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)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Probability meeting
4pm Wednesday 18 May 2011, in the Benjamin library (Coombs building, nearish seminar room E, on the same level).
We'll discuss sections 1,2,3 and 6 of Williamson, Very Improbable Knowing, available here.
We'll discuss sections 1,2,3 and 6 of Williamson, Very Improbable Knowing, available here.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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)
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)
Monday, May 9, 2011
Moral and Political Philosophy - 11 May
Just a reminder that the MPP reading group will be continuing this week. We will be starting 15 minutes later than usual to accommodate an employment workshop for CAPPE students. We will covering Chapters 4 and 5 of the Hursthouse reading
Wednesday 11 May
2:45-4pm
Seminar Room F, Coombs Building
Please email Jonathan Herington for the reading
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Probability meeting
We'll meet at 2pm on Wednesday 11 May 2010, in Coombs seminar room E, to discuss:
Alan Hajek, Is strict coherence coherent? (The paper is available here.)
Friday, May 6, 2011
Foundations Meeting
Foundations Seminar resumes next Tuesday, May 10, at 1330 in SR D.
The topic for Tuesday is intentionalism. These are the readings:
- Gilbert Harman, "The Intrinsic Quality of Experience" - http://www.jstor.org/stable/
- Fred Dretske, "Experience as Representation" - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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)
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)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Ethics & International Public Policy - Tue 10 May
Next meeting: Tuesday 10 May, 12-1pm
Location: Coombs Seminar Room F.
Informal presentation: Alejandra Mancilla on ''Does the Old Duty of Humanity Assist or Harm the Global Justice Debate?'
Contact: jonathan dot pickering at anu etc
Location: Coombs Seminar Room F.
Informal presentation: Alejandra Mancilla on ''Does the Old Duty of Humanity Assist or Harm the Global Justice Debate?'
Contact: jonathan dot pickering at anu etc
Monday, May 2, 2011
Probability meeting
We'll meet at 2pm on Wednesday 4 May 2011 in Coombs seminar room E to discuss:
The paper is available here.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Moral and Political Philosophy - 11 May
The MPP Reading Group will be taking a short hiatus over the next two weeks and will return on Wednesday 11 May.
It will continue its discussion of On Virtue Ethics with discussion of Chapters 4 and 5: "Aristotle and Kant" and "Virtue and the Emotions. Details are, as usual:
Wednesday 11 May
2:30-3:45pm
Seminar Room F, Coombs Building
Please email Jon Herington if you have not received the reading.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Probability meeting
We'll meet at 2pm on Wednesday 27 April 2011 in Coombs seminar room E.
We'll finish discussing the Skyrms chapter (1A) that we started last time (beginning from section 1A4, p.19 as they're marked in the document linked below); and we'll also discuss appendix 2.
Here are links to the reading:
1. Chapter 1A of Skyrms's "Causal Necessity", temporarily available here.
2. Appendix 2 of the same book, temporarily available here.
We'll finish discussing the Skyrms chapter (1A) that we started last time (beginning from section 1A4, p.19 as they're marked in the document linked below); and we'll also discuss appendix 2.
Here are links to the reading:
1. Chapter 1A of Skyrms's "Causal Necessity", temporarily available here.
2. Appendix 2 of the same book, temporarily available here.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Evolution of Cognition reading group, session 8 - cancelled
Apologies for the late notice. Today's (Friday 15th April) session has been cancelled.
Foundations Meeting
The next foundations meeting will be
Tuesday 19/4, 1330 - 1530
Seminar Room D
We will finish the Stalnaker text, start looking at an exerpt from Lewis's Plurality of Worlds, and discuss measurement theory. Contact Wolfgang if you're missing some of the reading.
Tuesday 19/4, 1330 - 1530
Seminar Room D
We will finish the Stalnaker text, start looking at an exerpt from Lewis's Plurality of Worlds, and discuss measurement theory. Contact Wolfgang if you're missing some of the reading.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Probability meeting
We'll meet at 2pm on Wednesday 20 April 2011 in Coombs seminar room E to discuss:
Sunday, April 10, 2011
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)
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)
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Foundations Meeting, Tue 12/4, 1330-1530, SR D
The next Foundations meeting will be:
Tuesday the 12th of April
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Seminar Room D.
The reading is the same as last last week: chapter 1 of Stalnaker's Inquiry. Contact Wolfgang if you need a copy of the reading.
Tuesday the 12th of April
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Seminar Room D.
The reading is the same as last last week: chapter 1 of Stalnaker's Inquiry. Contact Wolfgang if you need a copy of the reading.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Moral and Political Philosophy - 13 April
The MPP Reading Group will continue its discussion of On Virtue Ethics with discussion of Chapter 2: "Resolvable Dilemmas". Details are as follows:
Wednesday 6 April
2:30-3:45pm
Seminar Room F, Coombs Building
Please email Jon Herington if you have not received the reading.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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)
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)
Moral and Political Philosophy - 6 April
Tomorrow the MPP Reading Group starts On Virtue Ethics. The First chapter will be the focus of discussion, with the introduction being assumed reading. Details are as follows:
Wednesday 6 April
2:30-3:45pm
Seminar Room F, Coombs Building
Monday, April 4, 2011
Foundations Meeting
The Foundations Reading Group on mental representation will be lead by Wolfgang for the next few weeks, on the topic of pragmatic theories of intentionality.
The next meeting will be on Tuesday the 5th of April. The reading is chapter 1, of Stalnaker's Inquiry. Please contact Wolfgang to obtain a copy of the reading. We're asked to read at least up until the top of p 17.
The next meeting will be on Tuesday the 5th of April. The reading is chapter 1, of Stalnaker's Inquiry. Please contact Wolfgang to obtain a copy of the reading. We're asked to read at least up until the top of p 17.
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