*CALL FOR PAPERS*
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*IV. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science - May 10-13, 2012.*
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*MEMORY CONTROL AND RETRIEVAL*
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* Submission is open until February 1, 2012.*
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*Submit a poster abstract!*
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***www.cecog.eu*
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The Central European Cognitive Science Association (CECOG) is pleased to
announce the IV. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science (DuCog) to be
held in the historical town of Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 10-13, 2012.
*DuCog *is a small-medium size annual conference with up to 100
participants. Every year a specific topic is covered by keynote speakers
and invited speakers. The focus of the conference this year is* memory
control and retrieval*.
*Keynote Speakers*
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* Paul W. Burgess*
University College London, UK
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* Martin A. Conway*
University of Leeds, UK
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*Lars Nyberg*
Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Sweden
*Ken A. Paller*
Northwestern University, USA
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*Invited speakers*
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*Simon Hanslmayr*
University of Konstanz, Germany
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*Mihály Racsmány*
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
*Antonino Vallesi*
International School for Advanced Studies, Italy
*Ines Wilhelm*
University of Lübeck, Germany
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* * *For further information see the attached flyer or visit the conference
website at **www.cecog.eu*
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS
20th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology in London, UK from August 28-31, 2012
The deadline for submission of PAPERS and POSTERS is 15 May, 2012
The deadline for submission of SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS is 29th February, 2012
Conference website: http://www.eurospp.org/2012
Online submission: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=espp2012
This meeting marks the 20th Anniversary of the ESPP. The occasion will be marked by a symposium in memory of former ESPP president, Marc Jeannerod, and a number of talks by other former ESPP presidents (Josef Perner, John Campbell, and Pierre Jacob). Please join us in London to celebrate 20 years of successful interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration.
Plenary Speakers:
– John Campbell (Philosophy, University of California, Berkley)
– Josef Perner (Psychology, University of Salzburg)
– Hagit Borer (Linguistics, Queen Mary, University of London & University of Southern California)
– Linda B. Smith (Psychology, Indiana University)
Symposia
– 'In and Out of Experience: Personal and Sub-Personal Explanations in Psychology'
Chair: Barry Smith (Institute of Philosophy, London)
– 'The Marc Jeannerod Memorial Symposium'
Chair: Naomi Eilan (ESPP President, University of Warwick)
– 'Regret'
Chair: Marcel Zeelenberg (Tilburg University)
– 'Mental Agency'
Chair: Joelle Proust (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris) & Fabian Dorsch (University of Warwick & Fribourg)
– ‘Understanding and Communication’: there will be three linked symposia on this topic from the projects that form the EuroUnderstanding Programme
Chairs: Guenther Knoblich (CEU Budapest), Åsa Wikforss (Stockholm University), Frank Esken (Salzburg University)
General Aim
The aim of the European Society for Philosophy & Psychology is 'to promote interaction between philosophers and psychologists on issues of common concern'. Psychologists, neuroscientists, linguists, computer scientists and biologists are encouraged to report experimental, theoretical and clinical work that they judge to have philosophical significance; and philosophers are encouraged to engage with the fundamental issues addressed by and arising out of such work. In recent years ESPP sessions have covered such topics as spatial concepts, simulation theory, attention, joint attention, reference, problems of consciousness, introspection and self-report, emotion, perception, early numerical cognition, infants' understanding of intentionality, memory and time, motor imagery, counterfactuals, the semantics/pragmatics distinction, minimalism in linguistic theory, reasoning, vagueness, mental causation, action and agency, thought without language, externalism, connectionism, hypnosis, and the interpretation of neuropsychological results.
CALL
The Society invites submitted symposia, papers and posters for this meeting.
Submitted papers are refereed and selected on the basis of quality and relevance to psychologists, philosophers and linguists. Papers should not exceed a length of 20 minutes (about 8 double-spaced pages) for a total 30 minute session. Submissions may be by abstract (ca. 500 words) but in the case of philosophical submissions a full paper is preferred. Please state the primary discipline of your paper (philosophy, psychology, or linguistics) by checking the respective box during the online submission process.
The Society also encourages joint submission of papers as symposia topics (for 3 and up to 4 speakers across different disciplines) – the convenor should submit a brief (1000 word) description of the symposium topic in addition to each participant submitting an abstract/paper – all papers considered as part of a submitted symposium will also be considered for independent presentation. The selection of talks in a symposium should be suitable to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion. There may be some financial support available for the travel expenses of symposiasts (partial coverage of costs).
There will also be poster presentations. A submission for a poster presentation should consist of a 500-word abstract. Submitted papers may also be considered for presentation as posters.
All submissions (whether abstracts or full papers) should be in PDF-format and should be properly anonymized in order to allow for blind refereeing.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS & POSTERS is 15th MAY, 2012.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS is 29th FEBRUARY, 2012.
Please use the online submission form to be found at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=espp2012
(This requires registering with EasyChair, which is easy to do and free of charge).
If you have any questions, contact us by writing an email to: to: 2012(a)euroespp.org
Program chairs:
– Fabian Dorsch
– Teresa McCormack
– Peter Svenonius
Local organization:
Barry Smith, Institute for Philosophy, UCL, London
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> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:18:38 +0100
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> Dear colleagues,
> please find attached the annoucement for a job position in our
> laboratory at the Assistant/Associate Professor level, with tenure.
> do not hesitate to make this announcement available to junior colleagues.
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The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by:
Kai Vogeley, University of Cologne
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 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.
*Social Cognition and Autism*
Abstract: Social cognition as the capacity to process socially relevant
information is an essential component of the human cognitive equipment that
allows us to communicate and interact with others and to adapt to complex
affordances created by our social environment; seemingly effortlessly we
are able to generate impressions and make inferences about the inner
experience of others in everyday life. However, the enormous variations of
social behaviour and diversity in human communication often enough
challenge our capacity to understand others and can lead to
misunderstandings in social encounters. Research activities from many
different fields have identified a variety of factors (age, gender,
culture, norm deviance, language modalities) as influential sources of
variance in social information processing. In this presentation, I will
talk about psychological processes and neural mechanisms (employing
functional magnetic resonance imaging) that underly nonverbal communication
focusing on gaze perception, impression formation and true interaction with
a special focus on the variance related to the psychopathology of
high-functioning autism. These studies are crucial to our basic
understanding of human communication and interaction and their disturbances.
Cognitive Science events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
by
Roger Scruton
on
`Music, judgement and morality`
Thursday, 26. January, 2012, 5.15 PM.
Monument building Popper room (1st floor/102)
ABSTRACT
Why does music matter? And how do we distinguish the things we ought to listen to from the things we ought not to listen to?
Kriszta Biber
Department Coordinator
Philosophy Department
Tel: 36-1-327-3806
Fax: 36-1-327-3072
E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu
The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Zoltán Miklósi (CEU)
on
`The Basis of Equal Moral Status`
Tuesday, 24 January, 2012, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412
ABSTRACT
According to a widelyshared view, the equal moral status of persons is
grounded in the possession ofcertain capacities that are related to the
possibility of rational thought andagency. It is usually accepted that
even though the capacities that groundpersonhood are possessed by human
beings to varying degrees, the moral statusof persons is not a matter of
degree: all of those who possess the relevantcapacities to a certain
degree have equal moral status and are owed equalrespect and concern.
However, it is not clear what justifies treatingpersonhood as a range
property, to the effect that differences in theunderlying capacities do
not matter above the threshold, even though they domatter across the
threshold. I will examine different proposals that seek tojustify the
range property view that rely on a requirement of evaluativeabstinence,
and I argue that they are unsatisfactory. Finally, I will considera
different approach that may explain some of our firmly held beliefs in
thisarea, and which might be capable of showing why differences in the
underlyingcapacities are indeed irrelevant from this respect. The new
proposal is based on the idea thatthe existing approaches misrepresent
the moral significance of personhoodcapacities. Their importance lies
not in grounding moral status but in makingdistinctive forms of
well-being available to those who possess 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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Subject: Two research positions in Cognitive Neuroscience in Mallorca
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:30:00 +0100
From: Francisco Barcelo <f.barcelo(a)uib.es>
To: Laboratory of Clinical Neuropsychology - Mallorca, Spain
<info(a)neuropsicologiaclinica.es>
Dear colleagues,
We have two new vacancies for a postdoc and a PhD student here in
Mallorca (pdf files attached).
I would very much appreciate it if you could forward this email to
interested parties.
Thanks a lot
Paco Barceló
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Ed. Beatriu de Pinos #12
University of Illes Balears (UIB)
Ctra. Valldemossa, km 7.5
E-07122 Palma de Mallorca - Spain
Personal: www.mcst.es <http://www.mcst.es>
Lab: www.neuropsicologiaclinica.es <http://www.neuropsicologiaclinica.es>
Phone: 971 172750 <tel:971%20172750>
Fax: 971 172309 <tel:971%20172309>
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The CEU Department of Philosophy and Department of Political Science
cordially invite you to a talk
(as part of the Philosophy Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Sune Laegaard (Roskilde University)
on
'Toleration, Groups and Multiculturalism'
Tuesday, 17 January, 5.30 PM
Monument building Popper room (1st floor/102)
ABSTRACT
The paper considers how groups might be relevant as objects of policies
of toleration and the different senses 'group' might have in relation to
questions of toleration. The paper argues that groups can be relevant to
toleration in several different ways as objects of toleration.
Toleration is routinely defined as involving an objection component, a
power requirement and an acceptance component. The objection and
acceptance components refer to reasons or dispositions of the subjects
of toleration, e.g. public authorities deciding how to act in relation
to groups. The power condition refers to the political and social
relationship between the subject and the objects of toleration. Finally,
toleration is often argued to be a normative requirement on the basis of
the way it affects the object or receiver of toleration, e.g. on the
basis of the good of or right to freedom from non-interference which
toleration allows receivers of toleration to enjoy. The paper shows how
groups may be objects of toleration in different ways in relation to
each of these components or conditions of toleration. The sense of
'group' relevant to toleration may differ when the group is an object of
power, i.e. when others have the ability to interfere with the group’s
activities, an object of dislike or disapproval, an agent enjoying
non-interference or a moral patient. This means that 'toleration of
groups' can mean quite different things depending on the exact meaning
of 'group' in relation to each component. The paper relates the
different possible meanings of groups toleration to widespread
criticisms of multiculturalism for being excessively 'groupist' (e.g. to
essentialise or reify groups), to promote group rights over individual
rights, or to deny or ignore the internal heterogeneity of groups or the
multiple identity affiliations of individuals. The paper suggests that
some of these standard criticisms of multiculturalism for being overly
tolerant of minority groups, or being so in a way elevating groups over
individuals, are less pressing on some understandings of the meaning of
'group' as an object of policies of multicultural toleration than on
others. So the paper both contributes to the conceptual understanding of
toleration and groups and to the normative debates about
multiculturalism insofar as these turn on the toleration of groups.
Kriszta Biber
Department Coordinator
Philosophy Department
Tel: 36-1-327-3806
Fax: 36-1-327-3072
E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu
Dear colleagues, please distribute this call!
2 PhD positions in Comparative Cognition
Messerli Research Institute
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1) IMITATION, EMPATHY AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN DOGS
The aim of this PhD-project is to investigate the links between imitation, empathy and prosocial behaviour in dogs. Cognitive scientists have revealed that imitation, emotion understanding and empathy are tightly linked, and social psychologists found that peoples’ tendency to inadvertently copy each other’s gestures facilitates social interaction. This project aims at resolving open questions with respect to the ultimate (evolutionary) and proximate (neuro-cognitive) mechanisms mediating these relationships. These questions are multi-level in nature and therefore require interdisciplinary approaches and complementary expertise. Bringing together a team of leading European experts, we will conduct behavioral experiments on dogs and behavioral and neuroscientific ones in humans. This part of the project will only involve cognitive-behavioral experiments with dogs. Eligible candidates will have a master’s degree (or Diplom) in Biology, Veterinary Medicine or Psychology and research experience in animal behaviour, a genuine understanding of animal cognition and a strong commitment to basic science. Practical skills in animal training techniques and in empirical work with dogs are beneficial, but not a precondition. This PhD project is part of a larger project, funded by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) on “the evolutionary and neurocognitive basis of the link between imitation, empathy and prosocial behaviour in dogs and humans”, and conducted together with psychologists at the University of Vienna (Prof. Lamm) and neuroscientists at the Medical University of Vienna (Prof. Windischberger). It will be based at the Clever Dog Lab of the Messerli Research Institute (at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) and co-supervised by Dr. Friederike Range and Dr. Zsófia Virányi. Principal investigator of the whole project and supervisor of this PhD-project: Prof. Ludwig Huber.
2) COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION IN DOGS: MECHANISMS AND GENETIC BASIS
The aim of this PhD-project is to critically investigate the phylogeny of the cognitive and motivational building blocks of following gaze and pointing as forms of cooperative, referential and intentional communication, a non-verbal alternative of language that is available also for non-human animals. The developmental and mechanistic aspects will be investigated by comparing adult pet dogs and puppies as well as by using sophisticated technologies, such as eye-tracking and genotyping the oxytocin receptor gene of the subjects.
As such, the successful candidate will have a master’s degree (or Diplom) in Biology, Veterinary Medicine or Psychology and research experience in animal behaviour, a genuine understanding of animal cognition and a strong commitment to basic science. Practical skills in dog handling and training as well as having a well-trained dog who can act as a conspecific experimenter are beneficial, but not a precondition.
The position is part of a larger project, funded by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) on "The semantics of talking with the eyes and gestures: the hormonal and cognitive underpinnings of comprehending cooperative intentional communication in domestic dogs and wolves" that complements the PhD project with an evolutionary aspect by comparing dogs and wolves at the Wolf Science Center (Ernstbrunn, Austria) (www.wolfscience.at).
The PhD project will be based at the Clever Dog Lab (www.cleverdoglab.at) of the Messerli Research Institute (at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) and will be co-supervised by Prof. Ludwig Huber, Dr. Friederike Range (Messerli Research Institute) and Dr. Zsolt Rónai (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary). Principal investigator of the whole project and supervisor of this PhD-project: Dr. Zsófia Virányi.
The Messerli Research Institute has been recently founded with support of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, the Medical University of Vienna, the University of Vienna and the Messerli Foundation (Switzerland) for the scientific study of human-animal interactions, with an integrative and highly interdisciplinary approach of comparative cognition and behaviour, comparative medicine, and animal ethics. Its division on Comparative Cognition (headed by L. Huber) investigates the cognitive abilities in both the social and physical domain of various, free-living as well as domesticated, animal species ranging from keas to dogs. At the Clever Dog Lab (www.cleverdoglab.at) an international team of students and researchers studies the cognition and behaviour of pet dogs.
Application: materials including a letter of application, CV, a summary of research experience, copies of any published or in-press papers, and two letters of recommendation should be sent to Mrs. Karin Bayer, MSc by email (Karin.Bayer(a)vetmeduni.ac.at) until 1 February 2012. Planned interview dates are in mid February 2012. Both positions are for three years; starting date is 1 March 2012. Salaries according to the standards of Austrian basic science funds.
The University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna promotes the employment of women in fields of work in which they are underrepresented and therefore encourages qualified women to apply to this opening. Disabled people will be preferentially treated if qualified.
The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
by
Roger Scruton
on
`Music, judgement and morality`
Thursday, 26. January, 2012, 5.15 PM.
Monument building Popper room (1st floor/102)
ABSTRACT
Why does music matter? And how do we distinguish the things we ought to listen to from the things we ought not to listen to?