I'll be there. Seems really interesting Mixel. Laetitia De Jaegher
From: Klaas Chielens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ECCO] Seminar: The primacy of context: Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:52:59 +0200
I will not be able to make it. Leaving for the weekend at 5.
K.
On 4/26/05 8:05 PM, "Francis Heylighen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please distribute...
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> You are hereby invited to our twelfth "Evolution, Complexity and Cognition
> (ECCO)" <http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ECCO/> seminar of 2005:
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> The primacy of context:
> Framing the rational information handling process of active externalism
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> by
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> Mixel Kiemen <http://www.mixel.be/>
> (ECCO, VUB)
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> Place: room 3C204 (building C, 3rd floor), VUB campus Oefenplein
> Time: Friday, April 29, at 17:30 h.
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> Abstract:
> In the philosophy of mind a compromise has been found between externalism and
> individualism: active externalism, better known as the extended mind. We
> propose an agent model with such an extended mind. The simulation is about an
> agent learning to make tools, as an investigation of the evolution of
> innovation or creativity . From a biological naturalism and anthropology
> background we came up with the capability of "external context creation"
> (used to engineer the behaviour). Although our design starts with the
> assumption that an agent always is in a context, we show that the context is
> evolving and needs to be redefined from time to time. In this way it is
> possible to define the primacy of context, giving us more insight into
> constructivism and the process of creativity. The design helps us to explain
> the concrete psychological phenomenon of "change blindness", while raising
> interesting questions about the interaction between creativity, presence and
> awareness. While creativity seems to require some kind of awareness, what
> happens in the model is clearly different from the awareness we subjectively
> experience. As such the main question of our current research is: can this
> model give us an insight into awareness?
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> More info:
> extended mind: http://consc.net/papers/extended.html
> biological naturalism: http://www.arrod.co.uk/essays/biological-naturalism.php
> strong AI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_AI
> change blindness: http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/
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> ECCO seminar programme <http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ECCO/> coming weeks
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> 6 May: Julien Libbrecht: Application of cybernetic principles to the
> organization of health care
> 13 May: Johan Bollen: Self-organization of Document Networks
> 20 May: Laetitia De Jaegher: Towards sustainable development: the
> precautionary principle as a call for a new theory of law to support
> multi-dimensional governance
> 27 May: Lito Kyritsi: Systems Modelling of Cancer
> 3 Jun: Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis: Closure and the modular evolution of matter
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> ECCO seminars normally take place each Friday at 17h30 in room 3C204 of the
> VUB Campus Etterbeek. Everyone interested is welcome. The seminars are very
> interactive, with small groups (about 8-10 people). The intention is to
> discuss in depth the research being proposed, and to look for
> interdisciplinary connections with other ECCO-related themes. Seminars last
> about two hours, after which the remaining participants go to take a drink or
> a snack in the Opinio Caf� on the campus, to continue the discussion in a more
> relaxed setting.
> --
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> Francis Heylighen
> Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group
> Free University of Brussels
> http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
