Evolution RG

When: 2-3.30pm, Friday 8th March, 2013

Where: Benjamin Library (Coombs Building).

Reading: 

Dickinson (2012) "Associative Learning and Animal Cognition" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 367, 2733-2742.

Heyes (2012) "Simple minds: a qualified defence of associative learning" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 367, 2695-2703. 

Contact: Rachael rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au

Evolution Reading Group

When: 2-3.30pm, Friday 1st March, 2013
Where: Benjamin Library (Coombs Building).
Reading: Heyes (2012) "Simple minds: a qualified defence of associative learning" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 367, 2695-2703. 


Contact: rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au

Evolution Reading Group

When: 2-3.30pm, Friday 15th February, 2013

Where: Benjamin Library (Coombs Building).

Reading: Sterelny's 2010 paper "Minds: extended or scaffolded?" (Phenom Cogn Sci (2010) 9:465–481). 

NB: The discussion will assume familiarity with Clark and Chalmers' paper "The Extended Mind" (from Analysis 58:10-23, 1998). 

Contact: Rachael (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution RG

The first meeting of the Evolution Reading Group for 2013 will be held on Friday 8th of February at 2pm in the Benjamin Library (Coombs Building).

We will be taking a little detour into some philosophy of cognitive science and discussing two short papers:

(1) Clark (1999) "An embodied cognitive science?" Trends in Cognitive Science, 3(9): 345-350.

(2) Taylor et. al (2010) "An Investigation into the Cognition Behind Spontaneous String Pulling in New Caledonian Crows" PLosOne, 5(2): e9435.

- Rachael (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution Reading Group

We're postponing discussion of Prinz on moral nativism until next week.

Instead, the reading for this week is Collin Rice' "Optimality explanations: a plea for an alternative account".

Date + location haven't changed (2PM Friday 1 June, Benjamin library).

Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution Reading Group

The next meeting of the Evolution Reading Group is Friday 1st June, 2PM, in the Benjamin Library. The reading is Jesse Prinz's "Against Moral Nativism." 

Contact: Rachael Brown via rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 12

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 3rd June, 2:30 PM, in Seminar Rm F.

The readings are chapter 14, "Learning to Network", from Brian Skyrms' Signals, and Kim Sterelny's critical notice of Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

The group will be taking a break for at least a couple of weeks after that. We may resume later in June.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 11

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 27th May, 2:30 PM, in Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapters 13 & 14, "Networks II: Teamwork" and "Learning to Network", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 10

Due to the "Thursday" seminar being on Friday this week, the next session of the joint Formal Semantics and Evolution of Cognition reading group will be Thursday 19th May, 4 PM, Benjamin Library.

The reading is chapters 11 & 12, "Networks 1: Logic and Information Processing" & "Complex Signals and Compositionality", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 9

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 13th May, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapter 10, "Inventing New Signals", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 8

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 6th April, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapter 9, "Generalizing Signaling Games: Synonyms, Bottlenecks, Category Formation", from Brian Skyrms' Signals. Useful additional reading on this material is Donaldson, Lachmann, Bergstrom (2007), "The evolution of functionally referential meaning in a structured world," Journal of Theoretical Biology 246: 225–233

Electronic copies of both texts are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 8

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 15th April, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapter 9, "Generalizing Signaling Games: Synonyms, Bottlenecks, Category Formation", from Brian Skyrms' Signals. Useful additional reading on this material is Donaldson, Lachmann, Bergstrom (2007), "The evolution of functionally referential meaning in a structured world," Journal of Theoretical Biology 246: 225–233

Electronic copies of both texts are available upon request.

The group will be taking a break for a couple of weeks after that. We'll probably resume on Friday 6th May.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 7

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 8th April, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapters 7 & 8, "Learning" & "Learning in Lewis Signaling Games", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 6

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 1st April, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapter 6, "Deception", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 5

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 25th March, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapters 4 & 5, "Evolution" and "Evolution in Lewis Signaling Games", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 4

Hi all,

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 18th March, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapter 3, "Information", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 3

Hi all,

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 4th March, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is up to the end of chapter 2 of Brian Skyrms' monograph Signals.

Electronic copies of the texts mentioned are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 2

Hi all,

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 25th February, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is Merlin Donald, 1999, "Preconditions for the evolution of protolanguages", in Michael Corballis & Stephen Lea (eds.), The Descent of Mind: Psychological Perspectives on Hominid Evolution, Oxford UP, 138--154.

Following this we'll be reading Brian Skyrms' monograph Signals.

Electronic copies of the texts mentioned are available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 1

Hi all,

The Evolution of Cognition Reading Group is starting up again. The first meeting for the semester is Friday 18th February, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is Ruth Garrett Millikan, 2010, "On Knowing The Meaning", Mind 119(473): 43-81. Electronic copy available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution of Cognition Reading Group

This group is taking a break until the new year.

Contact: rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au