koglist

koglist@maillist.ttk.hu

4 participants
5929 discussions

May 1999 Conference

by Gergely Csibra

Rejected message: sent to koglist(a)cogpsyphy.hu by CINDY(a)CNS.BU.EDU follows. Reason for rejection: sender not subscribed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** CALL FOR PAPERS ***** THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS May 26-29, 1999 Sponsored by Boston University's Center for Adaptive Systems and Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems with financial support from DARPA and ONR How Does the Brain Control Behavior? How Can Technology Emulate Biological Intelligence? The conference will include invited tutorials and lectures, and contributed lectures and posters by experts on the biology and technology of how the brain and other intelligent systems adapt to a changing world. The conference is aimed at researchers and students of computational neuroscience, connectionist cognitive science, artificial neural networks, neuromorphic engineering, and artificial intelligence. A single oral or poster session enables all presented work to be highly visible. Abstract submissions encourage submissions of the latest results. Costs are kept at a minimum without compromising the quality of meeting handouts and social events. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Andreas Andreou Randolph Blake Rodney Brooks Gail Carpenter Dario Floreano Joaquin Fuster Paolo Gaudiano Charles Gilbert Larry Gillick Steven Greenberg Stephen Grossberg Michael Hasselmo Joseph LeDoux John Lisman Ennio Mingolla Tomaso Poggio Daniel Schacter Shihab Shamma Richard Shiffrin Nobuo Suga David van Essen Steven Zucker There will be contributed oral and poster sessions on each day of the conference. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Session Topics: * vision * spatial mapping and navigation * object recognition * neural circuit models * image understanding * neural system models * audition * mathematics of neural systems * speech and language * robotics * unsupervised learning * hybrid systems (fuzzy, evolutionary, digital) * supervised learning * neuromorphic VLSI * reinforcement and emotion * industrial applications * sensory-motor control * other * cognition, planning, and attention Contributed Abstracts must be received, in English, by January 29, 1999. Notification of acceptance will be given by February 28, 1999. A meeting registration fee of $45 for regular attendees and $30 for students must accompany each Abstract. See Registration Information for details. The fee will be returned if the Abstract is not accepted for presentation and publication in the meeting proceedings. Registration fees of accepted abstracts will be returned on request only until April 15, 1999. Each Abstract should fit on one 8.5" x 11" white page with 1" margins on all sides, single-column format, single-spaced, Times Roman or similar font of 10 points or larger, printed on one side of the page only. Fax submissions will not be accepted. Abstract title, author name(s), affiliation(s), mailing, and email address(es) should begin each Abstract. An accompanying cover letter should include: Full title of Abstract; corresponding author and presenting author name, address, telephone, fax, and email address; and a first and second choice from among the topics above, including whether it is biological (B) or technological (T) work. Example: first choice: vision (T); second choice: neural system models (B). (Talks will be 15 minutes long. Posters will be up for a full day. Overhead, slide, and VCR facilities will be available for talks.) Abstracts which do not meet these requirements or which are submitted with insufficient funds will be returned. Accepted Abstracts will be printed in the conference proceedings volume. No longer paper will be required. The original and 3 copies of each Abstract should be sent to: Cynthia Bradford, Boston University, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215. REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Early registration is recommended. To register, please fill out the registration form below. Student registrations must be accompanied by a letter of verification from a department chairperson or faculty/research advisor. If accompanied by an Abstract or if paying by check, mail to the address above. If paying by credit card, mail as above, or fax to (617) 353-7755, or email to cindy(a)cns.bu.edu. The registration fee will help to pay for a reception, 6 coffee breaks, and the meeting proceedings. STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS: Fellowships for PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows are available to cover meeting travel and living costs. The deadline to apply for fellowship support is January 29, 1999. Applicants will be notified by February 28, 1999. Each application should include the applicant's CV, including name; mailing address; email address; current student status; faculty or PhD research advisor's name, address, and email address; relevant courses and other educational data; and a list of research articles. A letter from the listed faculty or PhD advisor on official institutional stationery should accompany the application and summarize how the candidate may benefit from the meeting. Students who also submit an Abstract need to include the registration fee with their Abstract. Reimbursement checks will be distributed after the meeting. REGISTRATION FORM Third International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems Boston University 677 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 Tutorials: May 26, 1999 Meeting: May 27-29, 1999 FAX: (617) 353-7755 (Please Type or Print) Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof: _____________________________________________________ Name: ______________________________________________________________ Affiliation: _______________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ City, State, Postal Code: __________________________________________ Phone and Fax: _____________________________________________________ Email: _____________________________________________________________ The conference registration fee includes the meeting program, reception, two coffee breaks each day, and meeting proceedings. The tutorial registration fee includes tutorial notes and two coffee breaks. CHECK ONE: ( ) $70 Conference plus Tutorial (Regular) ( ) $45 Conference plus Tutorial (Student) ( ) $45 Conference Only (Regular) ( ) $30 Conference Only (Student) ( ) $25 Tutorial Only (Regular) ( ) $15 Tutorial Only (Student) METHOD OF PAYMENT (please fax or mail): [ ] Enclosed is a check made payable to "Boston University". Checks must be made payable in US dollars and issued by a US correspondent bank. Each registrant is responsible for any and all bank charges. [ ] I wish to pay my fees by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card only). Name as it appears on the card: _____________________________________ Type of card: _______________________________________________________ Account number: _____________________________________________________ Expiration date: ____________________________________________________ Signature: __________________________________________________________

27 years, 7 months

Bridges Conference

by Gergely Csibra

Rejected message: sent to koglist(a)cogpsyphy.hu by SARHANGI(a)JINX.SCKANS.EDU follows. Reason for rejection: sender not subscribed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE ANNOUNCES =20 THE SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF BRIDGES: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science JULY 30 - AUGUST 1, 1999 Suggested Topics: Fractals, Math and Music, Tessellations, Geometry in Quilting M.C. Escher Work, Math and 3-Dimensional Art, Origami Mathematics and Architecture, Computer-Generated Art Math and Art in Culture, Art in Hyperbolic Geometry The Conference publishes a refereed proceedings of presented papers. Papers accepted for publication should follow the proceedings format and be camera ready; however, for review they don't need to follow a set format. Interested authors must submit their papers by 1/15/99 for review. The authors will be notified of their papers' status and in case of acceptance will receive papers for revision by 3/15/99. Authors need to resubmit the papers in formatted, revised form by 5/2/99. In this step, the original clear figures and graphs should be submitted with the papers. If a presenter is not able to submit a paper for presentation, he or she may send an abstract (not more than 1 page) to be published in the Conference Proceedings . There is no reviewing process for abstracts. The deadline for abstracts is 4/23/99. There is a registration fee of $40.00 for each day or $100.00 for the entire conference plus $25.00 for a Proceedings. The 1998 Bridges Proceedings is available for purchase (Barnes & Noble, Phone: (316) 685-3600, Fax: (316) 685-7729). Besides area motels, Southwestern College offers lodging and meals on campus. For participants who fly to Wichita (the closest airport to Winfield) and report their arrival and departure times in advance, there will be transportation available for the evening of July 29 and for the morning of August 2.=20 For more information (or if you want to add your e-mail to the mailing list) you may contact: =20 Professor Reza Sarhangi, Bridges, Southwestern College, 100 College Street, Winfield, KS, 67156. =20 E-mail: sarhangi(a)jinx.sckans.edu, (316) 221-8373, Home Page: http://www.sckans.edu/~bridges/ You may also contact the following Bridges Advisory Board members regarding the conference: East: Professor Nat Friedman, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University At Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, E-mail: artmath(a)math.albany.edu, (518) 442-4621 West: Professor Carlo S=E9quin, Computer Science Division, EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, E-mail:= sequin(a)cs.berkeley.edu,=20 (510) 642-5103 =20 =20 =20 Reza Sarhangi, Ph.D. Chair, Mathematics Department =20 Southwestern College =20 100 College Street =20 Winfield, KS 67156 =20 =20 E-mail: sarhangi(a)jinx.sckans.edu =20 Tel: (316) 221-8373 =20 Fax: (316) 221-8224 =20 http: //www.sckans.edu/~math/ =20 http://www.sckans.edu/~bridges/ =20

27 years, 7 months

Kognitiv Doktori dikakok szakmai beszamoloja

by csaba pleh

Kedves Mindenki, mint bizonyara tudjatok, a Kognitiv Doktori diakok szakmai beszamoloja november 16-an, hetfon 1 orakor kezdodik. Helyszin a Tanari Klub a Szerb utcaban. korulbelul 13-16 emberre szamitunk, igy mindenkire 15 perc jut kerdesekkel egyutt. Ez eleg arra, hogy munkatok kontextusat es nehany konkret eredmenyt bemutassatok. A Tanari Klubban mindenfele segedeszkoz megtalalhato. Meghivot kuldunk a tobbi pszichologia program vezetoinek es az osszes PhD-s diaknak. Arra kerek mindenkit, hogy nov. 6.-ig kuldje el eloadasa figyelemfelkelto! cimet es abstractjat az aszalos(a)alpha0.iki.kfki.hu cimre (tehat NE replayjal valaszoljatok!). A figyelemfelkelto cim pl. Ovodas gyermekek vizelesenek kondicionalasa aramutessel (Csabatol) vagy A kartezianus ego megjelenese es eltunese generativ halozatok eseten (ez tolem) A hataridot tartsatok be es sok sikert: PeterCsaba Pleh associate professor Dept General Psychology Eotvos Lorand U Budapest 64 P.O. Box 4 Hungary 1378 T.: 36 13423130 Fax: 36 13423109 Home: 36 23 453932 or 453 933

27 years, 7 months

Fw: Central European University

by Forrai Gábor

Ime a CEU filozofiai doctoral support programjanak leirasa. ---------- > Feladó: Jason Kelleher <Kellehej(a)CEU.HU> > Címzett: European.Society.of.Analytic.Philosophy(a)orion.ceu.hu > Tárgy: Central European University > Dátum: 1998. október 19. 17:56 > > Dear Members of the Central European Section of the European Society > of Analytic Philosophy: > > Prof. Robert M. Harnish, who participated in your organization's > August meeting, suggested that I contact you with regards to a new > program he will be offering here at Central European University in > Budapest. > > From January 1999, Prof. Harnish will be leading a doctoral support > program in Philosophy, focusing on the theme of "Social Reality: Its > Nature and Knowability." Participants in the program will be doctoral > students from other universities who would like to utilize CEU's > library and faculty for purposes of assisting them in writing their > dissertation. > > Full fellowships are available for students from Central and Eastern > Europe and the former Soviet Union. > > If you would not mind posting the attached program description in > your department, Prof. Harnish and I would very much appreciate your > assistance. In the event your system has difficulties with attached > files, I have also included the text within the body of this email. > > Thank you in advance for your assistance, and please do not hesitate > to contact me if I can return the favor. > > Best wishes, > Jason Kelleher > > > > > Central European University > Budapest, Hungary > _____________________________________ > > > Central European University > is now accepting applications for the > > ********** > > PHILOSOPHY DOCTORAL SUPPORT PROGRAM > > ********** > > for Academic Year 1998/1999, Semester II > and Academic Year 1999/2000, Semesters I and II > > > > THE PROGRAM > The doctoral support program in Philosophy was introduced in 1997 to > assist students enrolled in philosophy PhD programs at other > universities in developing their dissertations. During their term at > CEU, students receive consultation and supervision from CEU faculty > and attend seminars. Participants are encouraged to interact with the > other students and faculty, presenting their work in informal > workshops and contributing to the CEU community. While students in > the program are not obliged to participate in classes outside of the > core colloquium, they may at their discretion. > > Each year, a different academic theme is chosen as a point of focus; > during the 1998/99 academic year, the topic will be Social Reality: > Its Nature and Knowability. > > Candidates from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet > Union are eligible for full Soros Fellowships, which provide a full > tuition waiver, living and travel expenses. Additional financial > aid programs including full and half academic merit tuition waivers > and student loans are also available on a competitive basis. > > FACULTY > Program Director > Robert M. Harnish (PhD, Philosophy and Linguistics, Massachusetts > Institute of Technology) is a professor of philosophy and > linguistics, and research professor of cognitive science at the > University of Arizona (Tucson). His research interests include > language, cognitive science and early analytic philosophy. He has > co-authored both Linguistic Communication and Speech Acts, MIT Press > (1979) an Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication, > 4ed., MIT Press (1995). He is co-editor of The Representation of > Knowledge and Belief, University of Arizona Press (1986); Neural > Connections, Mental Computation, MIT Press (1989) and editor of > Basic Topics in the Philosophy of Language, Prentice-Hall (1994). > His most recent book, Minds, Brains and Computers will be published > by Blackwelll. He has been a visiting professor in Aix-en-Provence, > Paris, Graz, Melbourne, and Pecs. > > In addition, over 100 professors from around the world teach at CEU, > hailing from countries including Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, > Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic > of Yugoslavia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, > Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, > Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Spain, Ukraine, the United > Kingdom and the United States. Additionally, CEU hosts a number of > visiting professors who give frequent lectures and seminars, thus > giving students access to highly respected academics from other > institutions. > > LIBRARY RESOURCES > CEU's Budapest Library holds the largest collection of > English-language materials in the social sciences and humanities in > Central and Eastern Europe. New materials are constantly acquired, > particularly within the disciplines of CEU's academic departments and > programs. Recently published English-language monographs and serials > in economics, environmental sciences, history, international > relations and European studies, law and political science can be > found in the collection, many of which are unique to Hungary. The > basic literature of specialized fields such as gender studies, > nationalism and Southeast European history is also richly > represented. The Budapest Library aims to become a leading research > and information center in the region using all available means of > information technology. > > The library currently holds more than 100,000 volumes of monographs > and 1000 periodical titles. In addition, the libraries are equipped > with the latest data-retrieval technology. Several CD-ROM databases > are available to users through CEU's local network. These include > Academic Search (full text elite edition), Business Source Elite, > Environmental Abstracts, Geobase, CAB International, Justis Celex, > Legaltrac, PAIS International, Sociofile, Econlit NPA (database of > periodicals available in Hungary), Bookfind and Library of Congress > CD-MARC Bibliographies, etc... > > The Budapest Library subscribes to 4 on-line databases and several > major international databases and the World Wide Web for all users. > The library plans to expand and develop its multimedia capabilities > in order to utilize more fully this rapidly developing technology. > > CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY > Central European University (CEU) is an internationally recognized > institution of post-graduate education in the social sciences. It > seeks to contribute to the development of open societies in > Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by promoting a > system of education in which ideas are creatively, critically, and > comparatively examined. CEU serves as an advanced center of > research and policy analysis and facilitates academic dialogue while > preparing its graduates to serve as the region's next generation of > leaders and scholar. > > CEU has an absolute charter from the Board of Regents of the State of > New York (US) and is a member of the Association of European > Universities. > > STUDENT BODY > During the 1998/99 academic year, CEU enrolled 700 students drawn > from over 40 countries including those of Central and Eastern Europe > and the former Soviet Union (CEE/fSU), Western Europe, North > America and Asia. > > APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM > Applicants to the program in Philosophy should complete the special > CEU application form (or the standard CEU application form, writing > in Philosophy as their program of choice) and include all > requested attachments. In addition, participants are expected to > include a 3-5 page summary of their dissertation project, a 1-2 page > summary of what the applicant hopes to obtain during the course of > studies at CEU, as well as a letter of support from his/her > dissertation advisor. > > Candidates must be currently enrolled as PhD students pursuing > studies in philosophy and will be required to sit for the Test of > English as a Foreign Language and the CEU Test of Essay Writing > Skills. > > > APPLICATION DEADLINES > For entry to Semester II, 1998/1999: > ** November 15, 1998 and December 1, 1998 ** > Candidates for admission are strongly encouraged > to submit their documents by the earlier > deadline to receive early notification of > admissions decisions. > > For entry to Semester I or II, 1999/2000: > ** February 15, 1999 ** > > Applications received after the deadline will be considered on a > case-by-case basis. Late applicants must demonstrate outstanding > potential to be considered for admission. > > For additional information and application materials, please > contact: > CEU Admissions Office > Nador u. 9 > 1051 Budapest > HUNGARY > > Tel: (36-1) 327-3009; Fax: (36-1) 327-3211 > Email: admissions(a)ceu.hu; Web Site: http://www.ceu.hu > > Non-Discrimination Policy- Central European University does not > discriminate on the basis of - including, but not limited to - race, > color, national and ethnic origin, religion, gender or sexual or > orientation in administering its educational policies, admissions policies, > scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other > school-administered programs. > > > ******************************************************** > Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Alumni Affairs > Central European University > Nador u. 9 > 1051 Budapest 5 --- Hungary > Tel: (36-1) 327-3212 --- Fax: (36-1) 327-3028 > Email: Kellehej(a)ceu.hu > *********************************************************

27 years, 7 months

Implicit Knowledge: BBS Call for Commentators + Announcements

by Stevan Harnad

Below is the abstract of a forthcoming BBS target article (see also 4 important announcements about new BBS policies and address change at the bottom of this message) A THEORY OF IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE by Zoltan Dienes and Josef Perner This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be BBS Associates or nominated by a BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator for this article, to suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS Associate, please send EMAIL to: bbs(a)cogsci.soton.ac.uk or write to: Behavioral and Brain Sciences ECS: New Zepler Building University of Southampton Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/ http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/ ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/ ftp://ftp.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/pub/bbs/ gopher://gopher.princeton.edu:70/11/.libraries/.pujournals If you are not a BBS Associate, please send your CV and the name of a BBS Associate (there are currently over 10,000 worldwide) who is familiar with your work. All past BBS authors, referees and commentators are eligible to become BBS Associates. To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, please give some indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring your areas of expertise to bear if you were selected as a commentator. An electronic draft of the full text is available for inspection with a WWW browser, anonymous ftp or gopher according to the instructions that follow after the abstract. _____________________________________________________________ A THEORY OF IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE Zoltan Dienes Experimental Psychology University of Sussex Brighton Sussex BN1 9QG England dienes(a)epunix.susx.ac.uk and Josef Perner Institut fuer Psychologie Universitaet Salzburg Hellbrunnerstrasse 34 A-5020 Salzburg Austria josef.perner(a)sbg.ac.at KEYWORDS:Implicit knowledge, consciousness, automaticity, memory, cognitive development, visual perception, artificial grammar learning ABSTRACT: The implicit-explicit distinction is applied to knowledge representations. Knowledge is taken to be an attitude towards a proposition which is true. The proposition itself predicates a property to some entity. Number of ways in which knowledge can be implicit or explicit emerge. If a higher aspect is known explicitly then each lower one must also be known explicitly; this parital hierarchy reduces the number of ways in which knowledge can be explicit. In most important type of implicit knowledge, representations merely reflect the property of objects or events without predicating them of any particular entity. The clearest case of explicit knowledge of a fact are reflective representations of one's own attitude of knowing that fact. These distinctions are discussed in their relationship to similar distinctions like procedural- declarative, conscious-unconscious, verbalizable- nonverbalizable, direct-indirect tests, and automatic-voluntary control. This is followed by an outline of how these distinctions can be used to integrate and relate the often divergent uses of the implicit-explicit distinction in different research areas. We illustrate this for visual perception, memory, cognitive development, and artificial grammar learning. ____________________________________________________________ To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable from the World Wide Web or by anonymous ftp from the US or UK BBS Archive. Ftp instructions follow below. Please do not prepare a commentary on this draft. Just let us know, after having inspected it, what relevant expertise you feel you would bring to bear on what aspect of the article. The URLs you can use to get to the BBS Archive: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/ http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/bbs.dienes.html ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/bbs.dienes ftp://ftp.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/pub/bbs/Archive/bbs.dienes To retrieve a file by ftp from an Internet site, type either: ftp ftp.princeton.edu or ftp 128.112.128.1 When you are asked for your login, type: anonymous Enter password as queried (your password is your actual userid: yourlogin(a)yourhost.whatever.whatever - be sure to include the "@") cd /pub/harnad/BBS To show the available files, type: ls Next, retrieve the file you want with (for example): get bbs.dienes When you have the file(s) you want, type: quit ____________________________________________________________ FOUR IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) There have been some extremely important developments in the area of Web archiving of scientific papers very recently. Please see: Science: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/science.html Nature: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/nature.html American Scientist: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/amlet.html Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/free/v45/i04/04a02901.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) All authors in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences are strongly encouraged to archive all their papers (on their Home-Servers as well as) on CogPrints: http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/ It is extremely simple to do so and will make all of our papers available to all of us everywhere at no cost to anyone. --------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) BBS has a new policy of accepting submissions electronically. Authors can specify whether they would like their submissions archived publicly during refereeing in the BBS under-refereeing Archive, or in a referees-only, non-public archive. Upon acceptance, preprints of final drafts are moved to the public BBS Archive: ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/.WWW/index.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) BBS has expanded its annual page quota and is now appearing bimonthly, so the service of Open Peer Commentary can now be be offered to more target articles. The BBS refereeing procedure is also going to be considerably faster with the new electronic submission and processing procedures. Authors are invited to submit papers to: Email: bbs(a)cogsci.soton.ac.uk Web: http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk http://bbs.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/ Paper/Disk: [NOTE ADDRESS CHANGE] Behavioral and Brain Sciences Department of Electronics and Computer Science New Zepler Building University of Southampton Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/instructions.for.authors.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/instructions.for.authors.html

27 years, 7 months

BBS Call (Neuron Doctrine) + 3 important announcements

by Stevan Harnad

3 important announcements, followed by BBS Call for Commentators (Gold/Stoljar: Neuron Doctrine): ------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) There have been some very important developments in the area of Web archiving of scientific papers in this last month. Please see: Science: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/science.html Nature: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/nature.html American Scientist: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/amlet.html Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/free/v45/i04/04a02901.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) All authors in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences are strongly encouraged to archive all their papers on their Home-Servers as well as on CogPrints: http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/ It is extremely simple to do so and will make all of our papers available to all of us everywhere at no cost to anyone. --------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) BBS has a new policy of accepting submissions electronically. Authors can specify whether they would like their submissions archived publicly during refereeing in the BBS under-refereeing Archive, or in a referees-only, non-public archive. Upon acceptance, preprints of final drafts are moved to the public BBS Archive: ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/.WWW/index.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Below is the abstract of a forthcoming BBS target article on: A NEURON DOCTRINE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF NEUROSCIENCE by Ian Gold & Daniel Stoljar This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be BBS Associates or nominated by a BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator for this article, to suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS Associate, please send EMAIL to: bbs(a)cogsci.soton.ac.uk or write to: Behavioral and Brain Sciences ECS: New Zepler Building University of Southampton Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/ http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/ ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/ ftp://ftp.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/pub/bbs/ gopher://gopher.princeton.edu:70/11/.libraries/.pujournals If you are not a BBS Associate, please send your CV and the name of a BBS Associate (there are currently over 10,000 worldwide) who is familiar with your work. All past BBS authors, referees and commentators are eligible to become BBS Associates. To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, please give some indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring your areas of expertise to bear if you were selected as a commentator. An electronic draft of the full text is available for inspection with a WWW browser, anonymous ftp or gopher according to the instructions that follow after the abstract. _____________________________________________________________ A NEURON DOCTRINE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF NEUROSCIENCE Ian Gold Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia iangold(a)coombs.anu.edu.au Daniel Stoljar Department of Philosophy and Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309 stoljar(a)colorado.edu and Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia dstoljar(a)coombs.anu.edu.au KEYWORDS: Churchlands, classical conditioning, cognitive neuroscience, Kandel, learning, materialism, mind, naturalism, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, philosophy of neuroscience, psychology, reduction, theoretical unification ABSTRACT: Many neuroscientists and philosophers endorse a view about the explanatory reach of neuroscience which we will call the neuron doctrine to the effect that the framework for understanding the mind will be developed by neuroscience; or, as we will put it, that a successful theory of the mind will be solely neuroscientific. It is a consequence of this view that the sciences of the mind that cannot be expressed by means of neuroscientific concepts alone count as indirect sciences that will be discarded as neuroscience matures. This consequence is what makes the doctrine substantive, indeed, radical. We ask, first, what the neuron doctrine means and, second, whether it is true. In answer to the first question, we distinguish two versions of the doctrine. One version, the trivial neuron doctrine, turns out to be uncontroversial but unsubstantive because it fails to have the consequence that the non-neuroscientific sciences of the mind will eventually be discarded. A second version, the radical neuron doctrine, does have this consequence, but, unlike the first doctrine, is highly controversial. We argue that the neuron doctrine appears to be both substantive and uncontroversial only as a result of a conflation of these two versions. We then consider whether the radical doctrine is true. We present and evaluate three arguments for it, based either on general scientific and philosophical considerations or on the details of neuroscience itself; arguing that all three fail. We conclude that the evidence fails to support the radical neuron doctrine. ____________________________________________________________ To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable from the World Wide Web or by anonymous ftp from the US or UK BBS Archive. Ftp instructions follow below. Please do not prepare a commentary on this draft. Just let us know, after having inspected it, what relevant expertise you feel you would bring to bear on what aspect of the article. The URLs you can use to get to the BBS Archive: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/ http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/bbs.gold.html ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/bbs.gold ftp://ftp.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/pub/bbs/Archive/bbs.gold To retrieve a file by ftp from an Internet site, type either: ftp ftp.princeton.edu or ftp 128.112.128.1 When you are asked for your login, type: anonymous Enter password as queried (your password is your actual userid: yourlogin(a)yourhost.whatever.whatever - be sure to include the "@") cd /pub/harnad/BBS To show the available files, type: ls Next, retrieve the file you want with (for example): get bbs.gold When you have the file(s) you want, type: quit

27 years, 8 months

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships at Johns Hopkins

by Gergely Csibra

Rejected message: sent to koglist(a)cogpsyphy.hu by KMCCUMB(a)MRI.JHU.EDU follows. Reason for rejection: sender not subscribed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering Department invites applications for the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This program is funded by the Whitaker Foundation. It aims to promote an inter-disciplinary approach to the study of complex biomedical systems and provide the very best of the recently graduated PhDs an opportunity to perform independent research in a supportive environment. Each recipient will be sponsored by two faculty, at least one of which must have a primary appointment in BME. Of particular interest are candidates with a background in computational neuroscience who wish to pursue projects in laboratories of the Systems Neuroscience or Theoretical and Computational Biology groups of faculty. Salary of the fellows will start at $30,000 per year, with additional funds to cover health insurance. The duration of the fellowship is two years. Interested applicants should submit the following documents: * CV * Two letters of reference * Two page summary of research interests Send your application materials to: Dr. Murray Sachs Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 720 Rutland Ave Baltimore, MD 21205 Deadline for receipt of applications is Dec. 15, 1998. For further information: http://www.bme.jhu.edu/postdoc/ The Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Institution.

27 years, 8 months

Representation: Psycoloquy Call for Commentators

by Stevan Harnad

Markman/Dietrich: Representation/Mediation The target article whose abstract appears below has just appeared in PSYCOLOQUY, a refereed journal of Open Peer Commentary sponsored by the American Psychological Association. Qualified professional biobehavioral, neural or cognitive scientists are hereby invited to submit Open Peer Commentary on it. Please email for Instructions if you are not familiar with format or acceptance criteria for PSYCOLOQUY commentaries (all submissions are refereed). To submit articles and commentaries or to seek information: EMAIL: psyc(a)pucc.princeton.edu URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/psyc.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc AUTHOR'S RATIONALE FOR SOLICITING COMMENTARY: There has been a growing sentiment in cognitive science, particularly among advocates of dynamical systems and situated action, that traditional approaches to representation should be abandoned. Calls for the elimination of representation, as well as previous attempts to defend representation, have unfortunately talked past each other for a lack of common ground. This target article attempts to provide a common ground for the debate over representation. Many proponents of representations are searching for a single representational system to serve as the basis of all cognitive models; this paper argues that multiple approaches to representation must coexist in cognitive models. We also hope to elicit discussion about what properties of representations are critical for cognitive models. Full text of article available at: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?9.48 or ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.48.re… ----------------------------------------------------------------------- psycoloquy.98.9.48.representation-mediation.1.markman Mon Oct 5 1998 ISSN 1055-0143 (68 paragraphs, 78 references, 1297 lines) PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA) Copyright 1998 Arthur B. Markman & Eric Dietrich IN DEFENSE OF REPRESENTATION AS MEDIATION Arthur B. Markman Department of Psychology University of Texas Austin, TX 78712 markman(a)psy.utexas.edu http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/FACULTY/Markman/index.html Eric Dietrich PACCS Program in Philosophy Binghamton University Binghamton, NY dietrich(a)binghamton.edu http://www.binghamton.edu/philosophy/home/faculty/index.htm ABSTRACT: Some cognitive scientists have asserted that cognitive processing is not well modeled by classical notions of representation and process that have dominated psychology and artificial intelligence since the cognitive revolution. In response to this claim, the concept of a mediating state is developed. Mediating states are the class of information-carrying internal states used by cognitive systems, and as such are accepted even by those researchers who reject representations. The debate over representation, then, is actually one about what additional properties of mediating states are necessary for explaining cognitive processing. Five properties that can be added to mediating states are examined for their importance in cognitive models. KEYWORDS: compositionality, computation, connectionism, discrete states, dynamic Systems, explanation, information, meaning, mediating states, representation, rules, semantic Content symbols Full text of article available at: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?9.48 or ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.48.re… To submit articles and commentaries or to seek information: EMAIL: psyc(a)pucc.princeton.edu URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/psyc.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc

27 years, 8 months

Social Cognitive Bias: PSYCOLOQUYy Call for Commentary

by Stevan Harnad

Krueger: Social Cognitive Bias The target article whose abstract appears below has just appeared in PSYCOLOQUY, a refereed journal of Open Peer Commentary sponsored by the American Psychological Association. Qualified professional biobehavioral, neural or cognitive scientists are hereby invited to submit Open Peer Commentary on it. Please email for Instructions if you are not familiar with format or acceptance criteria for PSYCOLOQUY commentaries (all submissions are refereed). To submit articles and commentaries or to seek information: EMAIL: psyc(a)pucc.princeton.edu URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/psyc.html http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc To retrieve the article: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?9.46 or ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.46.so… AUTHOR'S RATIONALE FOR SOLICITING COMMENTARY: My contention is that social psychological research has depicted social perception in an excessively negative light by relying too much on demonstrations of various irrational biases. Normative models of good judgment have been too restrictive, and the prevalent testing strategy has equated good judgment with the truth of a null hypothesis. Rejections of such null hypotheses have then been interpreted as evidence for bias. I am particularly interested in learning how psychologists and methodologists respond to the idea that the use of multiple theories and methods will improve our understanding of social perception. I realize that my proposal is incomplete because breaking the predominance of the single ruling inference strategy (Null Hypothesis Significance Testing) may make it harder to draw comparisons between studies. How can the field preserve its coherence, while abandoning its traditional ways? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- psycoloquy.98.9.46.social-bias.1.krueger Fri Oct 2 1998 ISSN 1055-0143 (21 paragraphs, 41 references, 4 notes, 647 lines) PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA) Copyright 1998 Joachim Krueger THE BET ON BIAS: A FOREGONE CONCLUSION? Joachim Krueger Department of Psychology Brown University, Box 1853 Providence, RI 02912 USA Joachim_Krueger(a)Brown.edu http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Psychology/faculty/krueger.html ABSTRACT: Social psychology has painted a picture of human misbehavior and irrational thinking. For example, prominent social cognitive biases are said to distort consensus estimation, self perception, and causal attribution. The thesis of this target article is that the roots of this negativistic paradigm lie in the joint application of narrow normative theories and statistical testing methods designed to reject those theories. Suggestions for balancing the prevalent paradigm include (a) modifications to the ruling rituals of Null Hypothesis Significance Testing, (b) revisions of what is considered a normative response, and (c) increased emphasis on individual differences in judgment. KEYWORDS: Bayes' rule, bias, hypothesis testing, individual differences probability, rationality, significance testing, social cognition, statistical inference To retrieve the article: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?9.46 or ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.46.so…

27 years, 8 months

MAKOG' 99

by Erdi Peter

KONFERENCIA FELHI'VA'S A Magyar Kogniti'v Tudoma'nyi Alapi'tva'ny most ma'r szoka'sos e'vi konferenica'ja't ========================================= " Dinamika e's megismere's ========================================= ci'mmel rendezzu"k. A konferencia ideje: 1999 februa'r 1 - 3. Helye: Visegra'd A konferencia ce'lja, hogy hangsu'lyozzuk, egyre'szt maga a megismere'si teve'kenyse', ma'sreszt a megismero" rendszerek kialakula'sa is ido"beli folyamat. Kisse' ma'ske'nt fogalmazva, azt a ke'rde'st sza'nde'kozunk ko:rbe ja'rni, hogy a dinamikus rendszerek fogalmi e's matematikai appara'tusa mit nyujthat (e's mit nem) a megismere'studoma'nynak. Elso"sorban a megadott nagy te'mako"rt szem elo"tt tarto' refera'tumokra sza'mi'tunk, de etto"l elte'ro" tematika'ju' elo"ada'sokat is szi'vesen la'tunk. Va'runk teha't - neurobiolo'gusokat (legyenek azok anato'musok, fiziolo'gusok, viselkede'skutato'k stb, so"t "computational neuroscientist"-ek); - agyfejlo"de'st tanulma'nyozo' neurolo'gusokat, - pszicholo'gusokat (pszichofiziolo'gusokat, memo'ria- e's tanula'skutato'kat, csecsemo- tova'bba' nyelvpszicholo'gusokat, fejlo"de'sle'lektanban ja'rtasakat; - dinamikus modellek terveze'se'vel e's elemze'se'vel foglalkozo' teoretikusokat, - mesterse'ges intelligencia kutato'kat e's sza'mta'stechnikusokat; - filozo'fusokat - e's minden e'rdeklo"do"t. Az idei konferencia'n ke't tutorial segi'tse'ge'vel igyekszik ke't jeles tana'r a te'mako:r matematikai e's eszmeto:rte'beti ha'ttere't megvila'gi'tani. 1. To'th Ja'nos: A dinamikai rendszerek elme'lete'nek alapfogalmai 2. Kampis Gyo:rgy: Dinamikus modellek eszmeto:rte'nete Lesz tova'bba' egy Esti Fo"elo'ada's: La'bos Eleme'r: Fontosabb dinamikai metafora'k az ismeretek fejlo"de'slogika'ja'hoz A konferencia programja'ra vonatkozo' o:tleteket szivesen fogadunk Szeretne'nk, ha SOK DIA'K is jo:nne, eze'rt ke'rju:k az ido"sebb kolle'ga'kat, hirdesse'k a konferencia't! U'gy gondoljuk, a re'szve'telidi'j "felno"teknek" 2600Ft, dia'koknak 1200 Ft lesz, A sza'lla's e's napi e'tkeze's ko"ltse'naponta kb. 2000Ft. A konferencia hirek ottlapja http://www.rmki.kfki.hu/biofiz/cneuro/makog99.html (karbantarto'ja, Lengyel Mate: lmate(a)rmki.kfki.hu) A konferencia't az MTA KFKI Re'szecske - e's Magfizikai Kutato'inte'zet Biofizikai Oszta'lya szervezi. E'rdi Pe'ter

27 years, 8 months

Jump to page:

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

koglist