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BBS: Call for Commentary Proposals, Machery

by Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty: When a recent book has been accepted for BBS Mutiple Book Review, 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 book interests you as a possible subject for commentary, please download the full précis article pre-print to see if you would like to propose a commentary. If you are interested please follow the instructions below the book 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: Book: "Doing Without Concepts" (published by Oxford University Press 2009) Authors: Edouard Machery Deadline for proposals: December 7, 2009 Abstract: The study of concepts is in an odd state of disarray. Cognitive scientists working on categorization, induction, and reasoning have discovered a dazzling amount of phenomena. New work on prototypes in the 1990s and early 2000s, innovative ideas on causal cognition in the first decade of the twenty-first century, the development of the neo-empiricist approach that assimilates the tokening of a concept to a multi-modal perceptual simulation, and the promising growth of the neuropsychology of concepts have rejuvenated the field. At the same time, this extraordinary amount of findings has yet to be organized in a coherent theoretical framework. The current theories of concepts-prototype theories, exemplar theories, theory theories, and neo-empiricist theories-fail to explain all the known phenomena, and there is very little agreement about what concepts are. Doing without Concepts attempts to provide such a theoretical framework. In this article, I review the main points and arguments developed at greater length in Doing without Concepts, and I conclude that abandoning the very notion of concept is probably required to remedy the state of disarray of the current psychology of concepts. Keywords: concept, category, categorization, induction, concept combination, dissociation, empiricism, eliminative argument, natural kind. Download précis article pre-print: http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Call/Machery_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.+ + Including your relevant expertise saves the Editors valuable time when evaluating proposals. If this requirement is missing, your proposal will be returned for resubmission. Please include names and affiliations of your potential 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. Note: Please remove your account information before forwarding this Call letter to someone else. For those without an account, please register at the site. You can also request missing username and password info 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 (Machery)" 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 Machery" 5. Co-Authors Commentary Proposal submissions are limited to a single author. However, if you are proposing to write a commentary with co-authors -- please list their names, affiliations and email addresses in the body of your Commentary Proposal document. 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 Machery" 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.** 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: 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/

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Kedvezményes regisztráció határideje meghosszabbítva - IBRO International Workshop 2010

by peter.buzas＠aok.pte.hu

IBRO International Workshop 2010 Pécs, Hungary January 21-23, 2010 Kedves Kollégák! Hogy megkönnyítsük a jelentkezést a jövő januári IBRO International Workshop 2010-re, két héttel, 2009. november 29. éjfélig meghosszabbítottuk a kedvezményes regisztráció határidejét. Annak érdekében, hogy a rendezvény ismét a magyar és külföldi idegtudomány méltó találkozója legyen, kérjük, minél nagyobb számban jelentkezzenek a rendezvényre a www.ibro2010.hu honlapon keresztül kihasználva a kedvezményes regisztráció lehetőségét! Emellett szeretnénk a Buzsáki-Somogyi jubileumi szimpózium érintett résztvevőinek felhívni a figyelmét, hogy magára az IBRO International Workshop 2010-re külön kell regisztrálni a www.ibro2010.hu honlap Online registration oldalán levő linken keresztül. Az IBRO International Workshop 2010 a hagyományokhoz méltóan gazdag és színvonalas programmal várja a résztvevőket. Néhány további érv a részvétel mellett: - Az IBRO International Workshop a 2010-es év egyetlen össz-idegtudományi konferenciája Magyarországon. - A majd 40 előadás mellett a poszter szekciókban minden résztvevő bemutathatja legfrissebb eredményeit. - A kedvező regisztrációs díj a fiatal kutatóknak, PhD hallgatóknak is elérhető. A januári találkozás reményében, szívélyes üdvözlettel, Prof. Dr. Karádi Zoltán elnök, Dr. Buzás Péter titkár, IBRO International Workshop 2010 Szervező és Programbizottság

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Call for papers: "Cognitive Social Sciences---Grounding the Social Sciences in the Cognitive Sciences?"

by Professor Ron Sun

The workshop on "Cognitive Social Sciences---Grounding the Social Sciences in the Cognitive Sciences?" http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/wsp2010.html to be held at CogSci 2010 in Portland, Oregon, on August 11, 2010. This workshop is aimed at exploring the cognitive (psychological) basis of the social sciences and the possibilities of grounding the social sciences in cognition (psychology). Cognitive sciences have made tremendous strides in recent decades. In particular, computational cognitive modeling (i.e., computational psychology; Sun, 2008; Thagard, 1996) has changed the ways in which cognition/psychology is explored and understood in many profound respects. There have been many models of cognition/psychology proposed in the cognitive sciences (broadly defined), leading to detailed understanding of many cognitive/psychological domains and functionalities. Empirical psychological research has also progressed to provide us with much better understanding of many psychological phenomena. Given the advances in the cognitive sciences, can we leverage the successes for the sake of better understanding social processes and phenomena? More fundamentally, can the cognitive sciences (including experimental cognitive psychology, computational psychology, social- personality psychology, developmental psychology, cultural psychology, psycholinguistics, philosophy of mind, cognitive neuroscience, and so on) provide a better foundation for important disciplines of the social sciences (sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, ethics, as well as some "humanity" fields: religious studies, history, legal studies, literary studies, communication, and so on)? Thus far, although very much a neglected topic, there nevertheless have been various efforts at exploring this topic. Some of the efforts were computationally motivated (see, e.g., Sun, 2006: "Cognition and multi-agent interaction", published by Cambridge University Press). Some other efforts are more empirical or theoretical in nature (see, e.g., Turner, 2001: "Cognitive Dimensions of Social Science", published by Oxford University Press). There are both theoretical and practical rationales for developing "cognitive social sciences" (see Turner, 2001; Sun, 2006; DiMaggio, 1997; Tetlock and Goldgeier, 2000; Camerer, 2003). We contend that the social sciences may find their future in the cognitive sciences (at least in part), which may well lead to a powerful and productive combined intellectual enterprise. This combination or grounding may provide the social sciences with imaginative scientific research programs, hybridization/integration, new syntheses, novel paradigms/ frameworks, and so on, besides providing the cognitive sciences new data sources and problems to address. The presentation and discussion at this workshop may lead to a collection of major work in the form of a well edited book to be published by a major academic publisher. Confirmed keynote speakers: Pascal Boyer Paul Thagard Mark Turner Submission: For regular oral presentation, please submit a paper of 3-8 pages, in the usual CogSci conference format (as specified at: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/wsp2010 ). Please email the submission to: rsun at rpi dot edu For short oral or poster presentation, please submit an extended abstract of 1 page, in the usual CogSci conference format (as specified at: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/wsp2010 ). Please email the submission to: rsun at rpi dot edu Submission Deadline: February 15, 2010 Workshop Chair: Ron Sun Workshop Program Committee: Ron Sun Philip Tetlock Paul Thagard Paul Bello Jun Zhang ---------------- References: Camerer, C. (2003). Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments on Strategic Interaction. Princeton: Princeton University Press. DiMaggio, P. (1997). Culture and cognition. Annual Review of Sociology 23, 263-288. Sun, R. (2006). Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From Cognitive Mdoeling to Social Simulation. Cambridge University Press, New York. 2006. Sun, R. (ed.), (2008). The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology. Cambridge University Press, New York. 2008. Tetlock, P. and Goldgeier, J. (2000). Human nature and world politics: Cognition, identity, and influence. International Journal of Psychology. 35 (2), 87-96. Thagard, P. (1996). Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 1996. Thagard, P. (2006). Hot thought: Mechanisms and Applications of Emotional Cognition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Turner, M. (2001). Cognitive Dimensions of Social Science. Oxford University Press. ======================================================== 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 =======================================================

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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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Emlékeztető - BME Kognitív Szemináriumsorozat

by Keresztes Attila

A BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék szeretettel vár mindenkit tanszéki szemináriumsorozatának *következő előadásá*ra: *!!!MÓDOSULT az előadás kezdési IDŐPONTJA!!! A szokásos 12:00 helyett 13:00-kor kezdődik. * November 16., hétfő, 13:00-14:00 BME, XI., Stoczek u. 2., St. ép., 320.-as terem. *Pajkossy Péter* PhD hallgató BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék /Aggodalmaskodás és vonásszorongás ellentétes hatása az emlékezeti teljesítményre és a figyelemre / absztrakt: A szorongás gyakori és jól ismert velejárója a mindennapi életünknek, de mint tudományos fogalom, számos különböző felfogása létezik. Az egyik legelterjedtebb konceptualizálása a vonásszorongás, mely arra vonatkozó hajlamunkat jelenti, hogy stressz/veszély esetén milyen mértékben mutatjuk a szorongás vegetatív és kognitív tüneteit. Egy másik, szorongásos zavarokhoz köthető jelenség az aggodalmaskodás, mely olyan negatív gondolatok láncolata, melyek jövőbeli averzív eseményekre irányulnak (Borkovec, Ray & Stober, 1998). A túlzott és kontrollálhatatlan aggodalmaskodás vezető tünet a Generalizált Szorongásos Zavarban és összefüggésbe hozható a szomatizációs tünetekkel is (Brosschot, Gerin & Thayer, 2006). Az előadás során 3 kutatás eredményeit fogom bemutatni, melyekben azt vizsgáltam, milyen hatással van a vonásszorongás és az aggodalmaskodás az emlékezeti teljesítményre illetve a figyelmi gátlás egy speciális formájára (Inhibition of Return-visszatérési gátlás). Továbbá kitérek arra, hogy ezen eredmények mit jelenthetnek az aggodalmaskodás hátterében álló idegrendszeri folyamatok tekintetében. bővebb info itt <http://cogsci.bme.hu/Esem.php?esemIndex=100> -- 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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Summer course on Beliefs and Decisions: of Minds and Machines/Central European University, Budapest

by Summer University

Summer course on Beliefs and Decisions: of Minds and Machines/Central European University, Budapest Dear Colleaguee, We would like to solicit your help to promote the summer course on BELIEFS AND DECISIONS: OF MINDS AND MACHINES among your colleagues, your graduate students, or any interested researchers. Course Dates: JULY 5-9, 2010 Location: Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary, Detailed course description: http://www.summer.ceu.hu/beliefs Course Directors: Jozsef Fiser, Brandeis University, Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program, USA Mate Lengyel, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, UK Faculty: Zoubin Ghahramani, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, UK; Michael N. Shadlen, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington Medical School, USA; Daniel Wolpert, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, UK Target group: graduate students and junior faculty interested in one of the disciplinary fields belonging to the interdisciplinary area of cognitive psychology Undergraduates without a university degree will not be considered. Language of instruction: English Financial aid is available. Application deadline: February 15, 2010 Online application (from mid November): http://www.sun.ceu.hu/03-application/howto_apply.php Wed be grateful if you could forward this email 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 for your kind assistance. Sincerely yours, Kornelia Vargha

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Kreativitás Szimpózium

by Dezso NEMETH

Kedves Kollégák! November 11-én kerül megrendezésre a következő szimpózium az MTA Pszichológiai Bizottsága és az MPT szervezésében a Magyar Tudomány Ünnepe alkalmából: "Tehetség és kreativitás - Többet tudunk-e a pszichológiáról ma, mint Guilford idején?" Várunk minden érdeklődőt sok szeretettel! Ha tudjátok, reklámozzátok a rendezvényt! A plakátot csatoltam. üdvözlettel Dezső

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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

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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 16., hétfő, 12:00-13:00, BME, XI., Stoczek u. 2., St. ép., 320.-as terem. *Pajkossy Péter* PhD hallgató BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék /Aggodalmaskodás és vonásszorongás ellentétes hatása az emlékezeti teljesítményre és a figyelemre/ -- 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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Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Zalan Gyenis

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 11 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 ___________________________________ 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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