From: Bruce Edmonds (b.edmonds@mmu.ac.uk)
Date: Mon 12 Jan 2004 - 11:00:07 GMT
Evolutionary Epistemology, Language & Culture (EELC)
3-day Congress - May 26-28, 2004
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Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels - Belgium
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website: http://www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/eelc
2nd and FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science and the Centre Leo
Apostel, both of the Free University of Brussels, organize a 3-day
congress on Evolutionary Epistemology, Language and Culture. The
conference 's main aim will be to bring together scholars working on
(the origin, variation and evolution of) language and/or culture from
within the framework of Evolutionary Epistemology, especially EEM.
Preference will be given to those abstracts that formulate criticisms
towards modularity, universal selection theories and universal
Darwinism, but nevertheless adhere to an evolutionary view to study
language and culture.
Invited Speakers
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- Franz Wuketits (Institute for Philosophy of Science - University of
Vienna)
- Marek Czachor (Department of Theoretical Physics - University of
Gdansk)
- Olaf Diettrich (Austrian Society for Cognitive Sciences - Vienna)
- Bart de Boer (Department of Artificial Intelligence - University of
Groningen)
- Tim Ingold (Department of Anthropology - University of Aberdeen)
Program Committee
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Nathalie Gontier, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Diederik Aerts
Organizer/ Contact
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<mailto:Nathalie.Gontier@vub.ac.be>Nathalie.Gontier@vub.ac.be
Important dates
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Abstract deadline: February 1, 2004
Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2004
Registration Deadline: May 1, 2004
Conference: 26 - 28 May, 2004
Call for abstracts
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The language of the congress lectures will be English. We welcome
philosophers, linguists, anthropologists, psychologists, biologists,
to submit an abstract. Presentations must be directed towards an
interdisciplinary audience.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- General Evolutionary Epistemology (EE), especially EEM, implemented
in (the origin, variation, evolution of) language and/or culture
- Nonadaptive EE
- language evolution
- cultural evolution
- EE and systemstheory, self-organization, punctuated equilibrium,
symbiogenesis, homeogenes
- EE and learning strategies or cultural practices, implemented in
(the origin, variation, evolution of) language and/or culture
- (criticisms towards) the units/levels of selection debate in general
or implemented in the origin and/or evolution of language and/or
culture
Preference will be given to abstracts that formulate criticisms
towards Memetics, Modularity, Universal Selection theories and
Universal Darwinism, but nevertheless adhere to an evolutionary view,
especially systemstheory, for the study of language and/or culture.
Submission of abstracts
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One-page abstracts (including diagrams, references) are now solicited
for 30 minutes presentations (+ 15 minutes discussion). Please use a
12 pt. font and the page should have 2,5 cm margins all around. The
text should be single-spaced.
In the head of the abstract please give: Author(s) name(s), title of
the abstract, affiliation of the author(s) (in brief, one line), e-
mail address of the author(s), max. 5 keywords.
Send your abstract in pdf-file, MS Word document or plain text as an
attachment to
<mailto:Nathalie.Gontier@vub.ac.be>Nathalie.Gontier@vub.ac.be
before February 1, 2004. In the subject of the mail, please write
Abstract EELC 2004.
Proceedings
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Proceedings of the congress lectures will be arranged in Studies in
Language - Complementary series (series editors: Werner Abraham and
Michael Noonan).
Scientific refereeing committee
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- Franz Wuketits (Institute for Philosophy of Science - University of
Vienna)
- Jean Paul Van Bendegem (Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science -
Free University of Brussels)
- Diederik Aerts (Centre Leo Apostel - Free University of Brussels)
- Hendrik Pinxten (Department of Comparative Science of Cultures -
University of Ghent)
- Francis Heylighen (Centre Leo Apostel - Free University of Brussels)
- Piet Van De Craen (Department of Linguistics - Free University of
Brussels)
- Marek Czachor (Department of Theoretical Physics - University of
Gdansk)
- Myriam Vermeerbergen (Department of Linguistics/ Sign Language -Free
University Brussels)
- Olaf Diettrich (Austrian Society for Cognitive Sciences - Vienna)
- Bart de Boer (Department of Artificial Intelligence - University of
Groningen)
- Tony Belpaeme (Artificial Intelligence Lab - Free University
Brussels)
- Nathalie Gontier (Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science - Free
University of Brussels)
Registration
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The registration fee includes coffee, lunches and entrance fee and
excludes transport or lodging and the congress dinner (approximately
30 euro, to be paid at the congress dinner).
- 30 euro: students
- 125 euro: non-students (including Ph.D. students, professors,
researchers,...)
To subscribe:
(1) Send an e-mail to Nathalie.Gontier@vub.ac.beÊwith
(a) in the subject of the mailÊ: subscribe EELC 2004.
(b) in the content of the e-mail message:
Full name
Affiliation
postal address
e-mail address
Telephone number
student or non-student
yes/no participating in the conference dinner on Thursday evening
vegetarian/ non vegetarian
(2) Transfer 125 euro for non-students (including Ph.D. Students), 30
euro for students, to the following bank account number:
Fortis Bank - Belgium: 001-0686455-62
Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels - Belgium.
Very important !!! In the free message write: CONI136-SWIJINK3
As soon as your payment gets through, you will receive confirmation by
e-mail. Please allow up to 3 weeks processing time.
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