harnad@psycho (Stevan Harnad) (03/31/91)
PROGRAM, RESERVATION FORMS AND TRAVEL INFORMATION FOR
SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY
1991 MEETING
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
JUNE 9-12, 1991
For Information:
Bob Van Gulick rnvangul@sunrise.bitnet
Jerry Samet (Philosophy, Brandeis University)
Paul Bloom (Psychology, University of Arizona)
bloom@ccit.arizona.edu
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MEETING SITE: Seven Hills Conference Center (west side of the San
Francisco State University campus, off Lake Merced Blvd.)
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
9:00-11:00 Symposium I: Meaning Holism and Conceptual Role
Semantics (N)
Chair: Janet Levin (Philosophy, USC)
Speakers:
1. Ernie Lepore and Jerry Fodor (Philosophy,
Rutgers University)
2. Ned Block (Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT)
3. Michael Devitt (Philosophy, U Md/College Park)
11:15-12:15 Contributed paper 1 (N)
Chair:
Speaker: Christopher Gauker (Philosophy,
University of Cincinnati) "Similarity judgments"
Commentator: Robert MacCauley (Philosophy, Emory
University)
11:15-12:15 Contributed paper 2 (P)
Chair: Jane Duran (Philosophy, UC/Santa Barbara)
Speaker: Dan Riesberg (Psychology, Reed College)
and Deborah Chambers (Psychology, North Dakota
State U.)
"Images depict; images describe"
Commentator: Kyle Cave (Psychology, Vanderbilt)
1:15-2:15 Contributed paper 3
Chair: Larry Birnbaum (Institute for the Learning
Sciences, Northwestern University)
Speaker: David Kirsh (Cognitive Science, UC/San
Diego) "Some problems with the logicist view of
artificial intelligence"
Commentator: Pat Hayes (MCC)
1:15-2:15 Contributed paper 4
Chair: Irving Krakow (Philosophy, Camden County
College)
Speaker: Carol Slater (Psychology, Alma College)
"Explaining behavior: why we can't lean on
learning"
Commentator: Joe Levine (Philosophy, NC
State/Raleigh)
2:30-4:30 Symposium II: Is mathematics innate? (N)
Chair:
Speakers:
1. Karen Wynn (Psychology, U Arizona/Tucson)
"Psychological evidence against empiricist
theories of mathematical knowledge"
2. Robert Schwartz (Philosophy, U
Wisconsin/Milwaukee) "Is mathematics innate?"
3. Philip Kitcher (Philosophy, UCSD)
4:45-6:00 Keynote address (N)
Chair: Jerry Fodor (Philosophy, Rutgers
University)
Speaker: Steve Pinker (Brain and Cognitive
Science, MIT)
Title: "Rules and associations in human language"
MONDAY, JUNE 10
9:00-11:00 Symposium III: The Roots of Social Cognition
(N)
1. Leda Cosmides (Psychology, UC/Santa Barbara)
"The logic of social exchange versus the logic of
logic"
2. Alan Fiske (Psychology, U Penn) "Innate
hypotheses and cultural parameters for social
relations"
3. Donald Symons (Anthropology, UC/Santa Barbara)
11:15-12:15 Contributed paper 5
Chair: Owen Flanagan (Philosophy, Wellesley
College)
Speaker: Janet Andrews (Psychology, Vassar
College) "The role of prototypes in understanding
category concepts: a critical assessment"
Commentator: Margery Lucas (Psychology, Wellesley
College)
11:15-12:15 Contributed paper 6
Chair:
Speaker: Anthony Dardis (Philosophy, University of
Georgia/Athens) "Content externalism and causal
relevance"
Commentator: Carol Cleland (Philosophy, University
of Colorado/Boulder)
1:15-2:15 Contributed paper 7
Chair: Paul Pietroski (Philosophy, McGill Univ.)
Speaker: Alvin Goldman (Philosophy, University of
Arizona/Tucson) "Mental concepts, self-ascription,
and consciousness"
Commentator: Paul Boghossian (Philosophy,
University of Michigan)
1:15-2:15 Contributed paper 8
Speaker: Naomi Goldblum (Psychology, Hebrew
University) "The distinctiveness of metaphor: a
psycholinguistic study"
Commentator: Eva Kittay (Philosophy (SUNY/Stony
Brook)
2:15-2:30 break
2:30-4:30 Symposium IV: Are Humans Rational? (N)
1. Stuart Silvers (Philosophy, Clemson University)
"Cognitive performance and assessment,
epistemological norms, and the relativity of
reason"
2. John Tooby (Psychology, UC/Santa Barbara)
"Ecological rationality"
3. Edward Stein (Philosophy, Williams College & MIT)
8:30-10:00 Presidential Address (N)
Chair: Patricia Kitcher (Philosophy, UCSD)
Speaker: Ray Jackendoff (Program in Linguistics
and Cognitive Science, Brandeis)
Title: "Is there a faculty of social cognition?"
TUESDAY, JUNE 11
9:00-10:00 Invited talk (N)
Chair: Kent Bach (Philosophy, San Francisco State)
Speaker: Michael Scriven (Pacific Graduate School
of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA)
Title: "Implicit rules in logic"
10:15-12:15 Symposium V: Prototype Theory and Concept
Stability
Chair: Ken Livingston (Psychology, Vassar College)
Speakers
1. Georges Rey (Philosophy, U Md/College Park)
"Concepts and reference fixers"
2. Alison Gopnik (Psychology, UC/Berkeley)
"Concepts as theories: who's afraid of semantic
holism"
3. George Bealer (Philosophy, UColorado/Boulder)
"Philosophical constraints on a theory of
concepts"
1:15-2:15 Contributed papers 9 (N)+(P)
Chair: A.A. Howsepian (Philosophy, Notre Dame)
Speakers: G. Lynn Stephens & George Graham
(Philosophy, Univ of Alabama/Birmingham)
"Introspective identification and disturbances of
self consciousness"
Commentator: Jennifer Church (Philosophy, Vassar
College)
1:15-2:15 Contributed papers 10 (N)+(P)
Chair: Anti Bax (Clemson University)
Speaker: Kirk Ludwig (Philosophy, University of
Florida/Gainesville) "How can reasons be causally
relevant to what we do?"
Commentator: Fred Dretske (Philosophy, Stanford
University)
2:30-3:30 Contributed papers 11 (N)+(P)
Chair:
Speaker: Louise Antony (Philosophy, NC State
University/Raleigh) "Rabbit pots and supernovas:
on the relevance of psychological data to
linguistic theory"
Commentator: Scott Soames (Philosophy, Princeton
University)
2:30-3:30 Contributed paper 12 (N)+(P)
Chair:
Speaker: Peter Ludlow (Philosophy, SUNY/Stony
Brook) "In defense of the dual aspect theory"
Commentator: Barbara Von Eckardt (University of
Nebraska/Lincoln)
3:45-5:45 Contributed papers 13 & 14 (P)
Chair: Jeffrey Poland (Psychology, U
Nebraska/Lincoln)
Speaker: Rob Wilson (Philosophy, Cornell
University) "Individualism and causal powers"
Commentator: Terry Horgan (Philosophy, Memphis
State University)
Speaker: Joseph Owens (Philosophy, University of
Minnesota/Twin Cities) "Psychophysical
supervenience and inner access"
Commentator: Piers Rawling (Philosophy, University
of Georgia/Athens)
3:45-5:45 Invited lecture (N)
Chair:
Speaker: Randy Gallistel (Psychology, UC/Berkeley)
Title: "Is the associative bond the phlogiston of
psychology?"
Discussants:
1. Paul Churchland (Philosophy, UCSD)
2. Ben Williams (Psychology, UCSD)
WED JUNE 12
9:00-12:00 Symposium VI: Consciousness
1. Dan Dennett (Philosophy, Tufts University)
"Time and the brain: escape from the theater of
consciousness"
2. Robert Van Gulick (Philosophy, Syracuse
University) "Understanding the phenomenal mind"
3. Benjamin Libet (Physiology, School of Medicine,
UC/San Francisco) "The cerebral time-on theory for
conscious and unconscious mental function"
4. David Rosenthal (Philosophy, Graduate
Center/CUNY)
Accomodations: Lodging is available at reasonable rates at two
on campus locations. Both the Guest Center (hotel-like) and the
Residence Halls (shared bath) are very near the Conference
Center. Accomodations are available only in a complete package
which includes 4 nights lodging (begining night of June 8) and
breakfast and lunch each day of the conference. Rates are given
on the Reservation Form (below).
Limited availability for the Guest Center, so reservations will
be taken in order received. (If you request the Guest Center and
end up booked in the Residence Hall, the difference will be
refunded at registration.)
Please note that the SPP must supply SFSU with a guest list and
full payment 30 days in advance to hold reservations. So please
send your reservation and payment ASAP and by April 30 at the
latest.
Doubles can not be reserved until both persons register.
STAYING ON: If you want to stay in SF for a few extra days,
space should be available. Please indicate such an interest on
the registration form.
ARRIVAL: Check in time: after 3:00 PM Sat. June 8
(On Saturday 6/8 only - come to lounge of Verducci Hall, the
only SFSU building on Lake Merced Boulevard. On other days
registration will be at Conference Center)
Check out time: 2:00 PM Wed. June 12
CHILDREN: Unfortunately insurance provisions do not permit
children in SFSU lodging.
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:
Member: $20
Nonmember: $30
Student: $10.
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1991 SPP MEMBERSHIP DUES:
Regular: $15
Student: $ 5
The Program Chairs wish to thank the following for their help in
refereeing contributed papers: Louise Antony, Kent Bach, Ned
Block, Denise Cummins, A.J. Figuerado, Owen Flanagan, Alvin
Goldman, George Graham, Kerry Green, Eli Hirsch, Terry Horgan,
Eva Kittay, Ernie LePore, Dan Lloyd, Chris Maloney, Charles
Marks, Bob Matthews, Lynn Nadel, Janet Nicol, Sarah Patterson,
Paul Pietroski, William Rappoport, Georges Rey, Mark Richard, Bob
Schwartz, Stuart Silvers, Varda Solomon, Ed Stein, Bob Van Gulik,
Barbara Von Eckhardt, Stephen White, David Wong, Karen Wynn,
Palle Yourgrau