koglist September 2010

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by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Miloš Arsenijević (University of Belgrade) on Avoiding logical determinism and retaining the principle of bivalence within a tense-modal logic system Tuesday, 5 October, 2010, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Jan Lukasiewicz was the first logician in the history of modern logic who has become completely aware of the fact that Aristotle’s reasoning related to his famous future see battle example does not undermine so much the principle of the excluded middle but, in the first place, the principle of bivalence.. In order to avoid such a kind of determinism, later called logical determinism, Lukasiewicz introduced many-valued logic. So, in the trivalent system, a sentence can happen to be neither true nor false at a given time. It is so if, at that time, there is nothing in reality that makes it true or false. Its truth value is indeterminate. I shall show how, by using the possible world semantics of contemporary modal logic, it is possible to avoid logical determinism and, at the same time, retain the principle of bivalence. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

15 years, 7 months

Theoretical Philosophy Forum, October

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest October Program 6 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Zalán Gyenis* (speaker) and Miklós Rédei** * Mathematics, CEU, Budapest ** Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE, London Közös ok-zárt valószínűségi terek karakterizációja (Characterization of common cause closed probability spaces) 13 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Hofer-Szabó Institute for Communication and Cultural Studies King Sigismund College, Budapest Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest Common causal explanations and the Bell inequalities 20 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Hanoch Ben-Yami Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest How to Bind Donkeys: On Conditional Donkey Anaphora 27 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Márton Gömöri Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest Létezik-e klasszikus leírása a ,,töltött részecskék + elektromágneses mező” csatolt rendszernek? (Is there a classical description of the coupled system of "charged particles + electromagnetic field"?) ___________________________________ Abstracts and printable program (poster) are available from the web site of the Forum: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf (Please feel free to post the program in your institution!) The Forum is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion. The organizer of the Forum: László E. Szabó (leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo

15 years, 7 months

Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Gabor Etesi

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 29 September (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Etesi Department of Geometry, Institute of Mathematics Budapest University of Technology and Economics Kvantum algoritmusok és a kvantum-számítógépek számítási kapacitása (Quantum algorithms and the computational capacities of quantum computers) ___________________________________ Abstracts and printable program (poster) are available from the web site of the Forum: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf (Please feel free to post the program in your institution!) The Forum is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion. The organizer of the Forum: László E. Szabó (leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo

15 years, 7 months

Kognitív péntek: október 1.

by Rago Anett

Tisztelt Kollégák, ezúton továbbítom az ELTE Kognitív Pszichológiai Tanszékének meghívóját a 'Kognitív péntek' elnevezésű előadássorozat e félévi első, pénteki rendezvényére, melynek programja új munkatársaink bemutatkozása: Linnert Szilvia: „Mikor látjuk a láthatatlant? - Kanizsa ábrák észlelésének elektrofiziológiai vizsgálata” Garami Linda: "Beszédértés fejlődése csecsemőkorban" Nagy Márton: "Az emlékezeti tudatosság mérése" az előadás időpontja: Október 1. 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 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4956 (20100318) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

15 years, 7 months

reminder: invitation to a talk on "Inference to convincing explanation" - 28 September,4.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Philosophy department cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Christophe Heintz (CEU) on "Inference to convincing explanation" 4.30 PM, Tuesday, 28 September, 14. Zrinyi str. / room 412 Abstract: I will use the argumentative theory of reasoning to clarify why and how some inferences are guided by the goal of explaining. Lipton (2005) nicely shows that abductive reasonning is central in the sciences. However, he characterises abductions as inferences to the best explanation and through their semantic and epistemological properties rather than by specifying their psychological underpinning. I will show that the argumentative theory of reasoning provides a means to understand which psychological processes philosophers of science have referred to when talking about abduction. This will lead me to claim that abductions are in fact inferences to convincing explanation. With this psychological characterisation, one is better able to specify the semantic and epistemic properties of a key inference at work in scientific reasoning. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

15 years, 7 months

[CDC Seminars] ANNOUNCEMENT: CDC Seminar, Judit Gervain, Wednesday, September 22 at 5 PM

by Marian Chen

The next talk in the CEU Cognitive Development Center seminar series will be given by Judit Gervain Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Université Paris Descartes Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 5 PM Location: CEU Cognitive Development Center Hattyú u. 14, Budapest, 3rd floor Learning Structural Regularities at Birth: An Optical Imaging Study The ability to learn structural regularities is fundamental for the acquisition of language. There is increasing evidence that older infants are able to learn such regularities using different mechanisms (Marcus et al. 1999, Gomez and Gerken 1999). However, it is not know whether these abilities are available at birth or whether they emerge later during development and their neural basis is also unexplored. Therefore, in a series of NIRS studies with newborns, we examined whether they are able to learn identity-based regularities (e.g. ABB "mubaba", AAB "babamu", ABA "bamuba" etc.). Specifically, we explored whether (i) they are able to discriminate these patterns from random ABC controls (e.g. "mubage"), (ii) whether they are able to encode the identity relation as well as its serial position (i.e. whether they are able to discriminate AAB from ABB) and (iii) whether this ability is specific to speech stimuli or whether it applies more broadly to other auditory stimuli, e.g. piano tones. The results of these experiments allow us to better understand the mechanisms and the corresponding neural circuits underlying early speech perception and language acquisition. _______________________________________________ Subscribe/Unsubscribe at http://cdc.ceu.hu/mailman/listinfo/seminars

15 years, 7 months

Theoretical Philosophy Forum, September

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest September Program 29 September (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Etesi Department of Geometry, Institute of Mathematics Budapest University of Technology and Economics Kvantum algoritmusok és a kvantum-számítógépek számítási kapacitása (Quantum algorithms and the computational capacities of quantum computers) ___________________________________ Abstracts and printable program (poster) are available from the web site of the Forum: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf (Please feel free to post the program in your institution!) The Forum is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion. The organizer of the Forum: László E. Szabó (leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo

15 years, 7 months

[CDC Seminars] ANNOUNCEMENT: CDC Seminar, Dr. Judith Gervain, Wednesday 9/22 at 5 PM

by Marian Chen

The next talk in the CEU Cognitive Development Center seminar series will be given by Dr. Judith Gervain Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Université Paris Descartes Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 5 PM Location: CEU Cognitive Development Center Hattyú u. 14, Budapest, 3rd floor Learning Structural Regularities at Birth: An Optical Imaging Study The ability to learn structural regularities is fundamental for the acquisition of language. There is increasing evidence that older infants are able to learn such regularities using different mechanisms (Marcus et al. 1999, Gomez and Gerken 1999). However, it is not know whether these abilities are available at birth or whether they emerge later during development and their neural basis is also unexplored. Therefore, in a series of NIRS studies with newborns, we examined whether they are able to learn identity-based regularities (e.g. ABB "mubaba", AAB "babamu", ABA "bamuba" etc.). Specifically, we explored whether (i) they are able to discriminate these patterns from random ABC controls (e.g. "mubage"), (ii) whether they are able to encode the identity relation as well as its serial position (i.e. whether they are able to discriminate AAB from ABB) and (iii) whether this ability is specific to speech stimuli or whether it applies more broadly to other auditory stimuli, e.g. piano tones. The results of these experiments allow us to better understand the mechanisms and the corresponding neural circuits underlying early speech perception and language acquisition. _______________________________________________ Subscribe/Unsubscribe at http://cdc.ceu.hu/mailman/listinfo/seminars

15 years, 7 months

[CDC Seminars] TOMORROW: CDC Seminar, Dr. Tania Singer, Friday 9/17 at 3 PM

by Marian Chen

The next talk in the CEU Cognitive Development Center seminar series will be given by Dr. Tania Singer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Date: FRIDAY, September 17, 2010, *3 PM* (NOTE: this talk will not be held at the usual date and time!) Location: CEU Cognitive Development Center Hattyú u. 14, Budapest, 3rd floor Title: Understanding Others: Developmental and Neuronal Basis of Social Emotions and Egocentricity Bias With the emergence of social neuroscience, researchers have started to investigate the underpinnings of our ability to share and understand the feelings and minds of others. After defining relevant concepts, I will give a short overview about fMRI studies investigating empathic brain responses elicited by the observation of others in pain and show how these empathic brain responses are modulated by several contextual, stimulus intrinsic and person-specific factors. The important role of anterior insula cortex for empathy and interoceptive awareness will be highlighted. In addition, a series of behavioral, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) experiments will be presented which focus on the investigation of emotional egocentricity bias and the ability for self-other distinction. Finally, several studies will be presented on the development of social emotions, behavioral control and egocentricity bias. _______________________________________________ Subscribe/Unsubscribe at http://cdc.ceu.hu/mailman/listinfo/seminars

15 years, 7 months

emlekezteto: Prof. Batsell on Liberal Arts

by George Kampis

MEGHIVÓ A Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science (BSCS) es az ELTE Tudománytörténeti es Tudományfilozofia Tanszéke szeretettel meghiv minden erdeklődöt Professor Robert Batsell (Kalamazoo College, Michigan) eloadasara: Liberal Arts Education and the Unique Role of Colleges Ideje: 2010 szeptember 13, hétfő 15:00-16:00 Helye: ELTE TTK (XI., Pazmany Peter setany 1/A), Kari Tanacsterem, Északi Tömb 7.22. Üdvőzlettel: Kampis György egyetemi tanár, tanszékvezető Érdi Péter tudományos tanácsadó, Henry R. Luce Professor a BSCS igazgatói

15 years, 8 months

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