From mark.colyvan at sydney.edu.au Wed Jan 11 18:05:04 2017 From: mark.colyvan at sydney.edu.au (Mark Colyvan) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:05:04 +1100 Subject: [SydPhil] Seminar by David Chalmers Message-ID: David Chalmers (NYU) will present a paper in the Philosophy Department at the University of Sydney on Monday the 16th of January at 2.00pm in the Muniment Room in the Main Quadrangle. The talk will be on Externalism, Structuralism and Scepticism. Everyone is welcome. Venue: Muniment Room (S401) Level 4, Lobby B (Southern Vestibule) Quadrangle University Place The University of Sydney Room Location: The Muniment Room is accessible via either the Northern (Lobby Q) or Southern (Lobby B) Vestibules' staircases on the Eastern side of the Quadrangle Building. 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URL: From LDDP at outlook.com Thu Jan 12 02:46:42 2017 From: LDDP at outlook.com (=?Windows-1252?Q?laura_desir=E8e_di_paolo?=) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:46:42 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] =?windows-1252?q?I=3A_=5BPHILOS-L=5D_Workshop_on_Cultur?= =?windows-1252?q?e_and_Cognition_=28Georg-August-Universit=E4t_G=F6ttinge?= =?windows-1252?q?n=2C_9_February_2017=29?= In-Reply-To: References: <6740143783522385.WA.angelica.kaufmanngmail.com@listserv.liv.ac.uk>, Message-ID: Dear all, below the info for a workshop interesting for some of you. For further info feel free to contact me directly, or my colleagues of the Primate Cognition Team, at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg Institute. ______________________________ Laura Desir?e Di Paolo, Ph.D. " Lichtenberg-Kolleg " Institute for Advanced Study, Georg-August Universit?t - G?ttingen, Germany Research Group Primate Social Evolution, DPZ, Deutsche PrimatenZentrum - G?ttingen, Germany Leibniz-ScienceCampus Primate Cognition - G?ttingen, Germany lauradesiree.dipaolo at gmail.com https://sites.google.com/view/lauradesireedipaolo/about-me https://uni-goettingen.academia.edu/LauraDesir%C3%A9eDiPaolo mob. +49 015 25 65 92 602 (de) +39 328 92 14 042 (ita) (WhatsApp) +44 7397 314 613 (uk) skype: laura.desiree.di.paolo ------------ Evolution & Cognition (Research Group) http://evolutioncognition.wordpress.com evolutionandcognition at gmail.com _______________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Angelica Kaufmann > Date: 2017-01-11 13:17 GMT+01:00 Subject: [PHILOS-L] Workshop on Culture and Cognition (Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen, 9 February 2017) To: PHILOS-L at liverpool.ac.uk Lichtenberg-Kolleg/Historische Sternwarte & Leibniz Institute for Primate Research Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen Workshop Culture and Cognition Thursday, 9 February 2017 A number of disciplines make use of the concept of culture in their analyses, employing it in different contexts and with varying degrees of explicitness. Asserting her observation of a ?primitive culture? or ?proto-culture? in chimpanzees, Jane Goodall (1963) cautiously advanced the definition that culture might consist ?of behavior patterns transmitted by imitation or tuition.? Shortly after, Clifford Geertz (1966) described culture as ?a historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life.? More recently, and more generally, William McGrew (2004) defined culture as simply ?the way we do things.? Notwithstanding the myriad definitions of culture, questions remain about how culture is related to social life, evolution, and cognitive processes on the individual level?e.g. in human psychology as explored in both developmental and cross-cultural analyses?and in the understanding of non-human behaviors such as social learning, imitation, and creative problem solving. The present workshop invites scholars from anthropology, philosophy, primatology, psychology, and sociology, among other disciplines, to consider such questions as: ? What is culture? ? In what ways can it be studied? ? What might be the origins of culture? ? How is culture transmitted and transmuted? ? What is the relationship between culture and cognition; i.e. culture and the mind? ? What can comparative studies (either cross culturally or in comparative zoology) tell us about culture? The goal of the workshop is to highlight interdisciplinary connections that will ameliorate our understanding of the phenomenon of culture and the ways in which this concept can enrich our analyses of cognition. Invited Speakers: Andrea Bender (University of Bergen), Liah Greenfeld (Boston University), Olivier Morin (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena), Claudio Tennie (University of T?bingen) Attendance at the workshop is free, but space is limited. To register please send an email to Jan-Wilke Brandt (jan-wilke.brandt at zvw.uni-goettingen.de) by January 31. Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html and at the unofficial mirror site http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.region.europe. Recent posts can also be read in a Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosL/. Discussions should be moved to Chora (a list solely for members of Philos-L): enrol on Chora via http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/chora.html. To join Philos-L email the single line "subscribe philos-l yourname" to listserv at liv.ac.uk and read the welcome message carefully. To sign off the list send a blank message to philos-l-unsubscribe-request at liverpool.ac.uk. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arts.cave at mq.edu.au Thu Jan 12 14:47:29 2017 From: arts.cave at mq.edu.au (Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 03:47:29 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] CAVE Reading Group: Culture and Cognition Message-ID: Hi all, The Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE) will continue with two of the reading groups from last year. The first is the Culture and Cognition reading group, which starts next Wednesday. Date: every second Wednesday (first meeting 18 January) Time: 13:00 - 15:00 Location: Building C5C 372, Macquarie University (O17 on campus map) Contact: Alex at alexander-james.gillett at students.mq.edu.au All welcome. Please contact Alex for further information and to be added to the mailing list. (The second reading group is the Bioethics reading group. This will start in February. Details to follow soon!) Kelly Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE) Department of Philosophy Macquarie University Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia CAVE website: mq.edu.au/cave www.facebook.com/MQCAVE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stefan.gawronski at sydney.edu.au Fri Jan 13 10:57:17 2017 From: stefan.gawronski at sydney.edu.au (Stefan Gawronski) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:57:17 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Short course: Formal methods for the philosophy of science Message-ID: Formal methods for the philosophy of science This intensive course provides an opportunity for advanced students and early career researchers to learn how to enhance their research through the use of new formal tools. Course summary Title: Formal methods for the philosophy of science Date: 27 February - 1 March 2017 Time: 9am-4pm each day, concluding at lunch on 1 March Location: Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney Fee*: $150 (price includes GST) Registration: Register here Course overview Formal methods add rigour to the analysis of conceptual and methodological issues in science. In this course, leading proponents of formal approaches to scientific inference give accessible introductions to some formal methods. They also present relevant examples for the application of formal tools, including those that arise in the biomedical and biological research fields of the Charles Perkins Centre. Download the program and course presenters Session Topic Presenters 1 Formal tools for the analysis of causation Students are introduced to causal graph theory, to the use of information theory to measure the flow of causal influence through complex systems, and to the role of probability in measuring causal effect. Applications include disentangling genetic and environmental causes of complex phenotypes, and dissolving philosophical puzzles about causation through more precise specification of problem-cases. Griffiths, Lynch, Pocheville, Stern, Sprenger 2 Formal methods for assessing bias in research Several different forms of bias in scientific reasoning threaten to invalidate the inferences a researcher draws. Students will be introduced to the common sources of bias that arise in the design, conduct and publication of research. Formal and empirical approaches to assessing and addressing bias will be demonstrated using contemporary examples in a workshop format. La Caze, Sprenger 3 Statistical and probabilistic approaches to scientific reasoning Probability and statistics are important formal tools for reconstructing and understanding scientific argumentation (e.g., to describe causal relations or theory confirmation). Students will be familiarized with these approaches and how to apply them to examples from a wide range of physical, life and social sciences Hartman, Sprenger, Stern Delivery method Sessions will be divided between lecture-style introductions to formal tools and more interactive, workshop-style sessions in which these will be applied to specific examples. Students will have the opportunity to explore the potential application of the formal tools to their own research topics. Learning outcomes Students will acquire the basic skills needed to apply formal methods to their own research topics in philosophy of science. Who should attend Postgraduate and Honours students and early career researchers in philosophy, history and philosophy of science and science studies. Location Charles Perkins Centre research and education hub The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Registration Fee*: $150. Refreshments and lunch provided. Register here *Your participation in this course will contribute to funding further research in this area. Please be advised that minimum numbers are required for this workshop to go ahead. If minimum numbers are not met, the course may be cancelled or rescheduled. Please see the Charles Perkins Centre short course policy. Contact Registration queries contact Charles Perkins Centre Education team. T +61 2 9351 5526 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: