rapaport@cs.Buffalo.EDU (William J. Rapaport) (04/05/89)
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
GRADUATE RESEARCH INITIATIVE IN COGNITIVE AND LINGUISTIC SCIENCES
PRESENTS
LARRY COPES
Institute for the Study of Educational Mathematics
and Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
Augsburg College
and
Department of Electrical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence
Tuskegee University
THE PERRY SCHEME OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
William Perry's scheme of moral and intellectual development postulates
a sequence of "positions" that college students move through, reflecting
their developing attitudes towards knowledge. The positions range from
"Basic Duality"-all problems are solvable; the student's task is to
learn the right solutions-through "Contextual Relativism"-all knowledge
is disconnected from any concept of absolute truth, though there are
standards that theories must adhere to-to "Developing Commitment"-in
which it is seen that one must retrace the whole journey over and over.
Dr. Copes, who is the former coordinator of the "Perry Network", will
discuss the scheme, some applications of AI to understanding it, and its
relevance to cognitive science.
Monday, April 10, 1989
4:00 P.M.
109 Knox Hall, Amherst Campus
There will be an evening discussion at 8:00 P.M.
at a location to be announced.
Contact Bill Rapaport, Dept. of Computer Science, 716-636-3193, for
further information.rapaport@cs.Buffalo.EDU (William J. Rapaport) (12/01/89)
SUNY Buffalo
Center for Cognitive Science
presents
CHARLES O. FRAKE
Samuel P. Capen Professor
Department of Anthropology
SUNY Buffalo
WHERE DO DIRECTIONS COME FROM?
FROM INFORMATION PROCESSING TO THE DISPLAY OF KNOWLEDGE
IN REAL-WORLD SPATIAL ORIENTATION
Attempts to understand ethnographic and historical data on diverse mari-
time navigational systems have uncovered several curious puzzles whose
solution requires attention to some major problems confronting all stu-
dents of human cognition. These problems concern mental models, their
representations, technological embodiments, ecological applications,
social uses, and cultural sources. A discussion of these problems
informs the larger issue of identifying the sources of uniformity and
variation in human cognitive systems. It also makes an argument for the
practicality and utility (and enjoyment) of investigations of non-
artificial intelligence.
Thursday, December 7, 1989
4:00 P.M.
280 Park Hall, Amherst Campus
For further information, contact Erwin Segal, Department of Psychology,
716-636-3675, segal@cs.buffalo.edu, or William J. Rapaport, Department of
Computer Science, 716-636-3193, rapaport@cs.buffalo.edu