P h i l o s o p h y o f S c i e n c e C o l l o q u i u m
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/seminar
4 October 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
(Language: English)
A n d r e j U l e
Philosophy, Philosophy, University of Ljubljana
Thought and Machine: Some Wittgenstein's Comments
Abstract: http://hps.elte.hu/seminar/2004/October/index.html#1
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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)
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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
KOVÁCS ILONA
MTA doktora címre benyújtott
*„Visual Integration: Development and Impairments”*
című értekezésének nyilvános vitája *2004. október 8-án 10^00 * órakor,
az MTA Székház Nagytermében (1051 Bp., V., Roosevelt tér 9.) lesz megtartva.
Az értekezés opponensei:
Gulyás Balázs, az MTA külső tagja
Marton Lajosné, a pszichológiai tudomány doktora
Csibra Gergely, PhD
Az értekezés megtekinthető az MTA Könyvtárában (Bp. V., Arany J. u. 1.)
A nyilvános vitában minden jelenlévő részt vehet és írásban előzetesen
is észrevételt tehet.
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:31:47 +0200 (CEST)
From: Nyelvesz Info <nyinfo(a)nytud.hu>
To: mindenki(a)nytud.hu
Subject: NEMZETKÖZI PROJEKTUM-JAVASLAT
Kedves Kollégák!
Dr. Thekla Wiebusch (CRLAO, EHESS/CNRS, Paris) egy nemzetközi (EU-s)
projektumot készül indítani, "Stability and adaptation of
classification systems in a cross-cultural perspective" címmel, melynek
leírása lentebb található.
Aki érdeklődik a téma iránt, kérjük vegye fel a kapcsolatot
közvetlenül Dr. Wiebusch-sal minél előbb, mert az ő pályázati
határideje október 1. (Elérhetőség: lentebb.)
Idézet Dr Wiebusch leveléből:
Within this action we will build an interdisciplinary network of
researchers interested in human categorization as it is reflected in
classification systems in different languages and cultures (details see
in the abstract below). This entails the organization of conferences and
workshops, establishing a website, short missions of researchers to other
participant institutions and publication of relevant results, but not the
financing of research itself.
For an action, a minimum of 5 participant countries is required, but the
average is about 16, the eligible countries being essentially the EU
members and the candidate countries. So if you would be interested in
participating in the network, please let me know.
Participant from linguistics, philosophy, cognitive sciences, psychology,
anthropology, history of sciences, information sciences or area studies
such as Sinology, Egyptology, doing research on this topic are all welcome. Of
course, several researchers or institutions from the same country can be
participants.
>From potential participants, I need their contact data, some lines about
their research in this topic, and relevant publications.
For the proposal a (very rough) estimate about the relevant ongoing
research in Hungary (expressed in Euro/year) would be helpful, as the
proposal should contain information about how much national research will
be linked by the network of this action.
Due to the very short deadline for application, I would be grateful for a
prompt feedback.
Thekla Wiebusch
CRLAO (CNRS/EHESS)
54 Bd. Raspail, 75006 Paris
wiebusch(a)rz.uni-leipzig.de
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Proposal for a COST Action (abstract)
(Humanities and Social Sciences)
Stability and adaptation of classification systems in a cross-cultural
perspective
The objective of this action is to gain a deeper understanding of
categorization as one of the most basic capacities of human beings
underlying many other cognitive processes. Human categorization is
reflected in different types of classification systems such as numeral
classifiers in grammar, semantic markers in logographic scripts or in
signing, organization of knowledge in reference works and on the internet,
organization of societies or folk taxonomies of concepts.
Most disciplines in humanities and social sciences attempt to understand
some features of this function. Recent and ongoing research in different
European countries renders a wealth of new evidence on different systems
in a broad array of cultures and languages. Simultaneously, projects in
cognitive sciences, philosophy, theoretical linguistics and information
sciences bring new models and theories about the nature of human
categorization and tools for data analysis and modeling of the evolution
of these complex systems.
This action builds up a network between these loosely related research
activities to facilitate a systematic evaluation of the new results across
cultures and languages, but also across different types of classification
systems. This allows to distinguish between parameters depending on
culture, on system inherent features and on human cognition in general.
The network will promote the application of new theories and methods to
the empirical data from different cultures, thus creating for the first
time the opportunity to get a broad picture of the cross-cultural
variation of such systems, but also of the synchronic, system-inherent
flexibility and the mechanisms of diachronic change. To this end, a
special effort will be made to present the rich data from cultures with a
long recorded history of classification systems, such as China, Ancient
Egypt or the Maya Kingdom.
By encouraging the interdisciplinary cooperation between the relevant
European research, this action will help to understand the double function
of classification systems as both organizing and stabilizing force and as
an instrument for coping with changes on an individual and a cultural
level. This will contribute to an increased knowledge of the cognitive
implication of the process of globalization and the attempt to construct a
universal system of reference.
Thekla Wiebusch, CRLAO (CNRS/EHESS), 54 Bd Raspail, 75006 Paris, France
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Az MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet programjairól és további nyelvészeti
hírekről olvashat még a www.nytud.hu honlapon es a www.nyelveszet.hu
portálon (mely elérhető a www.nytud.hu/portal/ címen is).
Amennyiben a jövőben nem szeretne értesülni híreinkről, kérjük,
írja ezt meg nekünk a nyinfo(a)nytud.hu címre.
*BME Kognitív Tudományi Központ,** házi kollokvium sorozat*
_Előadó:_ Kiss Tamás, Orbán Gergő, Érdi Péter, KFKI RMKI Biofizika
Osztály, CNS Csoport
_Cím:_ Hippokampális membránpotenciál oszcillációk generálásának és
farmakológiai módosításának számítógépes modellezése. Számítógépes
neurofarmakológia?
_Absztrakt:_
A hippokampusz az agy egy olyan központi területe, mely szinte minden
neokortikális és sok szubkortikális területtől kap elő-feldolgozott,
multimodális inputokat, melyek lehetővé teszik számára, hogy számos
kognitív folyamatban játsszon szerepet. Ezen folyamatok, valamint az
állat különféle viselkedési formái alatt gyakran figyelhetők meg a
hippokampuszban jellegzetes, a viselkedéssel korreláló sejt-élettani
jelenségek, legtöbbször elektroenkefalográffal (EEG), vagy
makroelektródával mérhető populációs oszcillációk formájában.
Anatómiai szempontból a hippokampusz a limbikus rendszerhez tartozik és
az ún. Papez-körnek is része, mely többek közt az érzelmek
szabályozásában játszik szerepet, így nem meglepő, hogy a hippokampusz
elektromos aktivitása az érzelmi változásokat is követi. Számos olyan
szorongást, illetve depressziót csökkentő szer ismert, mely gyógyhatása
mellett, vagy azzal párhuzamosan, hatással van a hippokampális
aktivitásra is. Azonban az a kérdés, hogy ezek a szerek hatásukat más
agyterületeken fejtik ki és csupán ez tükröződik a hippokampuszban,
vagy esetleg hippokampális hatásuk okán csökken a páciens szorongása,
esetleg e kettő hatás egyszerre jelentkezik, nem ismert.
A számítógépes agykutatás (Computational Neuroscience) eszközeivel azt
vizsgáljuk, melyek azok az anatómiai és élettani jelenségek, feltételek,
(matematikai kényszerek), melyek a kísérletekben megfigyelt populációs
(hálózati) aktivitáshoz vezetnek, illetve a kialakult oszcilláció az
egyes feltételek (paraméterek) változtatásával, azaz különféle hatású
drogok adásával hogyan változtatható meg. Ha a módszer átfogó képet tud
adni általános droghatásokról, - melyet jövőbeli vizsgálatokkal is
igazolnunk kell még - esetleg alkalmazhatóvá válhat a gyógyszerkutatás
számára is.
_Idő:_ 2004 . szeptember 27. 16 óra
_Hely:_ BME, St. ép. 320.
Mindenkit szeretettel várunk.
Jakab Zoltán
*Kerem, szoljon, akinek olvashatatlan az ekezetes resz (az elozo
uzenetem torolheto). Csatolva is kuldom a csutortoki eloadas adatait.
*
*Koszonom!*
*Jakab Zoltan
*
*Előadás a BME Kognitív Tudományi Központ*
*házi kollokvium sorozata keretében:*
*Előadó: **Laurence B. Leonard (Purdue University)*
*Cím:* *The Crosslinguistic Study of Children with Specific Language
Impairment*
*Absztrakt:*
Children with specific language impairment (SLI) show a significant
deficit in their language ability but appear to be functioning normally
in other areas. Their hearing is normal, they earn age-appropriate
scores on nonverbal tests of intelligence, they do not show symptoms
characteristic of autism, and they exhibit no clear signs of
neurological impairment. Children with SLI who are acquiring English
often experience a mild to moderate deficit in vocabulary and sentence
length but a more serious deficit in the use of grammatical morphology
(e.g., saying /Mommy like eat ice cream /instead of /Mommy like*s to
*eat ice cream/). The purpose of this presentation is to show that a
clear understanding of this profile, or other profiles of SLI, requires
careful study of SLI across languages. Examples will be presented of
very different symptoms of SLI depending on the type of language (e.g.,
English, Swedish, Italian, Cantonese) being acquired. Implications for
language treatment will also be discussed.
*Idő:* 2004 szeptember 30 (*kivételesen csütörtök*), 16 óra
*Hely:* BME, St. 320.
Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk.
Jakab Zoltán
*Kedves cimzettek,
Ha az alabbi ekezetes resz most is olvashatatlan, megkoszonnek egy rovid
valaszt!
Udvozlettel,
Jakab Zoltan
*
*
Előadás a BME Kognitív Tudományi Központ*
*házi kollokvium sorozata keretében:*
*Előadó: **Laurence B. Leonard (Purdue University)*
*Cím:* *The Crosslinguistic Study of Children with Specific Language
Impairment*
*Absztrakt:*
Children with specific language impairment (SLI) show a significant
deficit in their language ability but appear to be functioning normally
in other areas. Their hearing is normal, they earn age-appropriate
scores on nonverbal tests of intelligence, they do not show symptoms
characteristic of autism, and they exhibit no clear signs of
neurological impairment. Children with SLI who are acquiring English
often experience a mild to moderate deficit in vocabulary and sentence
length but a more serious deficit in the use of grammatical morphology
(e.g., saying /Mommy like eat ice cream /instead of /Mommy like*s to
*eat ice cream/). The purpose of this presentation is to show that a
clear understanding of this profile, or other profiles of SLI, requires
careful study of SLI across languages. Examples will be presented of
very different symptoms of SLI depending on the type of language (e.g.,
English, Swedish, Italian, Cantonese) being acquired. Implications for
language treatment will also be discussed.
*Idő:* 2004 szeptember 30 (*kivételesen csütörtök*), 16 óra
*Hely:* BME, St. 320.
Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk.
Jakab Zoltán
Ez ugyan fizikusoknak es mernokoknek szol, de hatha...
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We are seeking to employ a full-time postdoctoral Medical
Physicist/Engineer for a 3 year fixed term contract as part of
multidisciplinary collaborative project grant funded by the Medical
Research Council. The successful applicant will develop hardware and
software for the application of an in house near infrared spectroscopy
(NIRS) optical topography system to map brain function in young
infants. The aim of these studies is to determine the relation between
postnatal brain development and cognitive behaviour in human infants.
The post holder will be based in the Biomedical Optical Laboratory
(BORL) in the Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, UCL but
will work very closely with collaborators at the nearby Centre for
Brain and Cognitive Development (CBCD), Birkbeck College. BORL is the
largest medical optics group in Europe and has an international
reputation for the development and clinical implementation of a number
of novel optical techniques for measurements of cerebral oxygenation
and haemodynamics (see http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/research/borl/).
BORL has a well established collaboration with CBCD who have extensive
expertise in developmental cognitive neuroscience (see
http://www.cbcd.bbk.ac.uk/cbcd.html).
The project will involve performing laboratory based validation
experiments, some modelling of light transport in tissue, the design
and construction of an optical helmet for studies on 4 – 12 month old
infants and the development of appropriate real time analysis software.
The applicant will be expected to work as part of a multidisciplinary
team and will be present at the majority of infant testing sessions.
Applicants should have a PhD or relevant industrial experience in
Physics/Engineering or a related discipline, with excellent practical
skills and the ability to use their initiative to provide innovative
design solutions. Some programming experience is required (preferably
Matlab). Candidates should be able to communicate well and work as part
of a team with physicists, computer scientists and psychologists.
The post will be funded on the RA1A scale (point 7: starting at £22,507
+ LW) with a start date of 1st January 2005.
For further information please contact Dr. Clare Elwell
(celwell(a)medphys.ucl.ac.uk, tel: 020 7679 6403) or Professor Jem Hebden
(jem(a)medphys.ucl.ac.uk, tel: 020 7679 6416).
Applications including a full CV and should be sent to Dr. Clare Elwell
before 31st October 2004 at Department of Medical Physics and
Bioengineering, University College London, 1st Floor Shropshire House,
11-20 Capper Street, London, WC1E 6JA.
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,Kedves Kollégák, BArátaim, két programra hivom fel figyelmeteket, mellékelve, üdvözlettel,
P h i l o s o p h y o f S c i e n c e C o l l o q u i u m
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/seminar
27 September 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
(Language: English, except if all participants speak Hungarian)
L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Theoretical Physics Research Group
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
Does principle of relativity hold in relativistic physics?
Abstract: http://hps.elte.hu/seminar/2004/September/#2
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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)
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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
