The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its
talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Ralph Hertwig (Center for Adaptive Rationality; Max Planck Institute
for Human Development, Berlin)
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 17:00-18:30
Simple heuristics in a social world
The social world is a terrain where humans and other animals compete
with conspecifics for myriad resources, including food, mates, and
status, and where rivals grant the decision maker little time for deep
thought, protracted information search, or complex calculations. Yet the
social world also encompasses domains where social animals such as
humans can learn from and forge alliances with one another to boost
their chances of success. According to the talk’s thesis, the undeniable
complexity of the social world does not dictate cognitive complexity as
many scholars of rationality argue. Rather, it renders optimization
impossible or computationally arduous through intractability, the
existence of incommensurable considerations, and competing goals. With
optimization beyond reach, less can be more. That is, heuristics—simple
strategies for making decisions when time is pressing and careful
deliberation an unaffordable luxury—become indispensible mental tools of
social rationality. The Homo Socialis may prove to be a Homo Heuristicus
whose intelligence reflects ecological rather than logical rationality.
Drawing from different domains such as parental investment, strategic
games, and medical decision-making, I will discuss how social heuristics
can make us smart and also point out some of their limitations.
In my talk I will discuss vocal production mechanisms and the function
of infrasonic vocalizations and will further focus on the vocal learning
ability of elephants, it’s neural bases and potential adaptive context.
See more at:
http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2015-04-22/departmental-colloquium-d…
We're looking forward to see you there! (Oktober 6 street 7, room 101)
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its
talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Ralph Hertwig (Center for Adaptive Rationality; Max Planck Institute
for Human Development, Berlin)
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 17:00-18:30
Simple heuristics in a social world
The social world is a terrain where humans and other animals compete
with conspecifics for myriad resources, including food, mates, and
status, and where rivals grant the decision maker little time for deep
thought, protracted information search, or complex calculations. Yet the
social world also encompasses domains where social animals such as
humans can learn from and forge alliances with one another to boost
their chances of success. According to the talk’s thesis, the undeniable
complexity of the social world does not dictate cognitive complexity as
many scholars of rationality argue. Rather, it renders optimization
impossible or computationally arduous through intractability, the
existence of incommensurable considerations, and competing goals. With
optimization beyond reach, less can be more. That is, heuristics—simple
strategies for making decisions when time is pressing and careful
deliberation an unaffordable luxury—become indispensible mental tools of
social rationality. The Homo Socialis may prove to be a Homo Heuristicus
whose intelligence reflects ecological rather than logical rationality.
Drawing from different domains such as parental investment, strategic
games, and medical decision-making, I will discuss how social heuristics
can make us smart and also point out some of their limitations.
In my talk I will discuss vocal production mechanisms and the function
of infrasonic vocalizations and will further focus on the vocal learning
ability of elephants, it’s neural bases and potential adaptive context.
See more at:
http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2015-04-22/departmental-colloquium-d…
We're looking forward to see you there! (Oktober 6 street 7, room 101)
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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Subject: [PhilPhys] Final Call for Applications: Doctoral Fellowship at the
MCMP (LMU Munich)
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 12:50:42
From: MCMP Phil-Sci <mcmp.philsci(a)lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
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The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP, http://lmu.de/mcmp)
and the Chair of Philosophy of Science at the Faculty of Philosophy,
Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion at LMU Munich seek
applications for a Doctoral Fellowship. The successful candidate has a
background in cognitive science or philosophy and works on problems from
the psychology of reasoning, judgment or decision-making. She or he will
be part of a team of philosophers and psychologists led by Ulrike Hahn
(Birkbeck and MCMP) and Stephan Hartmann (MCMP). The fellowship is
sponsored by Ulrike Hahn?s Anneliese Maier Research Award from the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
The fellowship is open for candidates with a masters degree in
philosophy or psychology. The stipend is for three years, and it should
be taken up by October 1, 2015, but a later starting date is also
possible. (Please let us know if you wish to start at a later date.) The
stipend will amount to EUR 1500 of monthly salary (normally tax-free,
but excluding insurance). Additionally, the MCMP helps its fellows with
the costs that arise from attending conferences (fees,
traveling, accommodation).
Applications (including a cover letter that addresses, amongst others,
one's academic background and research interests, a CV, a list of
publications, a list of taught courses, a sample of written work of
no more than 5000 words, and a description of a planned research project
of 1000-1500 words) should be sent by email (ideally everything
requested in one PDF document) to office.hartmann(a)lrz.uni
<mailto:office.hartmann@lrz.uni>-muenchen.de <http://muenchen.de/> by
April 22, 2015. Hard copy applications are not accepted. Additionally,
one confidential letter of reference addressing the applicant's
qualifications for academic research should be sent to the same address
from the referee directly.
The MCMP hosts a vibrant research community of faculty, postdoctoral
fellows, doctoral fellows, master students, and visiting fellows. It
organizes at least two weekly colloquia and a weekly internal work
in-progress seminar, as well as various other activities such as
workshops, conferences, summer schools, and reading groups. Several of
our research projects are conducted in collaboration with scientists.
The successful candidate will partake in all of MCMP's academic
activities and enjoy its administrative facilities and financial
support. The official language at the MCMP is English and fluency in
German is not mandatory.
We especially encourage female scholars to apply. The LMU in general,
and the MCMP in particular, endeavor to raise the percentage of women
among its academic personnel. Furthermore, given equal qualification,
preference will be given to candidates with disabilities.
Contact for informal inquiries: Professor Ulrike Hahn (U.Hahn(a)bbk.ac.uk
<mailto:U.Hahn@bbk.ac.uk>) and Professor Stephan Hartmann
(S.Hartmann(a)lmu.de <mailto:S.Hartmann@lmu.de>)
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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
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM
Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University
Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest
22 April (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226
Gergő Orbán
Department of Theoretical Physics
Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest
Effect of prior expectations on perception and decision making
_______________________________
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
Szeretettel hívunk meg minden érdeklődőt a Kognitív Szeminárium következő
előadására, amelyet Illés Orsolya, a GAPS alapítvány elnöke, adja elő:
*Az ABA/VB (Applied Behavior Analysis/Verbal Behavior) program korszerű
alkalmazása autizmus spektrum zavarral élő gyermekek fejlesztésében*
2014. november 14., 14:00, Izabella utca 46, P3-as terem
Összefoglaló:
Az ABA/VB ma Észak-Amerikában és Nyugat-Európában is a szülők által
leghatékonyabbnak tartott, legnagyobb kutatási háttérrel rendelkező és
tudományosan legtöbbször igazolt terápiának számít az autista tüneteket
mutató, fejlődésükben emiatt korcsoportjuktól elmaradó gyermekek
fejlesztésében. Ennek ellenére itthon még kevéssé ismert, gyakran hibásan
kerül alkalmazásra, és rengeteg tévhit és előítélet övezi. Az előadás célja
az ABA/VB alapelveinek, módszertanának és korszerű alkalmazásának
bemutatása, ezzel remélhetőleg hozzájárulva a tévhitek eloszlatásához.
Tisztelt Kollégák,április végén egy kis búcsúrendezvényem lesz a Magyar
Pszichológiai Szemlétől búcsúzva mintegy.
Mindenkit szeretettel látunk
Pléh Csaba
dist. visiting professor
CEU Department of Cognitive Science
1051 Budapest
Nádor utca 9
Vispleh(a)ceu.edu
36(30)3493735
www.plehcsaba.hu
a Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle főszerk.
az Academia Europaea és az MTA tagja
lied e-mails.
Call for Papers
The Future Logic - Contest at the 5th World Congress on Universal Logic -
Istanbul, June 2015
http://www.uni-log.org/future-of-logic
Deadline extension: May 4, 2015
Modern logic (starting with George Boole at the mid of the XIX century)
changed the world: it led to new understanding of reasoning, language,
mathematics. It gave new directions in philosophy and gave birth to
computation. After 150 years we may wonder what is the future of so
successful a science, nowadays much of the time in the shadow of its
multifaceted offsprings This contest wants to promote a reflexion on what
can be the future of logic considering its 150-years history. Here are a
few questions:
1) Will or can logic give a better understanding to sciences / fields such
as physics, biology, economics, music, information?
2) How will evolve the internal life of logic, its objectives and tools?
3) How will develop the interactions between logic and philosophy, logic
and mathematics, logic and computation?
To take part to the contest submit a paper of 10 to 15 pages by May 4,
2015 to:
unilog.contest2015(a)gmail.com
The best papers will be selected for presentation in a special session
during the event and a jury will decide during the event who are the
winners: gold, silver and bronze medals.
Members of the Jury are Patrick Blackburn, Walter Carnielli (president)
and John Corcoran. The prize is offered by Birkhäuser Science Basel,
Switzerland.
World Congress and School on Universal Logic
Montreux 2005, Xi'an 2007, Lisbon 2010, Rio de Janeiro 2013, Istanbul 2015
http://www.uni-log.org/future-of-logic
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM
Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University
Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest
15 April (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226
Márton Gömöri
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University Budapest
Only conjunction
_______________________________
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