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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Cathal O'Madagain, Université Mohammad VI Polytechnique, May 25 10 AM: Concept Utility - a Driver of Linguistic Change?

by Attila Balla

Dear All, The Language Comprehension Lab cordially invites you to the following talk by: Cathal O'Madagain, Université Mohammad VI Polytechnique, Morocco Date: Thursday, May 25, 2023 Time: 10 AM Venue: Language Comprehension Lab (D513) Title: "Concept Utility - a Driver of Linguistic Change?" Some cases of explicit linguistic revision indicate that words and concepts can be 'improved'. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union revised the concept Planet so that it excluded Pluto, and insisting that the result was an improvement. But what could it mean for one concept or conceptual scheme to be better than another? Here we draw on the theory of epistemic utility to address this question. We show how the plausibility and informativeness of beliefs, two features that contribute to their utility, have direct correlates in our concepts. These are how inclusive a concept is, or how many objects in an environment it applies to, and how homogeneous it is, or how similar the objects that fall under the concept are. We provide ways to measure these values, and argue that in combination they can provide us with a single principle of concept utility. The resulting principle can rationalize practices of concept revision, and perhaps provide a new way of thinking about why linguistic meanings may change over time. Please, send me a message if you would like to join the talk or if you would like to schedule a meeting with the speaker. The venue may vary depending on the number of people interested. Kind regards, Attila ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu

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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Online CDC Seminar: Paul Smaldino (UC Merced), 5 pm on Wednesday May 24

by Barbu Revencu

Dear all, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science invites you to the following talk. Please note that the talk exceptionally starts at 5 pm. Paul Smaldino<https://smaldino.com/wp/> (UC Merced) Dynamics of Covert Signaling: Modeling the Emergence and Extinction of Identity Signals Seemingly arbitrary cues—be they linguistic, sartorial, or behavioral—can come to serve as markers of group membership. However, such markers are only effective if the benefits of using them outweigh the costs of being recognized by hostile outgroups, as is the case often faced by oppressed minorities, political dissidents, and others in an increasingly polarized society. I will present mathematical and computational modeling, along with motivating empirical work, to show how stable identity signals can be disrupted, leading to cyclical lifespans or even the total suppression of effective group markers as the potential cost of being identified by a hostile outgroup increases. I will then discuss implications for our understanding of communication and the censorship of dissent in both on- and offline communities. Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Time: 5 pm (to 6:30 pm) CET Venue: Online, Zoom meeting 969 2496 5784<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96924965784?pwd=c2duZ0dDMFdEMUthK2Mwa2wzMllEUT09> (pw: 471712) Chair: Gergely Csibra If you want to schedule a meeting with Paul, drop me a line. Best, Barbu ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu

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[Koglist] Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar, Amitayu Banerjee

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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 by Zoom. Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/889933315?pwd=Q3U3V3VQdXpXckhJYWRrcWRiMUhhQT09 May 19 (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE Amitayu Banerjee Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest On a variant of Erdős--Dushnik--Miller theorem without the Axiom of Choice (AC) ______________________________ Abstract is available from the web site of the Seminar: 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. The organizers: András Máté and László E. Szabó -- 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://lps.elte.hu/leszabo

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[Koglist] Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar, Amitayu Banerjee

by Laszlo E. Szabo

3 years

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Online CDC Seminar: Tomer Ullman (Harvard), 4 pm on Wednesday May 17

by Barbu Revencu

Dear all, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science invites you to the following talk: Tomer Ullman<https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/tomer-d-ullman> (Harvard) The Physical Basis of Imagery and Imagination Young children seem to have an early understanding of the world around them, and the people in it. Before children can reliably say "ball", "wall", or "Saul", they expect balls to not go through walls, and for Saul to go right for a ball (if there's no wall). There are different proposals out there for the cognitive computations that underlie this basic commonsense reasoning. I'll focus on one proposal in particular, and suggest that a "rough rendering and de-rendering" approach can explain early expectations about object solidity, cohesion, and permanence. From there I will expand the proposal to some more recent work on imagery and imagination, including non-commitment in imagery, and the importance of physical properties in visual pretense. Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET Venue: Online, Zoom meeting 969 2496 5784<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96924965784?pwd=c2duZ0dDMFdEMUthK2Mwa2wzMllEUT09> (pw: 471712) Chair: Jonathan Kominsky Let me know if you want to schedule a meeting with Tomer. Best, Barbu ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu

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[Koglist] Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar, Katarina Maksimovic

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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 by Zoom. Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/889933315?pwd=Q3U3V3VQdXpXckhJYWRrcWRiMUhhQT09 May 5 (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE Katarina Maksimović Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade We assert, we deduce and we calculate… But what does it all mean? ______________________________ Abstract is available from the web site of the Seminar: 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. The organizers: András Máté and László E. Szabó -- Laszlo E. SZABO Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://lps.elte.hu/leszabo -- Laszlo E. SZABO Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://lps.elte.hu/leszabo

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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] CDC Seminar: Isabelle Dautriche (CNRS, Aix-Marseille University), 4 pm on Wednesday May 10

by Barbu Revencu

Dear all, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science invites you to the following talk: Isabelle Dautriche<https://voynich.univ-amu.fr> (CNRS, Aix-Marseille University) Elementary semantic abilities in non-human primates Human languages share a number of universal architectural features, from atomic meaning properties (e.g., connectedness, Gärdenfors, 2000) to how these meanings combine to generate more complex senses (i.e., compositionality). In this talk, I will present the first results of a new research program investigating experimentally the cognitive origins of these shared features of language in non-human primates to determine whether these features reflect properties of the language faculty or rather domain-general forces potentially shared across cognitive systems and species. I will report three studies suggesting that baboons (Papio papio) (i) like to manipulate 'concepts' of the same shape as ours, (ii) can respond to negation-like operators <t, t>, (iii) report responses in a "compositional" manner. Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 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: Rachel Dudley *Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna, please email me in advance to get access to the lecture hall. Let me know if you would like to schedule a meeting with Isabelle. Best, Barbu ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu

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[Koglist] Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar, Katarina Maksimovic

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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 by Zoom. Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/889933315?pwd=Q3U3V3VQdXpXckhJYWRrcWRiMUhhQT09 May 5 (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE Katarina Maksimović Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade We assert, we deduce and we calculate… But what does it all mean? ______________________________ Abstract is available from the web site of the Seminar: 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. The organizers: András Máté and László E. Szabó -- Laszlo E. SZABO Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://lps.elte.hu/leszabo -- Laszlo E. SZABO Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://lps.elte.hu/leszabo

3 years, 1 month

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Josh Rottman, Franklin and Marshall College, US- May 3, 4 pm: ``Do children's and adults’ epistemic tendencies cultivate echo chambers? ``

by Gyorgyne Finta

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the following talk by: Josh Rottman<https://www.fandm.edu/josh-rottman>, Franklin and Marshall College, US Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET Venue: Room QS B511 (Mind the new location, please)and Zoom: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/93685657805?pwd=NTYwRWRkV2hneHMraGRiSzc2dWp0Zz09<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/93685657805?pwd%3DNT…> Meeting ID: 936 8565 7805 Passcode: 294427 Chair: Oana Stanciu Title: Do children's and adults’ epistemic tendencies cultivate echo chambers? Children are selective learners who prioritize testimony from ingroup members and who are prone to conform to group norms. While these dispositions are generally adaptive, they have the potential to exacerbate closed epistemic systems in which preexisting beliefs are amplified while opposing beliefs are discredited. Furthermore, these biases might be reflectively endorsed in some situations. I will begin this talk with a short overview of how selective social learning tends to unfold, after which I will turn to focus on two new studies exploring children’s and adults’ evaluations of whether others ought to pursue accuracy motives or social motives in intergroup contexts. My findings indicate that children value curiosity and belief updating even when these processes threaten to contravene ingroup identities, thus suggesting that echo chambers are not reflectively desired. However, this clear valuation of truth-seeking becomes more nuanced as children mature into adults with strong allegiances to ideologically-defined ingroups. I will conclude the talk by discussing implications for modern tendencies toward belief polarization. *Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP here<https://forms.office.com/e/6is40q9AXh> to get access to the lecture hall. Let Oana know, please, if you would like to schedule a meeting with the speaker. Best, Reka ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu

3 years, 1 month

[Koglist] Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar, Hongkai Yin

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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 by Zoom. Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/889933315?pwd=Q3U3V3VQdXpXckhJYWRrcWRiMUhhQT09 April 28 (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE Hongkai Yin Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Vienna Decidability of the Relational Syllogistic with Singular Terms ______________________________ Abstract is available from the web site of the Seminar: 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. The organizers: András Máté and László E. Szabó -- Laszlo E. SZABO Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://lps.elte.hu/leszabo -- Laszlo E. SZABO Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://lps.elte.hu/leszabo

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