 19-30, 2010 Location: Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary, Detailed course description: http://www.summer.ceu.hu/meaning Tuition fee: EUR 550. Financial aid is available. Application deadline: February 15, 2010 Online application (from late November): http://www.sun.ceu.hu/03-application/howto_apply.php Course directors: * Zsofia Zvolenszky, Eötvös University (ELTE), Institute of Philosophy, Budapest, Hungary; * Jason Stanley, Rutgers, Philosophy Department, New Brunswick, USA; Jason Stanley, Zsófia Zvolenszky Faculty: * Ray Buchanan, University of Texas, Philosophy Department, Austin, USA * Herman Cappelen, University of St Andrews, Department of Philosophy, UK * Wayne A. Davis, Georgetown University, Philosophy Department, Washington DC, USA * Katalin Farkas, Central European University, Philosophy Department * Ernest Lepore, Rutgers University, Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick US * Stephen Neale, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA * Adam Sennet, University of California, Davis, Department of Philosophy, USA * Zoltan Gendler Szabo, Yale University, Department of Philosophy, USA What we express, communicate by uttering a sentence varies with the context of utterance. What is the role of semantics in bringing this about? According to one simple model, a semantic theory assigns to sentences relative to contexts what would be expressed by those sentences in normal assertive utterances, by assigning values to the meaningful parts of the sentences in those contexts and combining them via a recursive process. According to another, radically different model, the meanings of words are rules that constrain the use of expressions, but there is no notion of what is said by a sentence (as opposed to the person) that matches the speaker's communicative intentions, and that plays a fundamental role in the account of communication. There are many versions of each of these views of linguistic communication. How we think about language is determined by which we adopt. The purpose of this course is to bring together leading researchers who have formed the debate, together with some younger researchers with new approaches. This summer school invites applications from junior faculty and doctoral students at philosophy and linguistics departments. Minimum background required: philosophy of language at the advanced undergraduate level. Participants should ideally bring some work in progress related to the course theme for discussion during the course.

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Meghívó - BME Kognitív Szemináriumsorozat

by Keresztes Attila

A BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék szeretettel vár mindenkit tanszéki szemináriumsorozatának *következő előadásá*ra: November 30., hétfő, 12:00-13:00, BME, XI., Stoczek u. 2., St. ép., 320.-as terem. *Gyimesi Kinga* PhD hallgató BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék Modalitások közötti interakciók hatása akusztikus és vizuális ingerek kódolására és előhívására Bővebb info itt <http://cogsci.bme.hu/Esem.php?esemIndex=102> -- Attila Keresztes PhD student Budapest University of Technology and Economics Dept. of Cognitive Science, Stoczek u. 2, Budapest 1111, Hungary Tel & Fax: +36 1 4631072

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PhD hallgatoi allas

by Négyessy László

Tisztelt Kollegak, Segitseguket kernem a kovetkezo uzenet celba erese erdekeben. Jovo ev, 2010 januar 1.-tol indulo palyazatunk tamogatasaval lehetosegunk van egy PhD diak alkalmazasara. A palyazatbol fizetheto a PhD kurzus koltsege (ha koltsegteriteses) valamint a PhD osztondijnak megfelelo fizetes. Palyajeloleses technikakban, histologiaban (feny es elektronmikroszkopos) vagy elektrofiziologiai modszerekben jaratos jeloltek elonyt elveznek. A tema a tapintas neuralis mechanizmusainak tanulmanyozasa foemlosok agykergeben. A kiserletek kollaboracioban az USA-ban folynak. A munka jellegebol fakadoan a jelolt minden evben nehany hetet vagy honapot az USA-ban toltene, ahol resztvesz a kiserletek elvegzeseben es az ahhoz szukseges modszerek elsajatitasaban. Az alkalmazott modszerek: elektrofiziologiai terkepezes, optical imaging es palyajelolo anyagok injektalasa. Az ezt koveto histologiai munka es az ehhez kapcsolodo adatgyujtes es feldolgozas itthon tortenik. Jelentkezni a level aljan lathato cimen lehet. Koszonettel, Negyessy Laszlo -- Laszlo Negyessy Neurobionics Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Peter Pazmany Catholic University - Semmelweis University Tuzolto u. 58 H-1094 Budapest Hungary Tel.: +36-12156920 ext. 53712 Fax: +36-12176937 E-mail: negyessy(a)ana.sote.hu negyessy(a)gmail.com http://www.ana.sote.hu/cvhu_nl.htm

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Reminder: CDC seminar on WEDNESDAY

by Agnes Kovacs

The next talk in the Cognitive Development Center seminar series at the CEU will be given by Zsuzsa Kaldy Associate Professor UMass Boston http://psych.umb.edu/faculty/kaldy/ Title: Apples and oranges: How to solve the problem of visual salience in infant studies Date and time: Wednesday, 11 Nov 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. Abstract: What kind of featural information do infants rely on when they are trying to recognize a previously seen object? The question of whether infants use certain features (e .g. shape or color) more than others (e. g. luminance), can only be studied legitimately if visual salience is controlled, since the magnitude of feature values – how noticeable and interesting they are – will affect results. We employed a novel methodology that allowed us to quantify salience changes along shape, luminance and color feature dimensions. We then compared infants’ identification of objects, employing feature changes that were equally salient and found that infants more readily identify objects on the basis of color and shape than luminance. Our method can be easily adapted to different experimental paradigms (for example, visual search) and have the potential to have a considerable impact on the field of infant cognition.

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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

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reminder invitation to a talk on `Assumptions,Premises and Antecedents` - 17 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 Vladan Djordjevic (University of Belgrade) on Assumptions, Premises and Antecedents Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT The distinction between the notions in the title, if followed by an appropriate pragmatic theory, can be more useful than it is usually recognized. I will explain the distinction and try to show its explanatory power through an examination of three well known paradoxes (the fatalism paradox, the so called direct argument, and a counterexample to modus ponens). For each of the paradoxes many different and often unrelated solutions have been proposed. I will argue that by using the distinction we can explain away all three of them. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

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Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Tamas Fuzessy

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 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 ___________________________________ 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

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