25 Jun
2013
25 Jun
'13
11:38 a.m.
PLEASE NOTE: Our seminar room has a limited capacity. Please arrive early to ensure you
get a seat. The talk will begin promptly at 5.
The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will by given this week by:
Juan-Carlos Gomez
University of St Andrews
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 5 PM
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
Title: Evolving joint attention: reference, expression, and intentionality
Abstract: I will present a comparative approach to understanding Joint Attention skills in
evolution and development as a key turning point in the emergence of communicative and
mentalising skills in evolution. I will discuss examples of pointing, gaze following, and
eye contact in apes, human infants, and persons with autism. I will argue that Joint
Attention behaviours instantiate a type of mentalism (or intersubjectivity) characterized
by the display and coding of referential expression. Referential expression is built on
the coordination of intentional relations of two types: third-order (coding relation of
other agents to objects), and second-order (coding relations of other agents to oneself).
I will contrast these notions with the reductionist notions of behavioural rules and
behavioral abstractions.
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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