Dear All,
Our Call for Application for the SMASH program is still open with the application deadline of February 21. Your help in spreading the word for any potential student would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
This is to remind you that the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology and the Department of Cognitive Science at CEU are still accepting applications for the Social Mind Area-Scholarships for Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies for 2016/2017.
“Social Mind” is one of the four university-wide intellectual themes identified as CEU’s new focal directions. Applications are invited from candidates who demonstrate a strong interest and motivation to pursue their doctoral research in the field of cultural transmission focusing on projects that fall within one of two predefined areas of inter-disciplinary research: memory or pedagogy.
The successful applicants will work under the joint supervision of faculty members from the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology and the Department of Cognitive Science at CEU, and receive cross-disciplinary training in the standard research methodologies, core conceptual approaches and relevant analytical models of these disciplines. As part of this integrated training program, fellows will develop field-based projects in a collaborative frame. They will acquire expertise in mixed-methods research, analytical skills and research experience that are necessary for pursuing collaborative interdisciplinary research in this field.
How to apply
The deadline to submit your completed online application is February 21, 2016. Please note that applications are now only accepted for the Social Mind Area-Scholarship. To apply, please click the required field regarding your commitment to this theme in your online application form.
For more information visit our website or contact Dr. Vlad Naumescu (Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology) at naumescuv(a)ceu.edu or Prof. György Gergely (Department of Cognitive Science) at gergelygy(a)ceu.edu.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Best regards,
CEU Recruitment and Admissions Offices
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM
Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University
Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest
17 February (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226
Márta Ujvári
Institute of Sociology and Social Policy
Corvinus University, Budapest
Haecceity Today and with Duns Scotus: Property or Entity?
_______________________________
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
Kedves Kollégák
A kutatócsoportunkba új kísérleti asszisztenst keresünk, és segítségeteket
kérnénk a csatolt hirdetés terjesztésében, potenciális érdeklődőkhöz való
eljuttatásában.
Köszönettel
Pajkossy Péter
MTA-BME NAP Frontostriatális Rendszer Kutatócsoport
BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék
International Conference On Memory 17-22 July 2016 | Budapest, Hungary
*We are pleased to announce that ICOM-6 is now planned to take place in
Budapest, Hungary*.
Full details of the developing program, location, accommodation, etc., can
be found at
www.icom2016.com
*Extended submission deadline*
Deadline for submissions (symposia, papers and posters) has been extended
to *1 March 2016*.
We very much hope that you will present your work at the meeting.
*Keynote speakers*
Carol A. Barnes - University of Arizona
Lila Davachi - New York University
Simona Ghetti - University of California, Davis
Lynn Hasher - University of Toronto
Michael J. Kahana - University of Pennsylvania
Eleanor Maguire - University College London
Henry L. Roediger - Washington University in St. Louis
Daniel L. Schacter - Harvard University
Andy Yonelinas - University of California, Davis
Jeff Zacks - Washington University in St. Louis
Look forward to seeing you in Budapest.
The Organising Committee
The 6th International Conference on Memory, ICOM-6:
Professor Martin A. Conway | Professor Barbara Knowlton | Professor Lynn
Nadel | Dr. Mihaly Racsmany
Dr. Beth Jefferies | Dr. Tom Hartely | Dr. Agnes Lukacs | Dr. Fiona Gabbert
Asszisztencia Congress Bureau | www.icom2016.com
--
Mihály Racsmány, PhD
Research Group on Frontostriatal Disorders
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
http://www.cogsci.bme.hu/~ktkuser/learningmemory/http://www.icom2016.com/
Egry J. u. 1. T/512, Budapest
Hungary - 1111
Tel: +36 1 463 37 34
Fax: +36 1 463 1072
E-mail: racsmany(a)cogsci.bme.hu
Racsmány Mihály, PhD
tudományos főmunkatárs, kutatócsoport-vezető
MTA TKI
&
Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék
Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem
Egry J. u. 1. T/512
Budapest- 1111
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk
by:
Prof. *Wolfram HINZEN* (Grammar & Cognition Lab, Universitat Pompeu Fabra,
Barcelona)
[homepage <https://sites.google.com/site/wolframhinzen/home> lab page
<http://www.grammar.cat>]
*Title:* *Disorders of reference across cognitive disorders*
*Date*: Wednesday, 10 February 2016
*Time:* 17:00-18:30
*Location*: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 st. 7, room 101
*Abstract:*
Progress in understanding and remediating disorders of thought has been
hampered by the lack of an actual theory of thought. Neurocognitive
variables such as memory, executive functioning or ‘theory of mind’ have
formed the bread and butter of clinical testing in cognitive
neuropsychiatry. However, several decades of studies have persistently
revealed difficulties in the attempt to causally link deficits in such
cognitive domains to clinical symptoms such as formal thought disorder or
delusions. Are we missing out on an important element in the human thought
system that is critical to normal neurocognitive functioning and
potentially explanatory for some of its forms of decline?
In this presentation I firstly review some formal aspects of
*referentiality* as an inherent aspect of all human language use.
Referentiality empirically and cross-linguistically exhibits a number of
forms ranging from maximally generic and indefinite to definite, rigid,
deictic (indexical), and finally personal (1st or 2nd) ones. These forms
are *hierarchically ordered* in the sense that an indefinite form such as *a
green car *functions referentially through the mediation of a *lexical
description* (being a CAR and GREEN), while no such description appears in
forms of reference such as *that *or *it*. Present evidence supports, as a
heuristic hypothesis, that (i) all of these forms of reference bi-uniquely
correspond to specific grammatical *configurations*, (ii) grammatical
organization in language never corresponds to anything *other* than
specific forms of reference in one of three domains (the nominal, verbal,
or clausal), (iii) *lexical* organization of meaning as such exhibits *none*
of these forms, and (iv) these forms directly correspond to the fact that
all meaning in language has a *formal ontology* in the sense that whenever
we refer, the referents are formally individuated as properties, masses,
objects, persons, events, propositions, facts, etc. I argue that if grammar
is the organizational and cognitive principle behind these forms, and the
lexicon (semantic memory) feeds in lexicalized concepts (categories), it is
not clear what else is needed for a theory of thought, making an *independent
*category of thought (and a ‘language of thought’) potentially redundant.
As language is intrinsically social and shared, and social cognition in
humans is intrinsically linguistic, it is not clear that ‘social cognition’
can be an independent variable either.
This makes the prediction that disorders of thought should have
specific *grammatical
correlates* (insofar as thought of the relevant type is inherently
referential). In the second part of the talk, I review evidence collected
over several decades in the study of language in schizophrenia and autism,
as well as recent evidence from our own lab, to test this prediction. The
evidence suggests that there is a clinical dimension to the hierarchy of
reference above, insofar as the higher regions of the hierarchy (definites
and above) are more impaired across disorders than the lower ones,
with *grammatical
Person* in particular as a particularly vulnerable dimension in the
cognitive and linguistic profiles of both autism and schizophrenia.
We are looking forward to see you!
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
--
Barbara Pomiechowska
Cognitive Development Center
Central European University
Budpest, Hungary
Web: http://www.babakutato.hu/lab-members
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Dear All,
If you know any prospective student who might be interested in the new joint subprogram called SMASH of the CEU Department of Cognitive Science and CEU Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, please feel free to forward the below Call for Application to them.
Application deadline is February 21!
Thank you very much!
Call for Application for Social Mind Area-Scholarships for Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies at Central European University (CEU) 2016/2017
CEU is now accepting applications for two specialized interdisciplinary PhD fellowships in the area of the “Social Mind”, one of the four university-wide intellectual themes identified as its new focal directions. Applications are invited from candidates who demonstrate a strong interest and motivation to pursue their doctoral research in the field of cultural transmission focusing on projects that fall within one of two predefined areas of inter-disciplinary research: memory or pedagogy.
The successful applicants will work under th e joint supervision of faculty members from the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology and the Department of Cognitive Science at CEU, and receive cross-disciplinary training in the standard research methodologies, core conceptual approaches and relevant analytical models of these disciplines. As part of this integrated training program, fellows will develop field-based projects in a collaborative frame. They will acquire expertise in mixed-methods research, analytical skills and research experience that are necessary for pursuing collaborative interdisciplinary research in this field.
Why CEU
Accredited both in the United States and Hungary, CEU offers world-class graduate degree programs in the social sciences and humanities, business and economics, environmental sciences and policy, law, network science, cognitive science and mathematics. CEU is committed to attracting talented students from around the world and provides a variety of scholarships and research grants for which applicants from any country are eligible to apply.
Who can apply
Candidates should have a master’s degree in anthropology, psychology or a related discipline. One student will be based in Sociology and Social Anthropology, the other in Cognitive Science and they will obtain their degrees in the respective disciplines. CEU Doctoral Scholarships, including a full tuition waiver and a generous stipend for housing and living expenses, are available.
How to apply
The deadline to submit your completed online application is February 21, 2016. When applying, please indicate your interest in the Social Mind Area-Scholarship (SMASH) in the title of your research proposal.
For more information visit our website or contact Dr. Vlad Naumescu (Sociology and Social Anthropology) at naumescuv(a)ceu.edu or Prof. György Gergely (Cognitive Science) at gergelygy(a)ceu.edu.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Best regards,
Dr. Vlad Naumescu
Prof. György Gergely
Csaba Pleh
dist. visiting professor
CEU Department of Cognitive Science
1051 Budapest
Nádor utca 9
Office. Oktober 6 u. 9 I. 104
Vispleh(a)ceu.edu
36(30)3493735
www.plehcsaba.hu
member Academia Europaea and HAS
review editor, Hungarian Review of Psychology
Kedves Kollégák!
Szeretettel várjuk az érdeklődőket a Nyelvtudományi Intézet februári
programjaira.
2016. február 2. (kedd) 14.00 óra
Jef Verschueren
(University of Antwerp)
Mapping meaning landscapes. The interaction between implicit and explicit
meaning in a theory of pragmatics
szervező: Elméleti Nyelvészeti Osztály
helyszín: földszinti előadóterem
2016. február 4. (csütörtök) 14.00 óra
Jef Verschueren
(University of Antwerp)
Towards a pragmatic typology
szervező: Elméleti Nyelvészeti Osztály
helyszín: földszinti előadóterem
2016. február 5. 9.00–16.00
X. Alkalmazott Nyelvészeti Doktoranduszkonferencia
http://www.nytud.hu/alknyelvdok16/program.html
szervező: MTA Alkalmazott Nyelvészeti Munkabizottsága és az MTA
Nyelvtudományi Intézete
helyszín: földszinti előadóterem
2016. február 9. (kedd) 11.00 óra
Polgárdi Krisztina
(MTA NYTI)
/l/-darkening in English: is it lenition?
szervező: Elméleti Nyelvészeti Osztály
helyszín: földszinti előadóterem
2016. február 11. (csütörtök) 11.00 óra
Hámori Ágnes
(MTA NYTI)
Romani diskurzusok a facebookon -- egy kisebbségi nyelv esélyei és
szerepei a harmadik évezred multimediális közösségi terében
szervező: Pszicho-, Neuro- és Szociolingvisztikai Osztály
helyszín: földszinti előadóterem
2016. február 15-19.
Szintaxis minikurzusok
Marcel den Dikken (ELTE - MTA NYTI): On the subject of the subject / Az
alany tárgyáról
Pavel Caha (Masaryk University, Brno): Nanosyntax: what is it? / Haladó
bevezetés a nanoszintaxisba
http://www.nytud.hu/szakcsoport/kurzus/syntax2016.html
helyszín: földszinti előadóterem
2016. február 18. (csütörtök) 17.00 óra
Hanoch Ben-Yami
(CEU)
The Quantified Argument Calculus
szervező: Magyar Szemantikusok Asztaltársasága
helyszín: 108-as terem
2016. február 25. (csütörtök) 17.00 óra
Nikolaus Ritt
(Universität Wien)
An evolutionary explanation of variable stress patterns in English
szervező: ALFFA munkacsoport
helyszín: földszinti előadóterem
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A részletekről, valamint az esetleges változásokról a honlapon
tájékozódhatnak:
http://www.nytud.hu/intprog.html
MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet
1068 Budapest, Benczúr u. 33.