Summer School Course “Thinking About the Possible” at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, from 9 July, 2018 till 14 July, 2018 __________________________________________________________ Dear All, CEU's summer school “Thinking About the Possible” invites applications from graduate students, junior faculty, researchers and practitioners in universities and other institutions from all over the world. Thinking about the possible and impossible and exploring counterfactual (“what if?”) scenarios are fundamental aspects of the human mind. The boundary conditions for counterfactual thinking, and the extent to which it shares the same underlying cognitive machinery with related abilities such as episodic future thinking and pretend play, are currently the subjects of substantial debate in philosophy and psychology. The course will bring together diverse perspectives on imagination and counterfactual reasoning, with seminars offered by faculty from the fields of Developmental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Informatics on a range of topics. Course participants will learn about empirical techniques and findings from studies in cognitive development, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience and will engage with theoretical perspectives on the nature of imagination and counterfactual reasoning. We would appreciate if you could spread this information to your colleagues, students and research fellows. Course Director(s): Patricia Ganea<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4837> Jackman Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto Agnes Kovacs<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/3133> Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University Course Faculty: Sarah Beck<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4726> Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham Ruth Byrne<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4838> Trinity Institute of Neurosciences (TCIN), Trinity College Dublin Gergely Csibra<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/795> Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University Felipe de Brigard<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4845> Department of Philosophy, Duke University Paul Harris<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4839> Graduate School of Education, Harvard University Christoph Hoerl<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4840> Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick Ferenc Huoranszki<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/1768> Department of Philosophy, Central European University Karen S. Lewis<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4844> Department of Philosophy, Barnard College, Columbia University Christopher Lucas<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4846> School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh Teresa McCormack<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4841> School of Psychology, Queen's University Eva Rafetseder <https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4842> Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling Erno Teglas<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4854> Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University Caren Walker<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4843> Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego Application deadline: 14 February 2018 Tuition waivers are available. The online platform will become available in December. Follow the instructions on the summeruniversity.ceu.edu . More detailed information available at https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2018-07-09/thinking-about-possible-… Kind regards, Györgyné Finta (Réka) Department Coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Central European University Department of Cognitive Science H-1051 Budapest Oktober 6 utca 7. tel: (36-1) 887-5138 fax: (36-1) 887-5010 http://www.ceu.edu http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu