[SydPhil] [MacNaP] *Registration Reminder* - Cognition in Context (CiC), seminar series 2014- Dual Inheritance Models of Cultural Transmission - Kim Sterelny and Peter Godfrey Smith at Macquarie University - March 19th 2014

[Karola Stotz]

I am sure I had told you that I will attend? I haven't forgotten the
abstract, you will get it in the next few days, I promise.

Karola


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Mirko Farina <farinamirko at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Announcement*: Cognition in Context (CiC) 2014 Seminar Series -
>
> '*Dual Inheritance Models of Cultural Transmission'*-
>
> Workshop with Distinguished Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith (CUNY) and
> Professor Kim Sterelny (ANU) at Macquarie University (March 19th, 2014).
>
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>
> (Usual apologies for cross-posting this message)
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> **REGISTRATION REMINDER**
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>  To register attendance (if you haven't done so) please email Mirko Farina
> (farinamirko at gmail.com) no later than *tomorrow* - Tuesday, March 4th,
> 2014
>
> Thanks
>
>
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>
> Dear all,
>
>
> On March 19th, 2014 Distinguished Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith
> (Department of Philosophy, City University New York) and Professor Kim
> Sterelny (Department of Philosophy, ANU) will visit the Department of
> Cognitive Science and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its
> Disorders (CCD) at Macquarie University. Distinguished Professor Peter
> Godfrey-Smith (http://petergodfreysmith.com/) and Professor Kim Sterelny (
> https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/sterelny-k) are two prominent
> philosophers of biology and cognition. Their expertise spans a wide range
> of areas, including but not limited to the following: 1) philosophy of mind
> and cognition; 2) philosophy of biology; 3) philosophy of science and
> philosophy of language; 4) evolutionary biology and Darwinism; 5)
> pragmatism; 6) archaeology and palaecology; 7) evolutionary psychology.
>
>
>
> On Wednesday March 19th, 2014 (from *2:00 PM until 5:00 PM*, *Room 3.610,
> Level 3, Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Macquarie
> University, NSW 2109*), we will meet to discuss the contributions of
> dual-inheritance theories proposed by Peter Godfrey-Smith (2009, 2012,
> 2013) and Kim Sterelny (2012) to the understanding of cognitive and
> contextual processing. The meeting will explore the implications of such
> models of cultural transmission and analyse their relevance for explaining
> cultural behaviours and the evolution of human cognition. Questions of
> interest include, but are not limited to: What is a Darwinian individual?
> What are the distinct types of explanation associated with Darwinian
> population thinking? How do cooperation and environmental scaffolding
> support or expand our cognitive abilities? What is the role of
> cross-generational information pooling in the development of human
> cognition? What are the explanatory tools that dual-inheritance models
> provide to the science of art and artefact categorisation?
>
>
>
> If you are interested in attending the workshop or contributing to the
> workshop discussion (which will take place after the talks, between 4PM and
> 5PM), please send an email (if you haven't done so already) to Mirko Farina
> (farinamirko at gmail.com) at your earliest convenience and *no later than
> March 4th, 2014*. Mirko will add you to the mailing list associated with
> this event. *Attendance is free but* *registration is kindly requested.*We will circulate to the list a few companion papers written by Profs
> Godfrey-Smith and Sterelny, which will form the basis for the discussions
> that we plan to have during and after the workshop.
>
>
>
>
>
> Abstract of the talks (in alphabetical order) available below:
>
>
>
> *Title*: 'Centralized and Distributed Selection Processes in Biological
> and Cultural Evolution'
>
> *Speaker*: *Peter Godfrey-Smith* (CUNY)
> *Date and Time*: Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 2:00PM until 3PM
>
> *Location*: Australian Hearing Hub (AHH), room 3.610, Macquarie Universit
> *y*
>
>
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> *Abstract *A general distinction can be made between more centralized and
> more distributed selection processes. This distinction will be explored
> first with the aid of biological cases, drawing on new work we have carried
> out with Josh Dahm, Ben Kerr, and other researchers in Kerr's lab. This
> distinction will then be applied to cultural evolution, where it connects
> to questions about innovation, hierarchy, conformism, and other topics.
>
>
>
> *Title*: 'Neolithisation in southwest Asia in a context of niche
> construction'
>
> *Speakers*: *Kim Sterelny* (ANU), *Trevor Watkins* (University of
> Edinburgh)
>
> *Date and time*: Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 3:00PM until 4:00PM
>
> *Location*: Australian Hearing Hub (AHH), room 3.610, Macquarie University
>
>
>
> *Abstract*
>
> The term 'neolithisation' as it is generally used in relation to southwest
> Asia narrows the focus of research, and works against our efforts to
> envision explanations of the process in terms of the long-term evolution of
> human societies. Here, we re-frame the neolithisation process, setting it
> within the framework of niche construction theory. We argue that the
> concept of cultural niche construction fits the purpose, but needs to be
> extended to encompass the more complex social worlds of the Holocene in the
> form of the cognitive-cultural niche
>
>
>
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Mirko Farina and Nicolas Bullot
>
> Convenors of the Cognition in Context Seminar Series
> --
> Mirko Farina
> http://mirkofarina.weebly.com/index.html
>
> PhD Candidate
> Department of Cognitive Science
> ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD)
> Australian Hearing Hub
> 16 University Avenue
> Macquarie University, NSW 2109 AUSTRALIA
>
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-- 
Karola Stotz
Templeton Foundation Fellow
Senior Lecturer
Philosophy Department
Macquarie University
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