Language and thought conference

LANGUAGE and THOUGHT an interdisplinary conference organised by The Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies University of Sheffield 26-29 June 1996 VENUE Ranmoor House Hall of Residence, Shore Lane, Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3AY. Tel.: 0114 268 6656 Fax.: 0114 267 1709 TRAVEL By TAXI from the City Station (make sure you ask for Ranmoor House, not Ranmoor Hall which is some distance away). By BUS from the City Station. Take the Number 60 bus, getting off at Shore Lane, on the Fulwood Road. By CAR: travel through the city and past the University, following directions for Manchester. When you get to the main lights beyond the Broomhill shops, don't turn right up the Manchester Road (or if you do, turn left again down Shore Lane shortly thereafter), but carry along the Fulwood Road, past the Forte Crest Hotel, then turning right into Shore Lane. There is a sign indicating Ranmoor House at the turning. CONFERENCE COST AND PAYMENT RESIDENT: stlg135 (includes bed and breakfast for three days, lunches, dinners, coffees, hire of equipment, and conference fee of stlg20) NON-RESIDENT: stlg85 (as above, but less cost of bed and breakfast) Unfortunately, conference costs cannot be broken down further. All those attending the conference must pay at one or other of the above rates, irrespective of the actual duration of their attendance. PAYMENT should be in pounds sterling, by cheque drawn on a UK bank or by Eurocheque. If paying by cheque drawn on an overseas bank, add stlg8 for processing. Paper abstracts will be e-mailed to all those registered for the conference one-to-two weeks beforehand. A tear-off registration form is attached. Registration is not valid until payment has been received. DRAFT CONFERENCE PROGRAMME The conference will place much greater emphasis on debate and discussion than is usual. All sessions will have at least half of the available time set aside for open discussion. All sessions will start promptly at the times indicated. Wednesday 26 June 11-2 Arrival and registration. Lunch will be available for purchase from the Snack Bar. 2-3.30 Session 1 Susan Goldin-Meadow (Psychology, Chicago) 'Evidence from the signings of pre-conventional-language deaf children' 3.30-4 tea 4-6 Session 2 Juan-Carlos Gomez (Psychology, St Andrews) 'The co-evolution of language and social cognition' Barry Smith (Philosophy, Birkbeck) 'Is language necessary for thoughts about thoughts?' 6-7.30 dinner 7.30-9 Session 3 Annette Karmiloff-Smith (MRC-CDU, London) 'Rethinking innateness and modularity: a developmental perspective is not only necessary, it is crucial' 9-11.30 bar Thursday 27 June 7.30-9 breakfast 9-11 Session 4 Jill Boucher (Speech Science, Sheffield) 'Developmental language difficulties and their bearing on models of language acquisition' Yorick Wilks (Computer Science, Sheffield) 'Penrose on consciousness and the place of language in cognition' 11-11.30 coffee 11.30-1 Session 5 Andy Clark (Cognitive Science, Washington MO) 'Magic words: how language augments human computation' 1-2.30 lunch 2.30-4.30 Session 6 Peter Carruthers (Philosophy, Sheffield) 'Thinking in language?: a plethora of possibilities; a paucity of evidence' Gabriel Segal (Philosophy, KCL) 'Title to be announced' 4.30-5 tea 5-7 Session 7 Rosemary Varley (Speech Science, Sheffield) 'Aphasic language and aphasic thought' Christopher Hookway (Philosophy, Sheffield) 'Cognition and the logic of questions' 7-8 reception 8-9.30 dinner 9.30-11.30 bar Friday 28 June 7.30-9 breakfast 9-11 Session 8 Mick Perkins (Speech Science, Sheffield) 'The Compensations of an Unbalanced Mind: a cognitive-interactive account of disorders of language and thought' Stephen Laurence (Philosophy, Manchester) 'Convention-based versus a Chomskian approach to semantics' 11-11.30 coffee 11.30-1 Session 9 Josef Perner (Psychology, Salzburg) 'The metarepresentational nature of the central executive' 1-2.30 lunch 2.30-4 Session 10: Poster sessions will be available, with a packed lunch, for those wishing to feast their eyes and clear their heads. Please indicate on the registration form if you plan to take this option. 4-4.30 tea 4.30-6 Session 11 Neil Smith (Linguistics, UCL) and Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli (Linguistics, Cambridge) 'Modules and quasi-modules: evidence from a polyglot savant' 6-7.30 dinner 7.30-9 Session 12: Dan Sperber (CREA, Paris) and Deirdre Wilson (Linguistics, UCL) 'The Mapping Between the Mental and the Public Lexicon' 9-11.30 bar Saturday 29 June 7.30-9 breakfast 9-11 Session 13 Stevan Harnad (Psychology, Southampton) 'Narrow content and the task of psychology' Peter Hobson (Tavistock Clinic, London) 'The interpersonal foundations of symbolic thinking and language' 11-11.30 coffee 11.30-1 Session 14 Daniel Dennett (Philosophy, Tufts) 'Title to be announced' 1-2 lunch 2- depart RESIDENTS REMEMBER TO RETURN YOUR KEYS ________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FORM Please tear off and return the completed form, with payment, to: Professor Peter Carruthers, L&T conference, Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK. Name: affiliation: Full postal address: e-mail: Conference Fee (either resident or non-resident) Non-resident: stlg 85* Resident: stlg 135* Late registration fee: stlg 10* (if registering after 1st June 1996) Clearance fee: stlg 8* (if not paying by cheque on UK bank or by Eurocheque) Total stlg sterling Vegetarian diet* Coach trip to Derbyshire Peaks* Cheque enclosed* (payable to THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD) I plan to attend the L&T conference in Sheffield, and enclose payment. signed _______________________ date * please tick as appropriate ______________________________________________________ Professor Peter Carruthers Department of Philosophy University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN, UK tel.: (+44) (0)114 282 4876 fax.: (+44) (0)114 279 8760