Herbert Paul Grice on conceptual spaces

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***Call for Abstracts: Concept Learning and Reasoning in Conceptual Spaces***

Workshop

October 24-25 2017
Ruhr-University Bochum

Invited speakers

• Igor Douven (Paris)

• Peter Gärdenfors (Lund)

• Martha Lewis (Amsterdam)

• Further speakers are invited 

Workshop theme: Concept Learning and Reasoning in Conceptual Spaces

The conceptual spaces framework championed by Peter Gaerdenfors (2000, 2014) serves as a mediating approach between the symbolic and the sub-symbolic levels of representation in cognitive architectures. As such, the framework motivates interesting questions about the organization of mental representational structures and processes. Recently, the conceptual spaces approach has been broadened to theoretical and empirical work on the structure of sensory categories, linguistic communication, concept formation, and reasoning. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together philosophers and cognitive scientists to discuss the contemporary applications of conceptual spaces in these domains.

Organizers

The Emmy-Nother Research Group From Perception to Belief and Back Again in Bochum, in particular: Peter Brössel (Bochum), Filippo Vindrola (Bochum) and Nina Poth (Edinburgh).

Submission instructions

We invite submissions of abstracts for additional contributed talks. Slots for contributed talks will be one hour, including a 15 min Q&A session. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words, should be prepared for blind review. Please send an email with the subject line “Conceptual Spaces”, including your name and affiliation to perception-belief@rub.de. 

The deadline is 25 September 2017. We look forward to your submission.

We aim to make a decision on contributed papers by 1 October.

For any questions or inquiries about submissions or the workshop please contact:
perception-belief@rub.de

Please find further information and updates on the workshop homepage: https://conceptlearningandreasoninginconceptualspaces.wordpress.com