===================================================================== George Kampis, Associate Professor, Chairman, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, ELTE University, Budapest, H-1088 Rakoczi u. 5., Hungary Phone/FAX: (36) 1 266 4954 email: gk(a)hps.elte.hu http://hps.elte.hu ftp://hps.elte.hu ===================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:09:15 -0500 From: GBRansom(a)AOL.COM To: Multiple recipients of list HOPOS-L &lt;HOPOS-L(a)VMA.CC.ND.EDU&gt; Subject: WEBSEMINAR: B. Smith on Hayek & Connectionism Web Seminar -- Barry Smith on Hayek & Connectionism, Nov. 5 - 13th Barry Smith of the Department of Philosophy & Center for Cognitive Science at the University of Buffalo will be conducting an internet seminar on his newly published paper "The Connectionist Mind: A Study of Hayekian Psychology" between Wed. Nov. 5th and Thurs. Nov. 13th on the Hayek-L list: Hayek-L(a)maelstrom.stjohns.edu Smith's seminar paper is available on the Web at: http://wings.buffalo.edu/academic/department/philosophy/faculty/smith/ articles/HAYEK.HTM The format of the seminar will include an informal introduction to his paper by Dr. Smith and "Brain & Behavior Science"-type short review discussions of the paper solicited from Hayek-L participants with a background in cognitive science and related areas. Those with questions for Smith or with comments on his informative paper are welcome to participate in the discussion commencing Wednesday Nov. 5th and concluding Thursday Nov. 13th. To subscribe to the Hayek-L list, send the message: subscribe hayek-l <yourfirstname> <yourlastname> to: LISTSERV(a)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU A complete transcript of the seminar discussion will be available on the Web in the fully searchable Hayek-L electronic archive at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/hayek-l.html If you would like to be included among those who will submit short review discussions of Barry's paper, please send a note to the Hayek-L list host at: gregransom(a)aol.com Smith's paper is collected in _Hayek the Economist and Social Philosopher: A Critical Retrospect_, edited by S. Frowen. London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press. 1997. Friedrich Hayek is the author of the pathbreaking work in psychology and neuroscience _The Sensory Order_, and winner of the Nobel prize in economics. Hayek is notable as perhaps the first to provide a neurologically plausible mechanism intended to provide a functionalist solution to the problem of consciousness. For more on Hayek and his work in neuroscience and psychology, go to the Friedrich Hayek Scholars Page on the Web at: http://members.aol.com/gregransom/hayekpage.htm Greg Ransom gregransom(a)aol.com Hayek-L coordinator