Dear All,
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science invites you to the following talk.
Ian Apperly<https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/psychology/apperly-ian> (University of Birmingham)
Title: Devising measures of “mindreading” that are psychometrically robust and theoretically informative.
Abstract: Children’s mindreading (or mentalizing or “theory of mind”) is commonly understood as a series of conceptual changes, and shows good psychometric properties. It can be measured reliably, it shows longitudinal stability, it is distinct from other social and cognitive measures, and it predicts later outcomes, such as friendship quality. The current state of the art in adults is very different. In a recent systematic review we found many proposed “measures” but little evidence that they were reliable or valid. Moreover, it is not even clear how mindreading could vary between adults, over and above effects of domain-general processing or motivation. We believe these problems are related.
We propose that neurotypical adults share the same basic mindreading concepts, but differ in their capacity to use these concepts to make inferences that are plausible and appropriate for a variety of people and situations. Informed by this idea we have crowd-sourced 9 biographical social narratives from a demographically diverse set of people, who also define the mindreading question about what a target individual in the story was thinking or feeling. We are currently analysing data from 2.5k participants aged 13-30. Our first findings suggest that the stories show a good range of performance, load onto a single latent “mindreading” factor, and that this measure shows good psychometric properties. In my talk I will share new results, and will also contextualise this new work alongside other recent findings on how and why mindreading varies in adults.
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET
Venue: D002-Tiered* (QS Vienna) and Zoom (meeting ID: 969 2496 5784<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96924965784?pwd=c2duZ0dDMFdEMUthK2Mwa2wzMllEUT09>, passcode: 471712)
Chair: Ágnes Kovács
Best,
Anna
*Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP here<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=E1nE2VN24kuSC72wOGOBhAH…> <https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=E1nE2VN24kuSC72wOGOBhAH…> to get access to the lecture hall.
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Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224
_____________________________________________
P R O G R A M
The seminar is held in hybrid format, in person (Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224)
and online. Meeting link: https://tarski.elte.hu/lps
21 March (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE
AND
28 March (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE
Kristóf Kanalas
Department of Mathematics, Masaryk University, Brno
Coherent and accessible categories
______________________________
Abstract is available from the seminar website: http://lps.elte.hu/lps
The seminar is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and
faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute
lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion.
Dear All,
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science invites you to the following talk.
Ian Apperly<https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/psychology/apperly-ian> (University of Birmingham)
Title: Devising measures of “mindreading” that are psychometrically robust and theoretically informative.
Abstract: Children’s mindreading (or mentalizing or “theory of mind”) is commonly understood as a series of conceptual changes, and shows good psychometric properties. It can be measured reliably, it shows longitudinal stability, it is distinct from other social and cognitive measures, and it predicts later outcomes, such as friendship quality. The current state of the art in adults is very different. In a recent systematic review we found many proposed “measures” but little evidence that they were reliable or valid. Moreover, it is not even clear how mindreading could vary between adults, over and above effects of domain-general processing or motivation. We believe these problems are related.
We propose that neurotypical adults share the same basic mindreading concepts, but differ in their capacity to use these concepts to make inferences that are plausible and appropriate for a variety of people and situations. Informed by this idea we have crowd-sourced 9 biographical social narratives from a demographically diverse set of people, who also define the mindreading question about what a target individual in the story was thinking or feeling. We are currently analysing data from 2.5k participants aged 13-30. Our first findings suggest that the stories show a good range of performance, load onto a single latent “mindreading” factor, and that this measure shows good psychometric properties. In my talk I will share new results, and will also contextualise this new work alongside other recent findings on how and why mindreading varies in adults.
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET
Venue: D002-Tiered* (QS Vienna) and Zoom (meeting ID: 969 2496 5784<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96924965784?pwd=c2duZ0dDMFdEMUthK2Mwa2wzMllEUT09>, passcode: 471712)
Chair: Ágnes Kovács
Best,
Anna
*Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP here<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=E1nE2VN24kuSC72wOGOBhAH…> <https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=E1nE2VN24kuSC72wOGOBhAH…> to get access to the lecture hall.
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Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224
_____________________________________________
P R O G R A M
The seminar is held in hybrid format, in person (Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224)
and online. Meeting link: https://tarski.elte.hu/lps
14 March (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE
Joanna Luc (online)
Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
What are the bearers of hidden states? On an important ambiguity in the
formulation of Bell’s theorem
______________________________
Abstract is available from the seminar website: http://lps.elte.hu/lps
The seminar is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and
faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute
lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion.
Dear All,
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science invites you to the following talk.
Daniel Haun<https://www.eva.mpg.de/comparative-cultural-psychology/staff/daniel-haun/> (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
Title: Cognitive Science for Cultural Species
Abstract: What makes us human? This question lies at the core of our self-understanding and shapes how we interact with the natural world. Discussions on human exceptionalism often focus on cognition—we consider ourselves more intelligent than all other animals. However, identifying uniquely human cognition is a complex scientific challenge. For example, most studies compare single populations of humans and chimpanzees to infer species-level differences, relying on a tacit assumption of generalizability. We argue that understanding cognitive differences across species requires accounting for cognitive diversity within species.
Using examples from social cognition—including social memory, altercentric influence, understanding desires, and joint attention—I will present a snapshot of an unfolding research program that integrates comparisons across ages, communities, and species. A comprehensive study of uniquely human cognition must recognize the epistemic significance of cognitive diversity and the methodological demands of studying cognition at scale, in perspectives, and in time.
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET
Venue: D002-Tiered* (QS Vienna) and Zoom (meeting ID: 969 2496 5784<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96924965784?pwd=c2duZ0dDMFdEMUthK2Mwa2wzMllEUT09>, passcode: 471712)
Chair: Gergely Csibra
Best,
Anna
*Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP here<https://forms.office.com/e/iCBFp3gWuf> <https://forms.office.com/e/iCBFp3gWuf> to get access to the lecture hall.
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Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224
_____________________________________________
P R O G R A M
The seminar is held in hybrid format, in person (Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224)
and online. Meeting link: https://tarski.elte.hu/lps
14 March (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE
Joanna Luc (online)
Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
What are the bearers of hidden states? On an important ambiguity in the
formulation of Bell’s theorem
______________________________
Abstract is available from the seminar website: http://lps.elte.hu/lps
The seminar is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and
faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute
lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion.
To join today's seminar online, please connect to:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85954603650?pwd=LMvYOqH0yoG1Z6emmmUuRqtXabE1Sl.1
On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM Gömöri Márton <gomorim(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar
> Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy
> Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
> Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224
> _____________________________________________
> P R O G R A M
>
> The seminar is held in hybrid format, in person (Múzeum krt. 4/i Room
> 224) and online. Meeting link: https://tarski.elte.hu/lps
>
> 7 March (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE
>
> Ambrus Kaposi
> Department of Programming Languages and Compilers, Faculty of Informatics,
> Eötvös University Budapest
>
> Proof as code
>
> ______________________________
> Abstract is available from the seminar website: http://lps.elte.hu/lps
>
> The seminar is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty
> members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee
> break, 60 minute discussion.
>
Dear All,
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science invites you to the following talk.
Daniel Haun<https://www.eva.mpg.de/comparative-cultural-psychology/staff/daniel-haun/> (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
Title: Cognitive Science for Cultural Species
Abstract: What makes us human? This question lies at the core of our self-understanding and shapes how we interact with the natural world. Discussions on human exceptionalism often focus on cognition—we consider ourselves more intelligent than all other animals. However, identifying uniquely human cognition is a complex scientific challenge. For example, most studies compare single populations of humans and chimpanzees to infer species-level differences, relying on a tacit assumption of generalizability. We argue that understanding cognitive differences across species requires accounting for cognitive diversity within species.
Using examples from social cognition—including social memory, altercentric influence, understanding desires, and joint attention—I will present a snapshot of an unfolding research program that integrates comparisons across ages, communities, and species. A comprehensive study of uniquely human cognition must recognize the epistemic significance of cognitive diversity and the methodological demands of studying cognition at scale, in perspectives, and in time.
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET
Venue: D002-Tiered* (QS Vienna) and Zoom (meeting ID: 969 2496 5784<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96924965784?pwd=c2duZ0dDMFdEMUthK2Mwa2wzMllEUT09>, passcode: 471712)
Chair: Gergely Csibra
Best,
Anna
*Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP here<https://forms.office.com/e/iCBFp3gWuf> <https://forms.office.com/e/iCBFp3gWuf> to get access to the lecture hall.
______________________________________________
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Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224
_____________________________________________
P R O G R A M
The seminar is held in hybrid format, in person (Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224)
and online. Meeting link: https://tarski.elte.hu/lps
7 March (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE
Ambrus Kaposi
Department of Programming Languages and Compilers, Faculty of Informatics,
Eötvös University Budapest
Proof as code
______________________________
Abstract is available from the seminar website: http://lps.elte.hu/lps
The seminar is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and
faculty members
from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee
break, 60 minute discussion.
Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224
_____________________________________________
P R O G R A M
The seminar is held in hybrid format, in person (Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224)
and online. Meeting link: https://tarski.elte.hu/lps
7 March (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE
Ambrus Kaposi
Department of Programming Languages and Compilers, Faculty of Informatics,
Eötvös University Budapest
Proof as code
______________________________
Abstract is available from the seminar website: http://lps.elte.hu/lps
The seminar is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and
faculty members
from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee
break, 60 minute discussion.
Organizers: Márton Gömöri and Zalán Molnár