koglist February 2014

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[koglist] don't forget - deadline for DuCog 2014 is next Monday (Feb 17)!

by Dora Kampis

VI. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science Language and Conceptual Development 22-24 May 2014 Dubrovnik, Croatia Participants are invited to submit their work as a poster (max 200 word abstracts) Submission deadline: February 17th Chairs: Judit Gervain & Ágnes Melinda Kovács Invited speakers Lisa Feigenson and Justin Halberda Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA Alex Cristia and Emmanuel Dupoux Laboratoire de Science Cognitive et Psycholinguistique, ENS-CNRS-EHESS, Paris, France Nuria Sebastian Galles and Luca Bonatti Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Gergely Csibra and György Gergely Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Special Session: ERC information Symposium Panelists: Nuria Sebastian Galles, Emmanuel Dupoux, Csaba Pléh, Gergely Csibra, György Gergely, Ágnes Melinda Kovács Financial aid available for a limited number of students from Central and Eastern Europe on the basis of the quality of their abstracts. Early bird registration deadline: March 15th For more information visit: http://www.cecog.eu/ducog/page_invitation.php

12 years, 2 months

[koglist] invitation to a talk on `The Five Eternals: the Shocking Cosmology of a 10th Century Muslim Platonist` - 18 February, 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 Peter Adamson (LMU Munich) on The Five Eternals: the Shocking Cosmology of a 10th Century Muslim Platonist Tuesday, 18 February, 2014, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Among early philosophers in the Islamic world, none is more notorious than Abu Bakr al-Razi (d.925). An expert doctor, he also put forward philosophical ideas that brought accusations of heresy. It's easy to see why: he supposedly denied the validity of prophecy and postulated four eternal principles other than God, namely soul, matter, time and place. In this presentation I will introduce al-Razi's thought and focus on his innovative cosmology, showing how it draws on sources in Plato's "Timaeus".

12 years, 2 months

[koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] REMINDER: Ildikó Király (ELTE), Wednesday, February 12, 5PM, Cognitive Development Center

by olivier mascaro

Dear all, The next talk in the CEU Cognitive Science seminar series will by given by: *Ildikó Király **(ELTE**).* Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor *Title:* Episodic memory: an early available or an emergent complex capability of humans? In this talk I would like to summarize research and debate on early declarative memory competencies: whether young infants can form episodic memories. First, I will introduce the dispute on how episodic memory is defined. Taking Tulving's definition, I plan to show that research with imitation-like methodology cannot be conclusive in this field. Additionally, I'll present a novel set of relational memory studies and preliminary data that could highlight that recollective mnemonic processes (episodic recall) include higher order, top-down processes that emerge later in development. 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. 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 _______________________________________________ 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

12 years, 3 months

[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, February

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest February Program 19 February (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Borbély Department of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest Mi a vallás? Evolúciós magyarázatok (What is religion? Evolutionary explanations) 26 February (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Judit Szalai Department of Modern Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy Eötvös University, Budapest Agency and Mental States in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder __________________________________ 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 -- 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

12 years, 3 months

[koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] ANNOUNCEMENT: Ildikó Király (ELTE), Wednesday, February 12, 5PM, Cognitive Development Center

by olivier mascaro

12 years, 3 months

[koglist] invitation to a talk on `Hume and Humean Supervenience` by Ferenc Huoranszki - 11 February, 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 Ferenc Huoranszki (CEU) on `Hume and Humean Supervenience` Tuesday, 11 February, 2014, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT According to a thesis that David Lewis calls Humean supervenience ‘all else supervenes on the spatiotemporal arrangement of local qualities throughout all of history, past and present and future’. Local qualities are understood as ‘perfectly natural intrinsic properties which need no bigger than a point at which to be instantiated’. Humean supervenience aims to express the logically or metaphysically necessary connection between properties at the ‘fundamental level’ and all other properties, including objects’ dispositions, powers and sensible qualities. I shall argue that Humean supervenience so understood is not consistent with Hume’s own metaphysical outlook; and that this inconsistency is not only of historical interest: it reveals an essential tension in contemporary Humean metaphysics.

12 years, 3 months

[koglist] reminder: invitation to a philosophy talk on`Acting intentionally` by Ulrike Heuer - 4 February, 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 Ulrike Heuer (Leeds) on `Acting intentionally` Tuesday, 4 February, 2014, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Generally reasons to act in a certain way are also reasons to form an intention to do so, some philosophers think. At any rate, the fact that it would be good to have an intention when there is nothing to be said for acting as intended is no reason for forming an intention (or alternatively: it is a reason, but we can’t follow it). Intentions are like beliefs in that they cannot be formed for state-given reasons. However, according to an influential account of intentions – Bratman’s planning conception – intentions enable coordination with oneself and others. Intentions are useful in that regard. Thus the reasons for forming them would appear to be instrumental reasons of a certain kind – not unlike state-given reasons. There is a tension between the two approaches. I will argue that while the instrumental view of reasons to intend holds at least a partial truth, the symmetry claim of reasons to believe and reasons to intend misunderstands the dependence of intentions on reasons to act.

12 years, 3 months

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