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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] CogSci CEU Departmental Colloquium: March 14. Can the comprehension of abstract language be rooted in sensory experiences?

by Gyorgyne Finta

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Anna Babarczy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics on Can the comprehension of abstract language be rooted in sensory experiences? Date: Wed, March 14, 2012 - 17:00 - 18:30 Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Frankel Leó út 30-34., Room G15 Can the comprehension of abstract language be rooted in sensory experiences? ABSTRACT: The question of learning the meaning of abstract language (roughly, expressions with no perceptible referents) has been bugging philosophers for thousands of years. More recently, a number of experimental paradigms have emerged trying to shed light on this issue. The basic idea explored in the talk is that people understand abstract (metaphorical) expressions by linking them to sensory or bodily experiences. If this is the case, we should be able to show that these experiences affect people’s interpretation of abstract utterances. The talk looks at the evidence we have so far (pro and contra).We're looking forward to see you there (Frankel Leo u. 30-34) ! _______________________________________________ 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

11 years, 4 months

[koglist] MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet: októberi program

by Mária Sipos

Kedves Kollégák! Az MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézete szeretettel várja az érdeklődőket októberi rendezvényeire: *2012. október 2. kedd 10.30. óra* Emlékülés Kiss Lajos születésének 90. évfordulója alkalmából http://www.nytud.hu/program/kisslajos_emlekules2012.pdf helyszín: földszinti előadóterem *2012. október 2. kedd 14.00 óra* BUSZI-2 (Budapesti Szociolingvisztikai Interjú 2.) Bemutató szervező: Nyelvtechnológiai és élőnyelvi osztály helyszín: földszinti előadóterem *2012. október 9. kedd 14.00 óra* Edward Vajda (Western Washington University) The Dene-Yeniseian Connection http://www.nytud.hu/program/absz/vajda20121009.html helyszín: földszinti előadóterem *2012. október 16. kedd 11.00 óra* Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson (University of Iceland) Discourse particles and the structure of Icelandic exclamatives http://www.nytud.hu/program/absz/jonnson121016.html helyszín: földszinti előadóterem *2012. október 16. kedd 14.00 óra* *Fiatal PhD-sok előadásai a Nyelvtudományi Intézetben * Kovács Tímea A kódváltás törvényszerűségei az optimalitás elméleti keretében helyszín: földszinti előadóterem * * *2012. október 18. csütörtök 11.00 óra* Thórhallur Eythórsson (University of Iceland) V2 and the evolution of Germanic clause structure: syntax, phonology and information structure http://www.nytud.hu/program/absz/eythorsson121018.html helyszín: földszinti előadóterem * * *2012. október 25. csütörtök 11.00 óra* Pajzs Júlia Az európai médiafigyelő magyar moduljának fejlesztéséről szervező: Nyelvtechnológiai és élőnyelvi osztály helyszín: földszinti előadóterem *2012. október 30. kedd 11.00 óra* Heltainé Nagy Erzsébet Terminológiai kérdések a nyelvi tanácsadásban szervező: Nyelvtechnológiai és élőnyelvi osztály helyszín: földszinti előadóterem * ** *MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet* *1068 Budapest, Benczúr u. 33. *

13 years, 7 months

[koglist] K+F infrastruktúra-fejlesztési kérdőív

by Kenesei Istvan

Tisztelt Címzett! A Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium és a Nemzeti Innovációs Hivatal (NIH) fejlesztési javaslatokat készít kutatási infrastruktúrák (KI) fejlesztését támogató kormányzati pályázat megalapozása érdekében. Az infrastruktúra-fejlesztési javaslatokat a NEKIFUT projekt keretében a legszélesebb hazai szakmai kör véleményére támaszkodva dolgozzuk ki. Kérjük, Ön is segítse a NEKIFUT stratégiai munkáját, és ismereteivel járuljon hozzá az KI fejlesztési javaslatok min?ségének javításához, er?sebb szakmai megalapozásukhoz: kérjük töltse ki az eddigi elemzések alapján megfogalmazott és dönt?en fejlesztési javaslatokat tartalmazó kérd?ívet. (A kérd?ív természetesen anonim, azaz a válaszadó nevét nem rögzítjük, és nem kapcsoljuk a válaszokhoz.) A kérd?ív az alábbi linken érhet? el: http://kaleidoszkop.nih.gov.hu:8008/limesurvey/index.php?sid=85449&lang=hu Kitöltése 30 percnél nem igényel többet, a kitöltés határideje: 2012. október 4. 24:00 (csütörtök éjfél)! Kitöltéssel kapcsolatos segítség: nekifut(a)nih.gov.hu Kérjük, hogy szakmai ismeretségi körében küldje tovább ezt a felkér? levelet, és amennyiben lehet?sége van, segítsen abban is, hogy a kérd?ív internetes címe felkerüljön tudományos levelez?listákra, szakmai honlapokra, hírlevelekbe. Célunk, hogy a rendelkezésre álló igen rövid id? ellenére a lehet? legtöbb szakember véleményét ismerjük meg, s ennek alapján finomítsuk, rangsoroljuk a KI fejlesztési javaslatokat. Megtisztel? véleményét és a kérd?ív kitöltésére fordított idejét el?zetesen is köszönjük. Tisztelettel és üdvözlettel: Korányi László kül- és belkapcsolati elnökhelyettes Nemzeti Innovációs Hivatal

13 years, 7 months

[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, October (modified)

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest With my apologies: Balázs Gyenis' lecture is moved to 7 November! (31 October is holiday at Eötvös University.) October Program (corrected) 3 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Ilona Kovács Department of Cognitive Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics Accelerated visual development in preterm human infants 10 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Tibor Németh Eötvös József College, Baja Megatrendek a népesedésben, növekedésben, foglalkoztatásban, fejlődésben (Megatrends in population, growth, employment, and development) 17 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Hofer-Szabó Institute of Philosophy, Research Center for the Humanities Hungarian Academy of Sciences Trying to understand a new no-go result: the PBR theorem 24 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Zsolt Kapelner Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest A more radical translation ___________________________________ 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

13 years, 7 months

[koglist] 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 3 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Ilona Kovács Department of Cognitive Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics Accelerated visual development in preterm human infants 10 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Tibor Németh Eötvös József College, Baja Megatrendek a népesedésben, növekedésben, foglalkoztatásban, fejlődésben (Megatrends in population, growth, employment, and development) 17 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Hofer-Szabó Institute of Philosophy, Research Center for the Humanities Hungarian Academy of Sciences Trying to understand a new no-go result: the PBR theorem 24 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Zsolt Kapelner Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest A more radical translation 31 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Balázs Gyenis Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh Propagator equations as laws: reconciling Humean and anti-reductionist intuitions ___________________________________ 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

13 years, 7 months

[koglist] invitation to a talk on "How to express things in works - Envisioning Wittgenstein's Tractatus - 2 October, 5.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Alfred Nordmann (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt) on "How to express things in works - Envisioning Wittgenstein's Tractatus Technico-Philosophicus" Tuesday, 2 October, 2012, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT >From the point of view of the later Wittgenstein, his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be read as providing an (albeit incomplete) reconstruction of a particular language game and its attendant form of life, namely the game of (scientifically) describing the world, or of producing a catalogue of true statements about the world. This catalogue enumerates facts, and not things - and this is because facts but not things can be expressed in speech (ausgesprochen). Wittgenstein's point but also the limits of his project become salient when expression-in-speech is contrasted to other forms of expression, e.g. musical expression or the expression of values through the life one leads. When these are taken into consideration, the world of things also comes back into view - and the question arises how things are expressed e.g. in an artwork, in a technical device, or in technoscientific working knowledge.

13 years, 7 months

[koglist] reminder: invitation to a talk on`Motor representation and goal ascription`by Corrado Sinigaglia, 25 September, 5.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Corrado Sinigaglia (University of Milan) on `Motor representation and goal ascription` Tuesday, 25 September , 2012, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Observing another agent acting recruits the same motor resources that would be involved if one were actually acting oneself. There is evidence that such motor recruitment facilitates understanding others' actions. Further, several studies have shown that the richer one’s motor representation, the greater one's ability to understand others' actions. But how could motor representation facilitate action understanding? The talk aims to tackle this question by introducing a new account of action. This account, I shall argue, enables us to understand the role of motor cognition in action understanding and sheds new light on the ways we mind others' minds.

13 years, 7 months

[koglist] [CDC Seminars] REMINDER: CDC Seminar, Alan Fiske, TOMORROW, September 26, 5 PM

by Mikolaj Hernik

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. The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by: Alan Fiske, UCLA Department of Anthropology Date: TOMORROW, Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor The Universal Mechanisms of Cultural Specificity in Social Relations Abstract: To develop culturally informed proficiency to participate in social relationships, children need to have innate models of the structures of the four basic forms of relationships. Children also need to know the semiotic medium through which their culture will transmit specifications regarding when, where, how, and with whom each model operates in their particular community. Conformation systems theory posits that children know that the indexical medium for Communal Sharing is consubstantial assimilation: people create a CS relationship by making their bodily substances or surfaces the same by giving birth, nursing, feeding, commensal consumption, intimate sex, blood-bonding, gentle touch, body surface marking, or rhythmic synchronous movement. Children expect that the iconic medium of Authority Ranking, in contrast, consists of relative positions on physical dimensions: ABOVE–BELOW, BIGGER–SMALLER, IN-FRONT–BEHIND, STRONGER–WEAKER, BEFORE–AFTER, LOUDER–SOFTER, BRIGHTER–DIMMER . Equality Matching consists of concrete ostensive operations — procedures that are operational definitions of equality, such as taking turns, casting ballots, drawing lots, even alignment of action, one-to-one correspondence of shares, reciprocating in-kind, or exacting eye-for-an-eye vengeance. The medium of Market Pricing is abstract, arbitrary symbols whose meanings derive purely from their conventional use: propositional statements in ads and contracts, bidding gestures, and, of course, money, represented in coins and paper bills, checks, stock certificates, written account books and statements, or digital electronic databases in hyperspace. Conformation systems theory posits that the distinctive semiotic system specific to each relational model is the natural medium not only for children’s discovery (and hence the cultural transmission) of its cultural specifications, but also for its cognitive representation and for the constitution, coordination, and communication of that relational model. Moreover, the conformation system of a relational model is uniquely evocative of the relational emotions and moral motives essential to sustaining that particular form of cooperative coordination. 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

13 years, 7 months

[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Hanoch Ben-Yami

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 26 September (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Hanoch Ben-Yami Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest Truth and Proof without Models ___________________________________ 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

13 years, 7 months

[koglist] Guenther Fleck: Budapest Seminar for PhD Students in Cognitive Science and Creativity 2012 - emlekezteto

by Ropolyi Laszlo

Kedves Kollégák/Érdeklődők! Ismételten ajánlom szíves figyelmükbe az alábbi szemináriumot/előadássorozatot! Az előadó és a szervezők minden érdeklődőt örömmel fogadnak. A szeminárium egyetemi hallgatók számára 2 kredites ELTE-s óraként is felvehető a xxxn9333 kurzuskóddal. http://hps.elte.hu/~ropolyi/tanwebek/guenther12-13.html Üdvözlettel: Ropolyi László --------------------------------------------------------------- Günther Fleck, Ph.D. Clinical and Health Psychologist Institute for Human and Social Sciences National Defence Academy Stiftgasse 2a Vienna, Austria Cognitive Science and Creativity - Theory and Practice (2 Parts) Time: 25-27 September (Part I) & 20-22 November (Part II) Venue: ELTE Tudománytörténet és Tudományfilozófia Tanszék, Budapest, Lágymányosi Kampusz, 1117 Pazmany sétány 1/c, Southern building (Deli tomb) Room no. 1.711 Schedule Part I. (12 Teaching Units à 45 Minutes) Tuesday, 25th of Sept.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Wednesday, 26th of Sept.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Thursday, 27th of Sept.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Part II (12 Presentation & Discussion Units à 45 minutes) Tuesday, 20th of Nov.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Wednesday, 21st of Nov.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Thursday, 22nd of Nov.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 General Description of the Seminar: Decision making largely depends on the cognitive abilities (e.g., intelligence) of the decision maker, his or her background knowledge and the characteristics of the problems to be resolved. The ability to create good theories in order to describe and explain the phenomena and to solve complex problems is acknowledged as central to scientific thinking. Accordingly, a kind of objectivity and pure rationalism are attributed to it. But scientific thinking is neither a pure cognitive process nor does it take place in an empty space. Scientists have adopted various ways of thinking, have developed basic belief systems about how things are, have made decisions in regard to a special epistemology, and have demonstrated preferences for a special philosophy of science and its corresponding scientific methodology and methods. Additionally, solving complex problems often requires a high level of creativity and the acceptance of uncertainty. Thus, coping with uncertainty as an integrative part of decision making has to be taken into account too. In the first part of the seminar an integrative frame of creativity will be worked out referring to cognitive science as an interdisciplinary discipline. In the second part students are invited to prepare related topics at their own choice for short presentations and discussions. Main goal of the seminar is to find ways of acquiring new tools for the development and improvement of one’s own expertise. Literature Harré, Rom (2002). Cognitive Science. A Philosophical Introduction. London: Sage. Singer, Irving (2011). Modes of Creativity. Philosophical Perspectives. Cambridge (MA): MIT Press. An extended list of literature will be provided at the beginning of the seminar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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