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Cognitive science is the study of how intelligent beings (including people, animals, and machines) perceive, act, know, and think.

It explores the process and content of thought as observed in individuals, distributed through communities, manifested in the structure and meaning of language, modeled by algorithms, and contemplated by philosophies of mind.

Its models are formulated using concepts drawn from many disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, logic, computer science, anthropology, and philosophy, and they are tested using evidence from psychological experiments, clinical studies, field studies, computer simulations, and neurophysiological observation.

Announcement: The Cognitive Science Graduate Certificate is now open to UConn students and non-degree students. Please see the Graduate Certificate Application process webpage for more information.

Oct 28 Sociocultural Anthropology Seminar Series12:00pm

Sociocultural Anthropology Seminar Series

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Storrs Campus
ONLINE

Ashley Graham, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Connecticut presents:
When is it Acceptable to Vaccinate Pregnant Women? Risk, Evidence, and Politics of Governance in Epidemics.

Colloquium Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/meet/anthrodept

Contact Information: Andrea Booth andrea.booth@uconn.edu
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Oct 28 Philosophy Brown Bag: Tizzard12:15pm

Philosophy Brown Bag: Tizzard

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM

Storrs Campus
link by email

This week: Jessica Tizzard, "Better Understanding the Metaphysics of Pregnancy"

A series of informal talks by philosophy faculty and graduate students. For a description and how to sign up, see http://philosophy.uconn.edu/brown-bags/.

Contact Information: Lionel Shapiro, lionel.shapiro@uconn.edu
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Oct 30 Logic Colloquium (Online): Brauer, Linnebo, & Shapiro: Choice Sequences11:00am

Logic Colloquium (Online): Brauer, Linnebo, & Shapiro: Choice Sequences

Friday, October 30th, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus
online

Join us for the online Logic Colloquium for a talk by Ethan Brauer, Øystein Linnebo, and Stewart Shapiro on:

Divergent potentialism: A modal analysis with an application to choice sequences

Modal logic has recently been used to analyze potential infinity and potentialism more generally. However, this analysis breaks down in cases of divergent possibilities, where the modal logic is weaker than S4.2. This talk has three aims. First, we use the intuitionistic theory of free choice sequences to motivate the need for a modal analysis of divergent potentialism and explain the challenge of connecting the ordinary theory of choice sequences with our modal explication. Then, we use the so-called Beth-Kripke semantics for intuitionistic logic to overcome those challenges. Finally, we apply the resulting modal analysis of divergent potentialism to make choice sequences comprehensible in classical terms.

Please contact Marcus Rossberg for log-in information.

https://logic.uconn.edu/calendar/

Contact Information: marcus.rossberg@uconn.edu
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Nov 4 Sociocultural Anthropology Seminar Series12:00pm

Sociocultural Anthropology Seminar Series

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Storrs Campus
ONLINE

Emily Mendenhall, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Health, Georgetown University presents:
"Rethinking Diabetes: Theory and Methods at the intersection of Trauma, Metabolic, and Infection"

Colloquium Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/meet/anthrodept

Co-sponsored with the Global Health & Human Rights Research Program

Contact Information: Andrea Booth andrea.booth@uconn.edu
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