From tony.jack at gmail.com Fri Nov 6 13:03:48 2009 From: tony.jack at gmail.com (Anthony I Jack) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:03:48 -0500 Subject: SPP-misc: Faculty position in Cognitive Science (broadly construed), open rank (senior preferred) Message-ID: <4af47323.0b9e100a.16a3.018e@mx.google.com> Search for possible tenure track position in the Department of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University. The department's research focus is on higher-order cognitive operations that are special to human beings, including language, social cognition, consciousness, and the special effects of culture and technology on the mind. Rank open and commensurate with qualifications. Preference will be afforded to candidates at the senior ranks of associate professor or professor with distinguished records of research, publication, and extramural funding. Field open. Competitive candidates for an appointment at the rank of associate professor will have achieved records of national standing their areas of expertise. Competitive candidates for the rank of professor will have achieved records of international leadership in their areas of expertise. At either rank, they will be expected to continue research, publication, and extramural funding activities, teach and advise undergraduate and graduates according to a 2:2 course load, and take a lead role in program and curriculum development, while evidencing a sustained commitment to service in the University and academic community. Competitive candidates for the rank of assistant professor will evidence promising records of research and publication with potential for achieving extramural funding. The expectation for assistant professor is to achieve national reputation in their areas of expertise while establishing a record of teaching excellence under a 2:1 course load and while compiling a record of significant service to the University and academic community. Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree by date of employment required for all ranks. Complete applications received by 15 December 2009 will receive full consideration. Send applications to cs-facultysearch at case.edu, consisting of a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests and plans, a statement of teaching experience, and the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of four referees to whom we may write. If electronic submission is impossible, apply to Search, Cognitive Science,10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7063. CWRU is committed to diversity and is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged. Case has received an NSF ADVANCE grant to increase the participation of women in science and engineering. ------------------------------------------- Dr. Anthony Jack Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, Philosophy and Psychology Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Avenue Crawford Hall, Rm. 609 Cleveland, OH 44106-7063, United States tel. 216 368 6996 Lab: http://tonyjack.org Personal: http://tony.jack.googlepages.com Participate in research! Sign up here: http://cogsciems.case.edu From marchetti60 at tele2.it Sun Nov 8 11:09:01 2009 From: marchetti60 at tele2.it (Giancarlo Marchetti) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:09:01 +0100 Subject: SPP-misc: new book Message-ID: <2F72D9F9E2704247A429BEA6ECCF53C7@PCGiancarlo> Dear Collegues of List, I would like to recomend a new enlightenig book Gemma Corradi Fiumara, Spontaneity. A Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge 2009 About the Book Psychoanalytic theory frequently explains psychopathology from the perspective of either inadequate early care or as the result of environmental factors. In this book the author suggests that poor mental health can be a result of our incapacity to respond to internal and external stimuli, and indicates that spontaneity is essential in the development of many aspects of the self. It is not what happens to us, but how we react to events, that forms who we are. Spontaneity presents an original approach to issues of agency, spontaneity and creativity in psychoanalysis by exploring questions including: a.. active internalisation b.. paradox c.. forgiveness d.. responsibility e.. empathy f.. self de-creation. This book will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, philosophers and psychologists. It will also prove to be engaging for those interested in psychoanalytic theory and theories of subjectivity. Reviews 'Rarely does a book tackle essential problems in such a fascinating and convincing way. It deals with that very special human quality-spontaneity-which ultimately sustains all creative processes. It also explores the defensive manoeuvres that oppose spontaneity. This lucid and incisive book can be utilized at different levels of complexity. Not only are the contents of the book enriching, but its passion for the frontiers of research will enhance the creativity of readers.' Antonino Ferro, Italian Psychoanalytic Society, Pavia, Italy. 'Professor Corradi Fiumara seeks to lift psychoanalytic thinking from the creature-drive level of psychic determinism to the higher level of spontaneity, unpredictability, humanness -as metapsychological constructs. I found this to be an exciting and innovative work.' James Grotstein, author of A Beam of Intense Darkness: Wilfred Bion's Legacy To Psychoanalysis. 'I strongly recommend this stimulating book which deals with areas mainly neglected so far. I am sure that it will bring moments of joy and new insights to its readers.' Claudio Eizirik, President, International Psychoanalytic Association. 'Whether on philosophy, psychoanalysis, or just the process of living, whatever Gemma Corradi Fiumara writes is fresh and insightful, and this new book is no exception.' Janet Martin Soskice, University of Cambridge. Table of Contents Introductory Remarks. Rethinking Internalization. The Function of Paradox. Subjective Agency - And Passivity. The Problem of Entitlement. Actions and Reactions. The Question of Forgiveness. The Quest for Responsibility. Empathy and Sympathy. Self Formation and Self-Decreation. About the Author(s) Gemma Corradi Fiumara is a former professor of philosophy at the Third University of Rome and a training analyst with the Italian Psychoanalytic Society. Her previous books include The Symbolic Function, The Other Side of Language, The Metaphoric Process and The Mind's Affective Life. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsun at rpi.edu Thu Nov 12 15:39:41 2009 From: rsun at rpi.edu (Professor Ron Sun) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:41 -0500 Subject: SPP-misc: Call for papers: "Cognitive Social Sciences---Grounding the Social Sciences in the Cognitive Sciences?" Message-ID: <008FCC53-89F2-4C84-9F41-094F368206A3@rpi.edu> The workshop on "Cognitive Social Sciences---Grounding the Social Sciences in the Cognitive Sciences?" http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/wsp2010.html to be held at CogSci 2010 in Portland, Oregon, on August 11, 2010. This workshop is aimed at exploring the cognitive (psychological) basis of the social sciences and the possibilities of grounding the social sciences in cognition (psychology). Cognitive sciences have made tremendous strides in recent decades. In particular, computational cognitive modeling (i.e., computational psychology; Sun, 2008; Thagard, 1996) has changed the ways in which cognition/psychology is explored and understood in many profound respects. There have been many models of cognition/psychology proposed in the cognitive sciences (broadly defined), leading to detailed understanding of many cognitive/psychological domains and functionalities. Empirical psychological research has also progressed to provide us with much better understanding of many psychological phenomena. Given the advances in the cognitive sciences, can we leverage the successes for the sake of better understanding social processes and phenomena? More fundamentally, can the cognitive sciences (including experimental cognitive psychology, computational psychology, social- personality psychology, developmental psychology, cultural psychology, psycholinguistics, philosophy of mind, cognitive neuroscience, and so on) provide a better foundation for important disciplines of the social sciences (sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, ethics, as well as some "humanity" fields: religious studies, history, legal studies, literary studies, communication, and so on)? Thus far, although very much a neglected topic, there nevertheless have been various efforts at exploring this topic. Some of the efforts were computationally motivated (see, e.g., Sun, 2006: "Cognition and multi-agent interaction", published by Cambridge University Press). Some other efforts are more empirical or theoretical in nature (see, e.g., Turner, 2001: "Cognitive Dimensions of Social Science", published by Oxford University Press). There are both theoretical and practical rationales for developing "cognitive social sciences" (see Turner, 2001; Sun, 2006; DiMaggio, 1997; Tetlock and Goldgeier, 2000; Camerer, 2003). We contend that the social sciences may find their future in the cognitive sciences (at least in part), which may well lead to a powerful and productive combined intellectual enterprise. This combination or grounding may provide the social sciences with imaginative scientific research programs, hybridization/integration, new syntheses, novel paradigms/ frameworks, and so on, besides providing the cognitive sciences new data sources and problems to address. The presentation and discussion at this workshop may lead to a collection of major work in the form of a well edited book to be published by a major academic publisher. Confirmed keynote speakers: Pascal Boyer Paul Thagard Mark Turner Submission: For regular oral presentation, please submit a paper of 3-8 pages, in the usual CogSci conference format (as specified at: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/wsp2010 ). Please email the submission to: rsun at rpi dot edu For short oral or poster presentation, please submit an extended abstract of 1 page, in the usual CogSci conference format (as specified at: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/wsp2010 ). Please email the submission to: rsun at rpi dot edu Submission Deadline: February 15, 2010 Workshop Chair: Ron Sun Workshop Program Committee: Ron Sun Philip Tetlock Paul Thagard Paul Bello Jun Zhang ---------------- References: Camerer, C. (2003). Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments on Strategic Interaction. Princeton: Princeton University Press. DiMaggio, P. (1997). Culture and cognition. Annual Review of Sociology 23, 263-288. Sun, R. (2006). Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From Cognitive Mdoeling to Social Simulation. Cambridge University Press, New York. 2006. Sun, R. (ed.), (2008). The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology. Cambridge University Press, New York. 2008. Tetlock, P. and Goldgeier, J. (2000). Human nature and world politics: Cognition, identity, and influence. International Journal of Psychology. 35 (2), 87-96. Thagard, P. (1996). Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 1996. Thagard, P. (2006). Hot thought: Mechanisms and Applications of Emotional Cognition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Turner, M. (2001). Cognitive Dimensions of Social Science. Oxford University Press. ======================================================== Professor Ron Sun Cognitive Science Department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 Eighth Street, Carnegie 302A Troy, NY 12180, USA phone: 518-276-3409 fax: 518-276-3017 email: rsun at rpi.edu web: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun ======================================================= From d.taraborelli at surrey.ac.uk Fri Nov 13 02:18:55 2009 From: d.taraborelli at surrey.ac.uk (Dario Taraborelli) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:18:55 +0000 Subject: SPP-misc: Review of Philosophy and Psychology: Call for papers and special issue proposals Message-ID: <4A961699-CFF6-47D2-8A08-3875DBFFB887@surrey.ac.uk> *apologies for cross-posting* We are pleased to announce the launch of a new journal published by Springer in the field of philosophy of psychology/cognitive science. We look forward to receiving your submissions and proposals for thematic issues. The Review of Philosophy and Psychology The Review of Philosophy and Psychology (ISSN: 1878-5158; eISSN: 1878-5166) is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on philosophical and foundational issues in cognitive science. The aim of the journal is to provide a forum for discussion on topics of mutual interest to philosophers and psychologists and to foster interdisciplinary research at the crossroads of philosophy and the sciences of the mind, including the neural, behavioural and social sciences. The journal publishes theoretical works grounded in empirical research as well as empirical articles on issues of philosophical relevance. It includes thematic issues featuring invited contributions from leading authors together with articles answering a call for paper. The Review of Philosophy and Psychology is published quarterly by Springer and is hosted at the Jean Nicod Institute, a research centre of the French Centre National de la Recherche Scienti?que. It was formerly published as the European Review of Philosophy by CSLI Publications, Stanford. Call for papers and special issue proposals The RPP welcomes regular submissions as well as articles responding to a thematic call for papers. Proposals for guest-edited thematic issues are also welcome. Submission guidelines for prospective authors and guest editor can be found on the journal's website: http://www.springer.com/13164 Forthcoming issues Bullot, N.J. & Egr?, P. (Eds.) Objects and Sound Perception Review of Philosophy and Psychology 1 :1, 2010 Heintz, C., Pouscoulous, N. & Taraborelli, D. (Eds.) Folk Epistemology Review of Philosophy and Psychology 1:2, 2010 Machery, E., Lombrozo, T. & Knobe, J. (Eds.) Psychology and Experimental Philosophy Review of Philosophy and Psychology 1:3-4, 2010 Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Dario Taraborelli, Surrey. Executive Editors: Roberto Casati, CNRS; Paul Egr?, CNRS, Christophe Heintz, CEU. Advisors: Clark Barrett, UCLA; Cristina Bicchieri, Penn; Ned Block, NYU; Paul Bloom, Yale; John Campbell, Berkeley; Richard Breheny, UCL; Susan Carey, Harvard; David Chalmers, ANU; Martin Davies, ANU; Vittorio Girotto, IUAV; Alvin Goldman, Rutgers; Dan Hutto, Hertfordshire; Ray Jackendoff, Tufts; Marc Jeannerod, CNRS; Alan Leslie, Rutgers; Diego Marconi, Eastern Piedmont; Kevin Mulligan, Geneva; Alva No?, Berkeley; Christopher Peacocke, Columbia; John Perry, Stanford; Daniel Povinelli, Louisiana-Lafayette; Jesse Prinz, CUNY; Zenon Pylyshyn, Rutgers; Brian Scholl, Yale; Natalie Sebanz, Nijmegen; Corrado Sinigaglia, Milan; Barry C. Smith, Birkbeck; Elizabeth Spelke, Harvard; Achille Varzi, Columbia; Timothy Williamson, Oxford; Deirdre Wilson, UCL. -- Dario Taraborelli Research Fellow Centre for Research in Social Simulation University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH United Kingdom http://cress.soc.surrey.ac.uk http://nitens.org/taraborelli Editor, Review of Philosophy and Psychology http://www.springer.com/13164 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rpp_banner_orange.png Type: image/png Size: 13694 bytes Desc: not available URL: From teorema at uniovi.es Sat Nov 14 05:02:03 2009 From: teorema at uniovi.es (REVISTA FILOSOFIA TEOREMA) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:02:03 +0100 Subject: SPP-misc: CFP: Extended Mind - La mente extendida Message-ID: An embedded message was scrubbed... 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