koglist November 2011

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[koglist] Meghívó - BME Kognitív Szemináriumsorozat / Invitation - BME Cognitive Seminar Series

by Attila Keresztes

We cordially invite you to the next lecture of the BME Cognitive Seminar Series: Date & Time: December 5, Monday, 12:00-13:00 Location: BME, XI., Egry József utca 1., T. ép 515. *Beatrix Burghardt*** Indiana University, USA *Evidence for the [PATH [PLACE]] linguistic hierarchy from adult Hungarian language acquisition* Abstract This talk reports on the acquisition of directed motion expressions by adult learners of Hungarian as a second language. Results reveal that L2 learners have access to Universal Grammar during interlanguage development. Recent cross-linguistic analysis has shown that the syntactic ordering of adpositions forms a strict hierarchical pattern where the directional phrase precedes the lower locational phrase (van Riemsdijk, 1990; Stringer, 2005; Svenonious, 2006). The same analysis has also been applied toHungarian (Hegedu"s, 2006; Stringer, 2008). Hungarian provides an interesting testing ground for acquisitionally-orientated investigations because of its wealth of spatial expressions, agglutinative character and its rich morphology. In particular, I bring evidence from second language acquisition in support of the claim that the layered PP structure is universal, and knowledge of UG is accessible during L2 acquisition. Original data has been collected from adult English L1 learners of Hungarian L2 (N=18). I conducted two forced elicitation production tasks to test expressions of PATH, i.e. source, goal, location. These include the language-specific /Pléh-Palotás-Lo"rik Test (PPL) /(2002), and a purposefully designed original picture series capturing a frog jumping to and from different types of objects. Learner-produced non- target-like utterances are systematic and only include the following two types of ordering: (1) in case of Hungarian postpositions Path is ordered before Place, and the latter is before the N; (2) in case of locative suffixes the ordering is reversed, i.e. N is followed by Place, and the latter by Path. These patterns result in spatial suffix stacking on nouns and postpositions. Neither pattern is target-like, nor can they be derived from the learners' L1 English; thus they provide clear evidence that in the spatial domain UG is available during interlanguage development. -- Attila Keresztes Junior Research Fellow Budapest University of Technology and Economics Dept. of Cognitive Science, Egry József u. 1, Budapest 1111, Hungary Tel: +36 1 4633525

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] correction - ANNOUNCEMENT: CDC Seminar, Sarah-Jane Leslie, THURSDAY, December 8, 2011

by Marian Chen

PLEASE NOTE: This talk will take place on a different day than usual. Our seminar room has a limited capacity so please arrive early to ensure you will get a seat! The talk will start promptly at 5 PM. The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by: Sarah-Jane Leslie, Princeton University Date: THURSDAY, December 8, 2011, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor *Generics as cognitive defaults * Abstract: Generic sentences express generalizations about kinds, such as "tigers are striped", "ducks lay eggs", and "ticks carry Lyme disease". I present and review emerging evidence from adults and children that suggests that generics articulate cognitively default generalizations -- i.e., they express basic, early-developing inductive generalizations concerning kinds. Further evidence suggests that these generalizations don't depend solely on information about prevalence. For example, "ticks carry Lyme disease" is accepted, but "books are paperbacks" is not, despite the fact - well-known and acknowledged by participants - that paperbacks are much more prevalent among books than Lyme-disease-carrying is among ticks. Similarly, both adults and preschoolers understand that, e.g., only female ducks lay eggs, yet they are more likely to accept "ducks lay eggs" than "ducks are female". Rather than depending solely on information about prevalence, these primitive generic generalizations are sensitive to a number of content-based factors, such as whether the property in question is dangerous or otherwise striking (as in "ticks carry Lyme disease"), or is an essential or characteristic property of the kind (as in "ducks lay eggs"). This suggests that our most basic means of forming inductive generalizations about kinds is not guided by prevalence alone, but also reflects our nature as learners. Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events _______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-subscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-unsubscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] ANNOUNCEMENT: CDC Seminar, Sarah-Jane Leslie, THURSDAY, December 8, 2011

by Marian Chen

PLEASE NOTE: This talk will take place on a different day than usual. Our seminar room has a limited capacity so please arrive early to ensure you will get a seat! The talk will start promptly at 5 PM. The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by: Sarah-Jane Leslie, Princeton University Date: THURSDAY, December 9, 2011, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor *Generics as cognitive defaults * Abstract: Generic sentences express generalizations about kinds, such as "tigers are striped", "ducks lay eggs", and "ticks carry Lyme disease". I present and review emerging evidence from adults and children that suggests that generics articulate cognitively default generalizations -- i.e., they express basic, early-developing inductive generalizations concerning kinds. Further evidence suggests that these generalizations don't depend solely on information about prevalence. For example, "ticks carry Lyme disease" is accepted, but "books are paperbacks" is not, despite the fact - well-known and acknowledged by participants - that paperbacks are much more prevalent among books than Lyme-disease-carrying is among ticks. Similarly, both adults and preschoolers understand that, e.g., only female ducks lay eggs, yet they are more likely to accept "ducks lay eggs" than "ducks are female". Rather than depending solely on information about prevalence, these primitive generic generalizations are sensitive to a number of content-based factors, such as whether the property in question is dangerous or otherwise striking (as in "ticks carry Lyme disease"), or is an essential or characteristic property of the kind (as in "ducks lay eggs"). This suggests that our most basic means of forming inductive generalizations about kinds is not guided by prevalence alone, but also reflects our nature as learners. Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events _______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-subscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-unsubscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] REMINDER: CDC Seminar, Kris Onishi, Wednesday, November 30, 5 PM

by Marian Chen

The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by: Kristine Onishi, McGill University Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center at CEU, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor PLEASE NOTE: Our seminar room has a limited capacity. Please arrive early to ensure you get a seat! The talk will begin promptly at 5. * Early understanding of communicative intent in infancy * Abstract: Infants seem to understand that others have internal states that underlie observable behavior. Do they also understand that these internal states play a role when people communicate with each other? I'll describe data suggesting they do, and that they also understand some constraints on the updating of internal states. Cognitive Science events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events _______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-subscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-unsubscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu

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[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, December

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest December Program 7 December (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Etesi Department of Geometry, Mathematical Institute Budapest University of Technology and Economics Feynman integrals and the current status of the Continuum Hypothesis 14 December (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 András G. Benedek Institute for Philosophical Research, HAS, Budapest Dynamic Models of the Growth of Knowledge ___________________________________ 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

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[koglist] Egy ingyenes internetes nyelvi kurxus a Stanford Egyetemen

by István Winkler

Hátha valakit érdekel: There is an interesting internet course from Standford University on the topic of language processing. This may be of interest to PhD students. There will be lectures and homework, all via internet. See more info at http://www.nlp-class.org/ The course is offered free and online to students worldwide, January 23rd - March 18th 2012, continuing Stanford's forays into large scale online instruction. Üdv István

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[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Elias Zafiris

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest Elias Zafiris Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University on leave from Institute of Mathematics, National University of Athens An Operational Perspective on Sheaves ___________________________________ 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

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] ANNOUNCEMENT: CDC Seminar, Kristine Onishi, Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 5 PM

by Marian Chen

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[koglist] ELTE Kognitív Péntek

by Linda Garami

Kedves Érdeklődők! Az ELTE Kognitív Péntek sorozat következő előadására *ezen a héten* kerül sor: 2011. november 25. 14:00-15:00, Izabella u. 46., 216 terem: Nemes Gáspár: Az öregedés és a demencia narrativ konstrukciója - Elbeszélés, Nyelv, Alzheimer További előadások ebben a félévben: 2011. december 5. (hétfő!) 14:00-15:00, Izabella u. 46, 305 terem: Marian Chen: Imitation and emulation: Learning and generalizing from natural pedagogy 2011. december 16. 12:00-16:00, Izabella u. 46., 216 terem: Kutatásmódszertani minikonferencia További részletes információk és absztraktok a megszokott helyen: https://sites.google.com/site/eltekognitiv/home/elte-kognitiv-pentek Szeretettel várunk minden Kedves Érdeklődőt! További szép napot, üdvözlettel: Garami Linda ELTE-PPK, Kognitív Pszichológia Tanszék

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[koglist] invitation to a talk on`Virtue Epistemology and Armchair Knowledge`by Nenad Miscevic - 29 November, 4.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Nenad Miscevic (University of Maribor/CEU) on `Virtue Epistemology and Armchair Knowledge` Tuesday, 29 November, 2011, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Virtue-epistemology goes with aposterioritiy more cautiously, that the virtue-theoretic justification of armhcair (intuitional) beliefs is a structured one, containing important a posteriori elements. The pure intuition-derived justification might be (to some extent) a priori, but the full justification will involve heterogenous elements, and bring in aposteriority. The talk concentrates on John Greco’s proposal a priori intuition capacity and related ability etc.) Gets a part of its full justification from other, empirically oriented abilities (prominently perceptual ones). I want to show that withing Greco’s framework this seems to be part of the notion of integration. No matter how we descriptively characterize the integration-ties (possibly as non-inferential), they contribute to justification, and some of their crucial components are experiential. This then supports the presence of an a aposteriori component.

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koglist November 2011