Philosophy of Science Colloquium
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM
Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924
http://hps.elte.hu
Program - December
5 December 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
Language: English
Katalin Balog
Philosophy, Yale University
Collegium Budapest
The Constitutional Account of Phenomenal Concepts
Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/December/#1
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12 December 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
Language: English
Hanoch Ben-Yami
Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest
Causality and Temporal Order in Special Relativity
Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/December/#2
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19 December 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
Language: English
Axel Gelfert
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Collegium Budapest
Mathematical rigor and mathematical models
Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/December/#3
___________________________________
The colloquium is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty
members from all departments!
The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we hold a
30-60-minute discussion. The participants may comment on the talks and are
encouraged to initiate discussion through the Internet. The comments should
be written in the language of the presentation.
The organizer of the colloquium: Laszlo E. Szabo (email: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu)
--
L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
http://hps.elte.hu/leszabo
Philosophy of Science Colloquium
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM
Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924
http://hps.elte.hu
21 November 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
Language: English
Nenad Miscevic
Philosophy, Central European University , Budapest
Philosophy, University of Maribor
Thought Experiments and Arguments
Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/November/#3
___________________________________
The colloquium is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty
members from all departments!
The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we hold a
30-60-minute discussion. The participants may comment on the talks and are
encouraged to initiate discussion through the Internet. The comments should
be written in the language of the presentation.
The organizer of the colloquium: Laszlo E. Szabo (email: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu)
--
L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
http://hps.elte.hu/leszabo
Kedves Kollégák!
Szeretettel várunk minden érdeklődőt kutatásunk következő
miniszümpóziumára:
Jelek a 17. században: Locke
A "Minden filozófia 'nyelvkritika'" OTKA-kutatás zárórendezvénye.
MTA Filozófiai Kutatóintézete (1054 Budapest, Szemere u. 10.)
2005. november 21. hétfő, 14 óra
Program
Kísérő előadás:
Schmal Dániel: Az érzékelés nyelve a 17. században
Nagyelőadás:
Forrai Gábor: Locke ideái és a verbális gondolkodás
Vita:
Faragó-Szabó István: Locke a nyelvről - némileg másképp
(Forrai Gábor A jelek tana: Locke ismeretelmélete és metafizikája
[Budapest: l'Harmattan 2005] című könyvéhez)
A szellemiek után a szokásos fogadás, mulatás.
A"Minden filozófia ´nyelvkritika´" című kutatás részleteiről a
<http://www.phil-inst.hu/lm/nyelvkritika>
http://www.phil-inst.hu/lm/nyelvkritika internetcímen lehet tájékozódni.
Kedves Kollégák!
Figyelmetekbe ajánljuk a "Minden filozófia 'nyelvkritika'" kutatás
keretében készült köteteinket:
Neumer Katalin (szerk.): Minden filozófia "nyelvkritika". I. köt.:
Nyelvfilozófia Locke-tól Kierkegaard-ig. Budapest: Gondolat Kiadó 2004.
Neumer Katalin-Laki János (szerk.): Minden filozófia "nyelvkritika". II.
köt.: Analitikus filozófia és fenomenológia. Budapest: Gondolat Kiadó
2004.
Volker Munz-Katalin Neumer (Hrsg.): Sprache - Denken - Nation. Kultur-
und Geistesgeschichte von Locke bis zur Moderne. Wien: Passagen Verlag
2005. (= Studien zur Moderne, 23)
Demeter Tamás: Az eszmék tipográfiája. A modern filozófia kezdetei
kommunikációelméleti nézőpontból. Budapest: Osiris, 2002.
Forrai Gábor: A jelek tana: Locke ismeretelmélete és metafizikája.
Budapest: l'Harmattan 2005.
Laki János: A tudomány természete. Thomas Kuhn és a tudományfilozófia
történeti fordulata. Budapest: Gondolat 2006. (megjelenés alatt)
Nagy József: Vico. Eszmetörténet mint korlátlan szemiózis. Budapest:
Áron Kiadó 2003.
Neumer Katalin: A lélek aspektusai. Wittgenstein a Filozófiai
vizsgálódások után. Budapest: Gondolat 2006. (megjelenés alatt)
Neumer Katalin (szerk.): Kép, beszéd, írás Wittgenstein filozófiájában.
Gond, 34. köt., 2002.
Neumer Katalin (szerk.): Kép, beszéd, írás. Budapest: Gondolat Kiadó
2003.
Rathmann János (vál., jegyzetek, utószó): Johann Georg Hamann:
Válogatott filozófiai írások. Pécs: Jelenkor 2003.
A kötetek tartalomjegyzéke a
http://www.phil-inst.hu/lm/nyelvkritika/kotetek.htm internetcímen
olvasható.
Philosophy of Science Colloquium
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM
Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924
http://hps.elte.hu
14 November 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
Language: English
Olga Markic
Philosophy, University of Ljubjana
The illusion of free will?
Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/November/#2
___________________________________
The colloquium is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty
members from all departments!
The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we hold a
30-60-minute discussion. The participants may comment on the talks and are
encouraged to initiate discussion through the Internet. The comments should
be written in the language of the presentation.
The organizer of the colloquium: Laszlo E. Szabo (email: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu)
--
L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
http://hps.elte.hu/leszabo
Kedves Kollégák,
Az MTA nyelvtudományi Intézete Kisérletes nyelvészet programjában
november 10-én, csütörtökön 14 órától
GERVAIN JUDIT tart előadást:
A gyakoriság szerepe a beszédfolyam észlelésében és elsajátításában
Az előadás helye: Bp. Benczúr u. 33., földszinti előadó.
Alább olvasható az előadás absztraktja. Minden érdeklődőt szeretttel
várunk:
Bánréti Zoltán
---------------
GERVAIN Judit
A gyakoriság szerepe a beszédfolyam észlelésében és elsajátításában
A természetes nyelvek egyetemes tulajdonsága, hogy megkülönböztetik a
funkciószavakat és a tartalmas szavakat. A két szóosztály elemei
eltérő szerepet töltenek be a nyelvben. A funkciószavak a nyelvtani,
szerkezeti viszonyok kódolásáért felelősek, míg a tartalmas szavak a
lexikai jelentést hordozzák. A világ nyelveit alapvetően két nagy
csoportba lehet sorolni aszerint, hogy mi bennük a funkciószavak és a
tartalmas szavak egymáshoz viszonyított sorrendje. Bizonyos nyelvek
funkciószavakkal, mások tartalmas szavakkal kezdik szintaktikai
összetevőiket.
A gyermek számára alapvető fontosságú, hogy megtanulja, anyanyelve a
két lehetőség közül melyiket használja. Ebben segítségére van az, hogy
a beszédfolyam számos perceptuális jelzést tartalmaz a két kategória
megkülönböztetésére. A funkciószavak egyetemes tulajdonsága, hogy
gyakoribbak és egyben fonológiailag redukáltabbak, mint a tartalmas
szavak. Shi és munkatársai (1999) megmutatták, hogy a két kategória
közötti különbségek e második csoportjára már a 6-8 hónapos csecsemők
is érzékenyek.
Kísérletsorozatunkban arra kerestük a választ, vajon a különbségek
másik csoportja, azaz a gyakoriság és a különböző statisztikai
tulajdonságok is szerephez jutnak -e a két kategória
sikeres megkülönböztetésében és viszonylagos szórendjének
felismerésében a nyelvtanulás-nyelvelsajátítás során. Első lépésként
azt teszteltük, hogy tipológiailag különbző nyelveket beszélő
felnőttek más-más szórendi preferenciát alakítanak-e ki egy
szerkezetileg kétértelmű mesterséges nyelv megtanulásakor. Olasz és
francia anyanyelvű felnőtteket hasonlítottunk össze magyar és japán
anyanyelvűekkel, s azt találtuk, hogy szórendi preferenciájuk valóban
a tipológiai dimenzió alapján várható különbségeket
mutatja, amelyeket a funkciószavak és a tartalmas szavak relatív
gyakoriságának mértéke is befolyásol.
Második lépésként a magyar CHILDES korpuszon végzett elemzéssel azt
vizsgáltuk meg, hogy a kísérletekhez használt mesterséges nyelvekben
található gyakorisági arányok milyen természetes nyelvi gyakorisági
arányoknak felelnek meg.
Vizsgálataink arra a következtetésre jutnak, hogy a gyakoriság és más,
hozzá kapcsolódó szövegstatisztikák elegendő információt hordoznak
ahhoz, hogy az anyanyelvét elsajátító gyermek a megfelelő szórendi és
morfológiai különbségeket már a lexikon megtanulása előtt,
illetve attól függetlenül sajátítsa el, ellentétben azzal, amit
a „használat-alapú“, konstruktivista elméletek (pl. Tomasello 2000)
állítanak.
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1068 Budapest
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ABSTRACT: We suggest that human culture exhibits key Darwinian evolutionary properties,
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KEYWORDS: Cultural Anthropology; Cultural Evolution; Cultural Transmission; Culture;
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A Szegedi Megismeréstudományi Program - november:
Babarczy Anna (BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék)
http://cogsci.bme.hu/~babarczy/
A gyermeknyelv és a nyelvelsajátítás elméletei
Tömbösítve: november 14-15 és november 21.
Első óra: november 14. hétfő 10.00 óra
Hely: Kardos terem (Szeged, Tisza Lajos körút 103, 3. lépcsőház, Földszint)
Minden érdeklődőt várunk!
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NEMETH Dezso
University of Szeged, Department of Psychology
Email: nemethd(a)edpsy.u-szeged.hu
Web: www.staff.u-szeged.hu/~nemethd
Cognitive Sciences in Szeged: http://kognit.edpsy.u-szeged.hu/
Psychology at University of Szeged:
http://www.arts.u-szeged.hu/pszichologia/
Invitation to be a reviewer for CogSci 2006
The Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
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We would like to invite you to be a reviewer for CogSci2006.
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If you accept this invitation, please log on to the CogSci 2006
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*Előadás a BME Kognitív Tudományi Központ*
*házi kollokvium sorozata keretében:*
T. Kollégák,
*Dr Takács Barnabás* (/Digital Elite Inc./ (www.digitalElite.net
<http://www.digitalElite.net> <http://www.digitalelite.net/>)
*Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Tasks Using Virtual Faces *
címmel tart előadást a BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszékén.
* *
*Időpont:* (2005 november 7), 17.00 órai kezdettel.
*Hely:* BME, Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék, Stoczek u 2, St épület III.
emelet 320.
(http://www.cogsci.bme.hu/DoCS/kepek/bmemap.gif)
Mindenkit szeretettel várunk.
*Az előadás kivonata:*
Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Tasks Using Virtual Faces
To mimic the quality of everyday human communication and underlying
processes, future research tools for psychology and cognitive research
will need to go beyond photographs, Ekman faces and simple, cartoon-like
drawings, by combining the /benefits of high visual fidelity animated
digital faces ////with /conversational intelligence// and the ability to
////modulate the emotions// of their users in a personalized manner.
Virtual human technology, computer graphics and digital perception have
made considerable advancements during the past decades leading the way
to create a humanoid interface that works by utilizing the natural means
of interaction, e.g. words, gestures, glances and body language instead
of traditional computer devices, such as the keyboard and mouse.
>From a psychological and cognitive perspective digitally animated faces
require the ability to create believable digital humans capable of
expressing the finest shades of emotions in a controllable manner. In
addition, the same system must also be able to /read the users'
emotional reactions/ and adapt the behavior of the digital human
accordingly in real-time. We implemented this concept as a step towards
creating a novel solution called the /Virtual Human Interface (VHI)/.
The ////VHI// builds upon many years of interdisciplinary research to
create a ////closed-loop model of interaction// whereas the user's
internal state (emotion, level of attention, etc.) is constantly
monitored and driven directly by the animated character with the purpose
of creating emotional bonding. This emotional bonding then acts as a
catalyst to help turning information into knowledge. In other words, our
advanced user interface draws on emotions to help its users in the
interaction process by intelligently tailoring its workload and
constantly adapting its presentation strategies, hence the name
////affective intelligence//.
*About the author*
Barnabás Takács, Ph.D. works in the field of human modeling, intelligent
agents, computer graphics and animation, face recognition, motion
tracking and computer vision. He published over 50 scientific and
technical papers and regularly lectures at universities and institutes
around the world. He has spent many years in developing cutting-edge
technologies for the film and entertainment industries as well as for
the scientific and research community.
/Digital Elite Inc./ (www.digitalElite.net <http://www.digitalElite.net>
<http://www.digitalelite.net/>) was founded with the purpose of bringing
real-time interactive virtual humans to every day people. Based on its
technology a variety of virtual human applications have been developed
and successfully deployed. Examples include digital plastic surgery
(with Harvard University SPL, Boston, USA), virtual 'Buddy' for autistic
children (Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., USA),
animated faces for psychiatric diagnosis and emotion research (Harvard
University, Boston, USA, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest),
virtual patients for anatomical ultrasound guidance (U.S. Army Advanced
Telemedicine Research), and virtual teachers (U.S. Dept. of Education).
Dr. TakĂĄcs is member of IEEE, ACM and the Los Angeles Chapter of SIGGRAPH.
*Előadás a BME Kognitív Tudományi Központ*
*házi kollokvium sorozata keretében:*
T. Kollégák,
*Dr Takács Barnabás* (/Digital Elite Inc./ (www.digitalElite.net
<http://www.digitalElite.net> <http://www.digitalelite.net/>)
*Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Tasks Using Virtual Faces *
címmel tart előadást a BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszékén.
* *
*Időpont:* (2005 november 7), 17.00 órai kezdettel.
*Hely:* BME, Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék, Stoczek u 2, St épület III.
emelet 320.
(http://www.cogsci.bme.hu/DoCS/kepek/bmemap.gif)
Mindenkit szeretettel várunk.
*Az előadás kivonata:*
Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Tasks Using Virtual Faces
To mimic the quality of everyday human communication and underlying
processes, future research tools for psychology and cognitive research
will need to go beyond photographs, Ekman faces and simple, cartoon-like
drawings, by combining the /benefits of high visual fidelity animated
digital faces ////with /conversational intelligence// and the ability to
////modulate the emotions// of their users in a personalized manner.
Virtual human technology, computer graphics and digital perception have
made considerable advancements during the past decades leading the way
to create a humanoid interface that works by utilizing the natural means
of interaction, e.g. words, gestures, glances and body language instead
of traditional computer devices, such as the keyboard and mouse.
>From a psychological and cognitive perspective digitally animated faces
require the ability to create believable digital humans capable of
expressing the finest shades of emotions in a controllable manner. In
addition, the same system must also be able to /read the users'
emotional reactions/ and adapt the behavior of the digital human
accordingly in real-time. We implemented this concept as a step towards
creating a novel solution called the /Virtual Human Interface (VHI)/.
The ////VHI// builds upon many years of interdisciplinary research to
create a ////closed-loop model of interaction// whereas the user's
internal state (emotion, level of attention, etc.) is constantly
monitored and driven directly by the animated character with the purpose
of creating emotional bonding. This emotional bonding then acts as a
catalyst to help turning information into knowledge. In other words, our
advanced user interface draws on emotions to help its users in the
interaction process by intelligently tailoring its workload and
constantly adapting its presentation strategies, hence the name
////affective intelligence//.
*About the author*
Barnabás Takács, Ph.D. works in the field of human modeling, intelligent
agents, computer graphics and animation, face recognition, motion
tracking and computer vision. He published over 50 scientific and
technical papers and regularly lectures at universities and institutes
around the world. He has spent many years in developing cutting-edge
technologies for the film and entertainment industries as well as for
the scientific and research community.
/Digital Elite Inc./ (www.digitalElite.net <http://www.digitalElite.net>
<http://www.digitalelite.net/>) was founded with the purpose of bringing
real-time interactive virtual humans to every day people. Based on its
technology a variety of virtual human applications have been developed
and successfully deployed. Examples include digital plastic surgery
(with Harvard University SPL, Boston, USA), virtual 'Buddy' for autistic
children (Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., USA),
animated faces for psychiatric diagnosis and emotion research (Harvard
University, Boston, USA, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest),
virtual patients for anatomical ultrasound guidance (U.S. Army Advanced
Telemedicine Research), and virtual teachers (U.S. Dept. of Education).
Dr. TakĂĄcs is member of IEEE, ACM and the Los Angeles Chapter of SIGGRAPH.