Conference flier: Evolving the human mind

Evolving the human mind An international interdisciplinary conference on the evolution of human cognition University of Sheffield 2 pm Wednesday 24 June 1998 u 2 pm Saturday 27 June 1998 sponsored by The Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield s10 2tn, uk Participants will include: Simon Baron-Cohen (Psychology, Cambridge) Derek Bickerton (Linguistics, Hawaii) George Botterill (Philosophy, Sheffield) Richard Byrne (Psychology, St Andrews) Pascal Boyer (Anthropology, Lyon) Peter Carruthers (Philosophy, Sheffield) Andrew Chamberlain (Archaeology, Sheffield) Patty Cowell (Communication Sci., Sheffield) Fiona Cowie (Philosophy, Caltech) Robin Dunbar (Psychology, Liverpool) James Hurford (Linguistics, Edinburgh) Alan Leslie (Psychology, Rutgers) John Locke (Communication Sci., Sheffield) Andrew Mayes (Neurology, Sheffield) Bill McGrew (Anthropology, Miami Ohio) Steven Mithen (Archaeology, Reading) Adam Morton (Philosophy, Bristol) Gloria Origgi (Philosophy, Milan) David Papineau (Philosophy, KCL) Kate Robson Brown (Archaeology, Bristol) Peter K Smith (Psychology, GoldsmithAEs) Dan Sperber (Anthropology, CREA Paris) Stephen Stich (Philosophy, Rutgers) Thomas Wynn (Anthropology, Colorado) There will be opportunities for poster presentations; abstracts to be e-mailed to the address below. There will be opportunities for postgraduate presentations at the end of the conference, with subsidy. Draft papers (3-6,000 words) should be submitted by 1 April 1998. For details contact the e-mail address below. Full programme and costs will be available in April 1998. To be placed on the e-mail information list for this conference please e-mail: p.carruthers(a)sheffield.ac.uk