Session on History of Cognitive Science

Kedves Kollegak! Ajanlom szives figyelmukbe az alabbi lehetoseget. Eloadokat es hallgatokat egyarant szivesen latunk. Udvozlettel: Ropolyi Laszlo -------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: Session on History of Cognitive Science The XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology will be held in Budapest between 28 July - 2 August, 2009. The congress will have forty sessions and about one hundred symposia. A special session of the congress will focus on the problems of history of cognitive science and related topics. We invite original contributions to the research on the broad field of cognitive science in the context of history of interdisciplinarity. The history of cognitive science has not yet attracted enough the attention of professional historians of science. The two most accepted texts on the subject (H. Gardner's "The Mind's New Science" (1985) and M. Boden's "Mind as Machine" (2006)) are done by insiders whose stories, although providing invaluable first-hand information, are inevitably framed by their authors. personal attitudes and academic preferences. The aim of the session is to bring together cognitive scientists, historians, philosophers and sociologists of science who are interested in re-thinking and filling out the insiders. stories by discussing the key issues in the half-century history of cognitive science in a broader historical, philosophical and social context. Informative and/or critical papers related to any aspect of the history or pre-history of cognitive science are welcome but priority will be given to texts which focus on the roots, the unfolding and the results (especially the added value, if any) of the cognitive interdisciplinary project, viewed as a part of the larger context of history of interdisciplinarity. If you are interested in the participation please visit the web site of the congress (note that the real deadline for abstract submission will be 6 March) and contact one of the session organizers. The web site: http://www.conferences.hu/ichst09/invitation.htm We plan to publish a book based on the presented papers. Kind regards, The Organizers: Lilia Gurova: lgurova(a)nbu.bg and Laszlo Ropolyi: ropolyi(a)elte.hu Please forward this to anyone who would be interested.