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McKay & Dennett/The Evolution of Misbelief

by Behavioral & Brain Sciences

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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: The Evolution of Misbelief AUTHORS: Ryan T. McKay & Daniel C. Dennett ABSTRACT: From an evolutionary standpoint, a default presumption is that true beliefs are adaptive and misbeliefs maladaptive. But if humans are biologically engineered to appraise the world accurately and to form true beliefs, how are we to explain the routine exceptions to this rule? How can we account for mistaken beliefs, bizarre delusions and instances of self-deception? We explore this question in some detail. We begin by articulating a distinction between two general types of misbelief: those resulting from a breakdown in the normal functioning of the belief formation system (e.g. delusions) and those arising in the normal course of that systems operations (e.g. beliefs based on incomplete or inaccurate information). The former are instances of biological dysfunction or pathology, reflecting culpable limitations of evolutionary design. Although the latter category includes undesirable (but tolerable) by-products of forgivably limited design, our quarry is a contentious subclass of this category: misbeliefs best conceived as design features. Such misbeliefs, unlike occasional lucky falsehoods, would have been systematically adaptive in the evolutionary past. Such misbeliefs, furthermore, would not be reducible to judicious but doxastically noncommittal - action policies. Finally, such misbeliefs would have been adaptive in themselves, constituting more than mere by-products of adaptively biased misbelief-producing systems. We explore a range of potential candidates for evolved misbelief, and conclude that, of those surveyed, only positive illusions meet our criteria. KEYWORDS: Adaptive, Belief, Delusions, Design, Evolution, Misbelief, Positive illusions, Religion, Self-deception. FULL TEXT: http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/McKay-08262008/Referees/ ================================================================== ================================================================== Instructions for BBS Associate Membership Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions below: Eligibility "Eligibility" usually means being an academically trained professional contributor to one of the disciplines mentioned earlier, or to related academic disciplines. 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16 years, 10 months

Emlékeztető - BME KTT Pszichológia Doktori Konferencia

by Kemény Ferenc

Kedves Kollégák, A BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék szeretettel vár mindenkit ünnepi doktori konferenciájára: Június 29-30, hétfő-kedd, 10:00-16:00, BME Oktatói klub, K ép.,I. em., 66-os terem. Előadnak a doktori iskola hallgatói. Az előadások nyelve angol. *Program és bővebb info:* http://cogsci.bme.hu/Esem.php?esemIndex=83 Dear Colleagues, The BME Department of Cognitive Sciences invites you to a Psychology Doctoral Conference Celebrating the 5th year of the Psychology PhD school at BME, Department of Cognitive Science: Monday-Tuesday, 29-30 June, 10:00-16:00, BME Oktatói klub, K ép., 1stfloor, room 66. Presentations are in English, presenters are the PhD Students of the department. *Program & more information:* http://cogsci.bme.hu/Esem.php?esemIndex=83 -- Ferenc Kemény PhD Student Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Cognitive Science, Stoczek u. 2, Budapest, 1111, Hungary Tel & Fax: +36 1 4631072

16 years, 10 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 Richard Aslin (Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Rochester) Title: Statistical learning and rule learning in infants and adults: From exemplars to categories Date and time: Wednesday, 24 June 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

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reminder: invitation to a conference - Actions, Reasons, and Desires

by Krisztina Biber

The Department of Philosophy at CEU cordially invites you to a conference on the philosophy of Gary Watson entitled Actions, Reasons, and Desires: Gary Watson on Freedom and Agency All talks will be held in the Philosophy Seminar Room (CEU Zrinyi u. 14, r. 412) June 22 10:00 Gary Watson (University of Southern California, Los Angeles), "The Trouble with Psychopats" 11:30 Ferenc Huoranszki (Central European University), "Weakness and Compulsion: The Essential Difference" Lunch break 15:00 Annemarie Kalis (Utrecht University), "Evaluation and Motivation: The Case of Choosing the Bad" 19:30 Conference Dinner June 23 10:00 Olli Koistinen (University of Turku), "Watson on Freedom and Real Agency" 11:30 Zoltán Wágner(Central European University), "The Will, Counter-Normative Agency and Freedom" Lunch break 15:00 András Szigeti (Central European University), "Moral Responsibility and Practical Skepticism" 16:30 Gary Watson: Concluding remarks Contact Zoltán Wágner (fphwaz01(a)phd.ceu.hu) for further information. 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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reminder: invitation to a philosophy talk

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to talk by Barbara Montero (CUNY/Staten Island) on An Expert Reflects: Conscious Deliberation in the Art of Chess Friday, 19 June 2009, 3.30 PM, Zrinyi 14 room 412 Abstract: To gain insight into human nature philosophers often discuss the inferior performance that results from such deficits as blindsight, agnosia, or amnesia. Less often do they look at superior abilities. A notable exception to this is Herbert Dreyfus who has developed a theory of expertise according to which expert action proceeds basically automatically and unreflectively. And this, as he sees it, suggests that our uniquely human freedom to step back and reflect upon our actions is actually rather insignificant to our lives. I question Dreyfus's starting point. Contrary to Dreyfus who argues that "the enemy of expertise is thought," I shall argue that, at least in chess, an expert reflects. 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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[Fwd: [Ganglion] Bodis-Wollner]

by gstefan＠cogpsyphy.hu

MEGHÍVÓ a Magyar Idegtudományi Társaság és a Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem Információs Technológiai Kar tisztelettel meghívja Önt és munkatársait Prof. Dr. Iván Bodis-Wollner Director, Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders Clinic, Center of Excellence Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, NY Egocentric and retinotopic coordinates in the visual cortex: voluntary saccades, fMRI and gamma EEG címû elõadására Az elõadás idõpontja: 2009. június 19. (péntek) 11 óra Az elõadás helye: Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem Információs Technológiai Kar Budapest VIII. Práter u. 50/a., Neumann elõadóterem _______________________________________________ Ganglion mailing list Ganglion(a)koki.hu http://mailman.koki.hu/mailman/listinfo/ganglion

16 years, 11 months

Summer Institute on the Origins of language - Institut d'été sur l'origine du langage (fwd)

by Stevan Harnad

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:25:43 -0400 From: Origins of language - contact <summer10.isc(a)uqam.ca> To: harnad(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk Subject: Summer Institute on the Origins of language - Institut d'été sur l'origine du langage The Cognitive Science Institute of the Université du Québec à Montréal is pleased to announce the program of its third Summer Institute which will bear on the Origins of language. The Institute will be held at UQAM,Montreal, Canada, June 21st to June 30th. The program is on the web site of the Summer Institute at the following address: http://www.summer10.isc.uqam.ca/ L'Institut des sciences cognitives de l'Université du Québec à Montréal est heureux d'annoncer le programme de son troisième Institut d'été qui portera sur l'origine du langage. L'Institut se tiendra à l'UQAM, Montréal, Canada, du 21 au 30 juin 2010. Le programme se trouve sur le site de l'Institut d'été à l'adresse suivante: http://www.summer10.isc.uqam.ca/

16 years, 11 months

CDC seminar CANCELLED

by Gergely Csibra

The next CDC seminar, scheduled for June 17th, has been cancelled. Oana Benga will visit us at a later date. --- Gergely Csibra

16 years, 11 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 Victoria Southgate (Psychology, Birkbeck, London) Title: Predicting actions and outcomes in infancy Date and time: Wednesday, 10 June 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, 11 months

seeking postdoc

by Négyessy László

Kedves Kollegak, Az alabbi munkalehetoseget ajanlom figyelmukbe. Udvozlettel, Negyessy Laszlo feladó Anna Wang Roe <anna.roe(a)vanderbilt.edu> címzett László Négyessy <negyessy(a)ana.sote.hu> dátum 2009. június 5. 21:49 NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship in sensory (vision, touch) systems neuroscience. Seeking a postdoctoral fellow to conduct optical imaging, fMRI, and electrophysiology in awake nonhuman primates performing perception, attention, and memory tasks. Scientific questions focus on relationship of visual and tactile sensorimotor behaviors to functional modules in cerebral cortex. The competitive candidate will have strong background and research experience in systems neuroscience, in vivo electrophysiological recording, and strong quantitative skills. Experience with optical imaging methodologies and Matlab are a plus. For publications and information about lab members, please see http://www.psy.vanderbilt.edu/ <http://www.psy.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/roeaw/index.html> faculty/roeaw/index.html. The Roe Lab is part of a vibrant systems neuroscience community at Vanderbilt University. As part of the Department of Psychology (www.vanderbilt.edu/ <http://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences> psychological_sciences), Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (http://vision-research. <http://vision-research.vanderbilt.edu/> vanderbilt.edu/), the Center for Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience (http://cicn.vanderbilt.edu/), and the Vanderbilt Imaging Institute (http://vuiis.vanderbilt.edu/), we offer state-of-the-art imaging and brain recording technologies, excellent animal facilities, machine shop resources, and administrative support. Weekly seminar series feature both local and international speakers and ensure a high degree of departmental and campus-wide interaction. Salary commensurate with experience and will be determined according to NIH guidelines. Please email curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interests, and names of three references to Anna Roe (anna.roe(a)vanderbilt.edu). 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

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