I am sure I had told you that I will attend? I haven't forgotten the abstract, you will get it in the next few days, I promise.
Karola On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Mirko Farina <[email protected]> wrote: > *Announcement*: Cognition in Context (CiC) 2014 Seminar Series - > > '*Dual Inheritance Models of Cultural Transmission'*- > > Workshop with Distinguished Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith (CUNY) and > Professor Kim Sterelny (ANU) at Macquarie University (March 19th, 2014). > > > > (Usual apologies for cross-posting this message) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > **REGISTRATION REMINDER** > > > To register attendance (if you haven't done so) please email Mirko Farina > ([email protected]) no later than *tomorrow* - Tuesday, March 4th, > 2014 > > Thanks > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Dear all, > > > On March 19th, 2014 Distinguished Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith > (Department of Philosophy, City University New York) and Professor Kim > Sterelny (Department of Philosophy, ANU) will visit the Department of > Cognitive Science and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its > Disorders (CCD) at Macquarie University. Distinguished Professor Peter > Godfrey-Smith (http://petergodfreysmith.com/) and Professor Kim Sterelny ( > https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/sterelny-k) are two prominent > philosophers of biology and cognition. Their expertise spans a wide range > of areas, including but not limited to the following: 1) philosophy of mind > and cognition; 2) philosophy of biology; 3) philosophy of science and > philosophy of language; 4) evolutionary biology and Darwinism; 5) > pragmatism; 6) archaeology and palaecology; 7) evolutionary psychology. > > > > On Wednesday March 19th, 2014 (from *2:00 PM until 5:00 PM*, *Room 3.610, > Level 3, Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Macquarie > University, NSW 2109*), we will meet to discuss the contributions of > dual-inheritance theories proposed by Peter Godfrey-Smith (2009, 2012, > 2013) and Kim Sterelny (2012) to the understanding of cognitive and > contextual processing. The meeting will explore the implications of such > models of cultural transmission and analyse their relevance for explaining > cultural behaviours and the evolution of human cognition. Questions of > interest include, but are not limited to: What is a Darwinian individual? > What are the distinct types of explanation associated with Darwinian > population thinking? How do cooperation and environmental scaffolding > support or expand our cognitive abilities? What is the role of > cross-generational information pooling in the development of human > cognition? What are the explanatory tools that dual-inheritance models > provide to the science of art and artefact categorisation? > > > > If you are interested in attending the workshop or contributing to the > workshop discussion (which will take place after the talks, between 4PM and > 5PM), please send an email (if you haven't done so already) to Mirko Farina > ([email protected]) at your earliest convenience and *no later than > March 4th, 2014*. Mirko will add you to the mailing list associated with > this event. *Attendance is free but* *registration is kindly requested.*We > will circulate to the list a few companion papers written by Profs > Godfrey-Smith and Sterelny, which will form the basis for the discussions > that we plan to have during and after the workshop. > > > > > > Abstract of the talks (in alphabetical order) available below: > > > > *Title*: 'Centralized and Distributed Selection Processes in Biological > and Cultural Evolution' > > *Speaker*: *Peter Godfrey-Smith* (CUNY) > *Date and Time*: Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 2:00PM until 3PM > > *Location*: Australian Hearing Hub (AHH), room 3.610, Macquarie Universit > *y* > > > > > *Abstract *A general distinction can be made between more centralized and > more distributed selection processes. This distinction will be explored > first with the aid of biological cases, drawing on new work we have carried > out with Josh Dahm, Ben Kerr, and other researchers in Kerr's lab. This > distinction will then be applied to cultural evolution, where it connects > to questions about innovation, hierarchy, conformism, and other topics. > > > > *Title*: 'Neolithisation in southwest Asia in a context of niche > construction' > > *Speakers*: *Kim Sterelny* (ANU), *Trevor Watkins* (University of > Edinburgh) > > *Date and time*: Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 3:00PM until 4:00PM > > *Location*: Australian Hearing Hub (AHH), room 3.610, Macquarie University > > > > *Abstract* > > The term 'neolithisation' as it is generally used in relation to southwest > Asia narrows the focus of research, and works against our efforts to > envision explanations of the process in terms of the long-term evolution of > human societies. Here, we re-frame the neolithisation process, setting it > within the framework of niche construction theory. We argue that the > concept of cultural niche construction fits the purpose, but needs to be > extended to encompass the more complex social worlds of the Holocene in the > form of the cognitive-cultural niche > > > > > > Best Regards > > Mirko Farina and Nicolas Bullot > > Convenors of the Cognition in Context Seminar Series > -- > Mirko Farina > http://mirkofarina.weebly.com/index.html > > PhD Candidate > Department of Cognitive Science > ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD) > Australian Hearing Hub > 16 University Avenue > Macquarie University, NSW 2109 AUSTRALIA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacNaP" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macnap. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Karola Stotz Templeton Foundation Fellow Senior Lecturer Philosophy Department Macquarie University
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