ELFT HÍRADÓ

["Laszlo E. Szabo" <leszabo AT ludens.elte.hu>]

Department of HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Eotvos University, Budapest
Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest
Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924
Department's Home Page:http://hps.elte.hu

Philosophy of Science Colloquium
Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM
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 6 May 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
 (Language: English)

 Models of cognition and social interactions

 Mihail Radu Solcan
  Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest

(1) The talk is an attempt to emphasize some philosophical
  presuppositions of the application of neural networks
  models in the analysis of social interactions.

(2 )Two main models of cognition are taken into account
  in the talk: the classical model and the neural network
  model.

(3) The use of neural networks models is rather rarely attempted
  in social science. The examples known to the author are
  from economics.

(4) The talk suggests that the use of neural networks models
  in social science is however interesting. The focus is
  on the implications of the application of the last model
  as a model of social interactions.

(5) Two main advantages of such models are suggested: (a)
  they offer an explanation for what is called dispersed
  knowledge; (b) they shift the accent from rational agents
  to interactions and rules in society.

(6) Some criticisms of the use of models in social science
  are examined. We also consider the advantages of alternative
  models with (rational) agents.

(7) Open problems: the meaning of computer simulations of
  social interactions based on neural networks models.


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The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 5-minute break. Then
we held a 30-60-minute discussion.The participants may comment the talks and
initiate discussion on the Internet. The comments should be written in the
language of the presentation.

The organizer of the colloquium:
Laszlo E. Szabo (email: 
leszabo AT hps.elte.hu)

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Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Home: (36-1) 200-7318
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http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo