The Peter Herbst 2012 Colloquium: Jean-Luc Nancy and Abandoned Being
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The School of Philosophy, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, is pleased to announce a day long colloquium to engage with the implications of Jean-Luc Nancy’s notion of “abandoned being”. The colloquium is held under the auspices of the Peter Herbst bequest. Papers…
Russell Gray on Evolution of Language and Cognition
Conference
Workshop with Russell Gray on Evolution of Language and Cognition Seminar Room D 2-3.30pm: Russell Gray presents a paper on the evolution of language and cognition 3.30-4pm. break 4pm-5pm: Group discussion: the Frame Problem and how it is solved in the human mind in relation to…
Russell Gray (University of Auckland): The Evolution of Cognition without Miracles
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Debates in the study of animal cognition of often oscillate between over-hyped claims of "human-like" cognitive abilities and deflationary "killjoy" accounts. In this talk I will analyse the inference issues involved in such debates and argue that studies of cognitive evolution should follow…