koglist September 2014

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[Koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Samuel C. Fletcher

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 24 September (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Samuel C. Fletcher Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine On the Reduction of General Relativity to Newtonian Gravitation _______________________________ 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: Laszlo E. Szabo (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

11 years, 7 months

[Koglist] reminder: invitation to a talk on `The Anthropological Difference: what makes us human?` - Tuesday, 23 September, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Hans-Johann Glock (Zurich) on `The Anthropological Difference: what makes us human?` Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT I start out from the question of whether there is a fundamental or categorical human-animal difference. Now, there is nothing special about being special. Every biological species differs from all the others, i.e. has some unique characteristics. But this leaves open the possibility that humans possess features that a) set us apart ‘categorially’ or ‘essentially’ from all other animals (henceforth simply animals); b) are fundamental, in that (all) other relevant differences derive from them; c) are important, notably to our self-image, for instance because they assure us of a higher spiritual or moral status than animals. (c), in particular, has invited the blanket charge of anthropocentrism, on the grounds that we set ourselves apart through human concepts rather than those of other animals. However, this accusation is uncompelling. Our concepts are tools serving our cognitive and practical needs. For this reason, they capture differences that we can capture and are interested in. To that extent, these concepts themselves are anthropocentric, but unavoidably and legitimately so. Indeed, the anthropocentrism charge itself relies on concepts—notably anthropocentrism and concept—which are indisputably the prerogative of humans, even if one grants that non-human animals can possess concepts of their own. And from the fact that our concepts are human concepts and in that sense anthropocentric, it does not follow that it is anthropocentric to insist that some of these concepts preclude application to animals. (a) faces two fundamental objections, biological continuity and Darwinist anti-essentialism. The former is based on a misunderstanding of biological evolution. The second has invited three responses--potentiality, normality and typicality—which are inadequate to reinstate the idea of a categorical human-animal difference. If one seeks a human-animal difference of a more than statistic kind, one needs to abandon the idea of an essence possessed by all and only individual human beings. Instead, such differences are to be sought in the realm of capacities underlying specifically human societies (forms of communication and action). There are three striking features prevalent in and presupposed by all human societies: · a special and highly complex system of communication, namely language · a highly complex kind of social relationships, one which involves cooperation, norms and values, division of labour and institutions. · a special kind of plasticity: the capacity to adapt to highly diverse circumstances and environments not just intelligently through tools (technology) and rational deliberation (planning), a capacity which in turn depends on our special cognitive powers. While some animals or animal societies may possess some of these features in more or less rudimentary form, none of them combine all three of them. And it is this combination that enables uniquely human phenomena like cumulative cultural development. To that extent, even desideratum (b) might be satisfied. The talk will partly be based on the following two publications of mine: “The Anthropological Difference”, in C. Sandis and M.J. Cain (eds.), Human Nature, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement: 70 (Cambridge University Press , Cambridge 2012), pp. 105-131. “Mental Capacities and Animal Ethics”, in K. Petrus and M. Wild (eds.), Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (transcript, Bielefeld 2013), pp. 113-146. Krisztina Biber Department of Philosophy Coordinator ------------------------------------------ Central European University Nador u. 9. | 1051 Budapest, Hungary Office: + 36.1.327.3806 | biberk(a)ceu.hu | www.ceu.hu

11 years, 7 months

[Koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Janos Kelemen

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 17 September (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 János Kelemen Department of General Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy Eötvös University, Budapest Lukács György nyelv- és tudományfilozófiá(i) (Georg Lukács's philosophy(ies) of language and science) _______________________________ 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: Laszlo E. Szabo (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

11 years, 7 months

[Koglist] Emlékeztető - Könyvbemutató a PTE-n: Pléh Csaba Pszicholingvisztika (2014) Akadémiai kiadó

by zs schnell

Tisztelt kolléga! Ezúton szeretnénk meghívni A PTE Nyelvtudományi tanszék szervezésében megrendezésre kerülő könyvbemutatóra. Legyenek kedvesek terjeszteni kollégáik, hallgatóik, valamint az érdeklődők körében. Megjelent Pléh Csaba és Lukács Ágnes szerkesztésében a *Pszicholingvisztika 1-2. Magyar Pszicholingvisztkai kézikönyv*. A könyvek mögött közel egy évtized munkája áll. A könyv bemutatója a Pécsi Tudományegyetemen *2014. szeptember 17-én* délután* 16:15 órakor *lesz a PTE BTK *E 432-es előadójában.* Felvezetőt tart: Schnell Zsuzsanna, a PTE Nyelvtudományi Tanszék munkatársa. A könyvet bemutatja a szerkesztő: Prof. Dr. Pléh Csaba Akit a könyv megvásárlása érdekel, keresse a szerkesztőt ( pleh.csaba(a)ektf.hu) kedvezményes árú példányokért (A bolti 10.000 Ft-os ár helyett a helyszínen 6100 Ft-ért kapható). Szervezők: Schnell Zsuzsanna (PTE BTK Nyelvtudományi Tanszék) Szabó Veronika, Signum kutatószeminárium (PTE BTK Nyelvtudományi Tanszék) Prof. Dr. Komlósi László (PTE BTK Angol Nyelvészeti Tanszék, BTK Nyelvészeti Doktori Iskola) Dr. Lábadi Beatrix (PTE BTK Pszichológia Tanszék) A pszicholingvisztika a nyelv használatának, megértésének és elsajátításának mentális folyamatait, a használók értelmi, érzelmi és társas működéseit érintő mechanizmusait vizsgálja. Interdiszciplináris terület, amelynek gyökerei a nyelvészetben és a pszichológiában lelhetők fel. Fél évszázada létezik komolyabb formában, vagyis viszonylag fiatal, ám az elmúlt évtizedekben – az ihletését adó területek, vagyis a nyelvészet, a pszichológia és az idegtudomány elméleti és technikai változásainak, továbbá a nyelv használatát és vizsgálatának lehetőségeit is érintő, gyorsan változó műszaki-informatikai környezetnek köszönhetően – sokrétűen fejlődött. A *Magyar pszicholingvisztikai kézikönyv*, amely a BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszékén és az Eszterházy Károly Főiskola Megismerés és Kommunikáció Kutatócsoportjában készült hiányt pótol a hazai felsőoktatásban. Magyar kutatók régóta képviselik ezt a területet, és több szak tantervében is szerepel a pszicholingvisztika tantárgy, kézikönyvünk az első próbálkozás arra, hogy teljesen megfeleljen a nyelvre érvényesített interdiszciplináris szemléletnek. Egyszerre jellemző rá a bölcsészeti, a társadalomtudományi és a természettudományos szemlélet alkalmazása, módszerei közé tartozik a megfigyelés, a kísérletezés, és időnként a tömeges adatok elemzése egyaránt. Könyvünk oktatási anyagként szolgál a felsőbb éves pszichológus, nyelvész, gyógypedagógus, medikus diákok számára, ugyanakkor legalább egy évtizedig érvényes összefoglaló és kiindulási irodalom lehet a kutatóknak is. Őszintén reméljük, hogy a kézikönyv alapvető tananyag lesz nyelvészeti és pszichológiai mesterképzésekben, doktori programokban. ------------------------------ Pécsi Tudományegyetem Magyarország első egyeteme – 1367

11 years, 7 months

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] REMINDER: Anett Ragó (ELTE), Wednesday, September 10, 5PM, Department of Cognitive Science

by Gergely Csibra

Dear all, The next talk in the CEU Cognitive Science seminar series will by given by: Anett Ragó (Department of Cognitive Psychology, ELTE) Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 5 PM Location: Department of Cognitive Science, Frankel Leo ut 30-04. 1023 Budapest Room: G15 Title: Acquisition and long-term retention of the categorization rule in case of naturalistic stimuli Categorization is a decision making process where we selectively attend to the most distinguishing features of the categories. During learning we transfer the category-specific response to all members of the category, by eliminating individual differences and focusing on similarities. We investigated the nature of the abstraction process during which participants learned the categorization rule in a supervised category-learning paradigm. An information integration task was used with naturalistic Gestalt-like stimuli, where all the exemplars (72 different items during learning) also possessed additional idiosyncratic features. The learning strategies, the exemplar effect, and the retention of the categorization rule were tested in behavioral experiments. Our developmental study compared 7-8 year-olds and adults, and we conducted an electrophysiological (ERP) experiment to understand the learning mechanism better. Hit rates and reaction time results show that participants were able to learn the complex categorization rule without realizing that they have learnt it. Moreover, this general knowledge was stable a week later. Their memory for individual exemplars in the immediate test was as weak as a week later. Behavioral data was inaccurate in case of learning strategies, but the ERP components were sensitive to the changes in them. Later components didn’t, but the response and feed-back related components (ERN and FRN) indicated the changes during the three learning blocks. The differences between school children and adults showed different learning strategies as less of children than adults were able to learn the categorization rule. This implies that children are not able to inhibit the explicit strategies as successfully as adults do. Generally, our results show that the standard category learning paradigm is extendable to more complex and naturalistic stimuli. With our method we could test the long-term retention of the learned information, and the memory for individual exemplars both in children and adults. 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

11 years, 8 months

[koglist] invitation to a talk on `The Anthropological Difference: what makes us human?` - Tuesday, 23 September, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Hans-Johann Glock (Zurich) on `The Anthropological Difference: what makes us human?` Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT I start out from the question of whether there is a fundamental or categorical human-animal difference. Now, there is nothing special about being special. Every biological species differs from all the others, i.e. has some unique characteristics. But this leaves open the possibility that humans possess features that a) set us apart ‘categorially’ or ‘essentially’ from all other animals (henceforth simply animals); b) are fundamental, in that (all) other relevant differences derive from them; c) are important, notably to our self-image, for instance because they assure us of a higher spiritual or moral status than animals. (c), in particular, has invited the blanket charge of anthropocentrism, on the grounds that we set ourselves apart through human concepts rather than those of other animals. However, this accusation is uncompelling. Our concepts are tools serving our cognitive and practical needs. For this reason, they capture differences that we can capture and are interested in. To that extent, these concepts themselves are anthropocentric, but unavoidably and legitimately so. Indeed, the anthropocentrism charge itself relies on concepts—notably anthropocentrism and concept—which are indisputably the prerogative of humans, even if one grants that non-human animals can possess concepts of their own. And from the fact that our concepts are human concepts and in that sense anthropocentric, it does not follow that it is anthropocentric to insist that some of these concepts preclude application to animals. (a) faces two fundamental objections, biological continuity and Darwinist anti-essentialism. The former is based on a misunderstanding of biological evolution. The second has invited three responses--potentiality, normality and typicality—which are inadequate to reinstate the idea of a categorical human-animal difference. If one seeks a human-animal difference of a more than statistic kind, one needs to abandon the idea of an essence possessed by all and only individual human beings. Instead, such differences are to be sought in the realm of capacities underlying specifically human societies (forms of communication and action). There are three striking features prevalent in and presupposed by all human societies: · a special and highly complex system of communication, namely language · a highly complex kind of social relationships, one which involves cooperation, norms and values, division of labour and institutions. · a special kind of plasticity: the capacity to adapt to highly diverse circumstances and environments not just intelligently through tools (technology) and rational deliberation (planning), a capacity which in turn depends on our special cognitive powers. While some animals or animal societies may possess some of these features in more or less rudimentary form, none of them combine all three of them. And it is this combination that enables uniquely human phenomena like cumulative cultural development. To that extent, even desideratum (b) might be satisfied. Krisztina Biber Department of Philosophy Coordinator ------------------------------------------ Central European University Nador u. 9. | 1051 Budapest, Hungary Office: + 36.1.327.3806 | biberk(a)ceu.hu | www.ceu.hu

11 years, 8 months

[koglist] UNILOG'2015 5th World Congress and School on Universal Logic, Istanbul, Turkey

by Universal Logic

Since 2005 UNILOG has been a major event in logic, dealing with all aspects of logic and gathering researchers from all over the world such as Michael Dunn, Hartry Field, Jaakko Hintikka, Wilfrid Hodges, Saul Kripke, Dov Gabbay, Yuri Gurevich, Roberto Casati, David Makinson, Jan Wolenski, Stephen Read, Krister Segerberg, Gerhard Jäger, Daniele Mundici, Vincent Hendricks, etc. The 1st edition was in Montreux, Switzerland (2005), the 2nd in Xi'an, China (2007), the 3rd in Lisbon, Portugal (2010), the 4th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2013). The 5th edition will happen in Istanbul, Turkey, June 20-30, 2015. In UNILOG'2015 there will be a school with about 30 tutorials followed by a congress with many workshops and invited speakers. As in previous editions there will also be a contest (The Future of Logic) and a secret speaker (a speaker whose identity is revealed only at the time of her/his/its talk). The tutorials of UNILOG'2015 will provide a serious background for a general knowledge of the logical world They are divided into three categories: 1) History of Logic: the logic of Aristotle, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Boole, Husserl, Frege, etc. 2) Logic and XXX: Logic and Music, Logic an Colours, Logic and Nonsense, Logic and Information, Logic and the Theory of Relativity, Logic and Fiction, etc 3) Theorems: Compactness theorem, Completeness theorem, Lindström theorem, Gödel's incompleteness theorem, etc During the congress there will be an amazing variety of workshops - Philosophy of non-classical logics - Representation and reality: humans, animals and machines - Computational Creativity, Concept Invention and General Intelligence - C3GI - Connexive Logics - Logic and the Web etc. And as in previous editions there will be a book exhibition with the main publishers: Springer, Cambridge, Oxford, etc Will be launched in particular the book "The Life and Work of Leon Henkin" edited by M.Manzano, I.Sain and E.Alonso http://www.springer.com/birkhauser/mathematics/book/978-3-319-09718-3 and the first ever Encyclopaedia of Logic http://www.collegepublications.co.uk/eol/ Welcome to Istanbul for UNILOG'2015 5th World Congress and School on Universal Logic http://www.uni-log.org A good opportunity to develop your reasoning capacities!

11 years, 8 months

[koglist] Emlékeztető - Könyvbemutató a PTE-n: Pléh Csaba Pszicholingvisztika (2014) Akadémiai kiadó

by zs schnell

11 years, 8 months

[koglist] Ego centered networks workshop October 8th, Eger

by Pléh Csaba

The Relationships of Network Theory and The Psychology of Ego-centered Network Wednesday, October 8th, 2014, Agria Media, Eger, Hungary Schedule 9:00 AM Speaker 1: Zsolt Unoka 9:45 AM Speaker 2: Anna Racz 10:15 AM Speaker 3: Peter Kardos 10:45 AM Coffee Break 11:00 AM Speaker 4: Isabel Behncke Izquierdo 11:30 AM Speaker 5: James Carney 12:00 AM Lunch 1:00 PM Speaker 6: Janos Kertesz 1:45 PM Speaker 7: Tamas David-Barrett 2:15 PM Discussion: Issues in relating macro and micro network research 3:00 PM Coffee Break 3:15 PM Discussion: Issues in relating macro and micro network research 4:30 PM Closing Remarks Schedule 9:00 - 10:45 AM Symposia Session 1. Chair: Peter Kardos Zsolt Unoka: Personality, psychopathology and ego networks Anna Racz: Methodological issues in assessing ego networks Peter Kardos: The role of empathy in the ego networks 10:45 -11:00 AM Coffee Break 11:00 -12:00 AM Symposia Session 2. Chair: Zsolt Unoka Isabel Behncke Izquierdo: Social network structure in wild bonobos: the role of grooming, sex and play in building and maintaining relationships James Carney: The role of counterfactual punishers in ego networks 12:00 -1:00 PM Lunch 1:00 - 2:15 PM Symposia Session 3. Chair: Csaba Pleh Janos Kertesz: Human behavior from big data Tamas David-Barrett: Global online and offline cross-cultural evidence for gender differences in close friendship 2:15 - 3:00 PM Discussion: Issues in relating macro and micro network research - The relations of large scale and Ego-centered network research: strategic differences and causal continuities. 3:00 - 3:15 PM Coffee Break 3:15 - 4:30 PM Discussion: Issues in relating macro and micro network research - The relative importance of emotional/motivational and cognitive factors in human Ego-centered network formations. - Continuity between human bonding and animal bonding: Animal models or evolutionary 'jumps' - If networks obey biological constraints, how come all the great size variation in humans? 4:30 - 5:00 PM Closing Remarks

11 years, 8 months

[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, September Program

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest September Program 17 September (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 János Kelemen Department of General Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy Eötvös University, Budapest Lukács György nyelv- és tudományfilozófiá(i) (Georg Lukács's philosophy(ies) of language and science) 24 September (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Samuel C. Fletcher Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine On the Reduction of General Relativity to Newtonian Gravitation _______________________________ 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: Laszlo E. Szabo (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

11 years, 8 months

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