X-Message-Number: 11789
From: Daniel Ust <>
Subject: CFP: Representation in Mind
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 09:29:04 -0400

Representation in Mind: New Approaches to Mental Representation
27-29th June 2000
at The University of Sydney

Keynote Speakers: Professor Robert Cummins (University of California, 
Davis; author of "Representations, Targets, and Attitudes") and 
Professor Brian Cantwell Smith (University of Indiana; author of 
"The,Origin of Objects").
Cognitive Science was founded on the premise that the processing of 
internally represented information is critical to understanding and 
explaining the mind. Recently this representationalism has been 
questioned: dynamical systems theorists suggest that representations 
are largely unnecessary for cognitive science and the fundamental 
issues of representational architecture and content remain the subject 
of heated debate. The aim of this conference is to explore and promote 
fresh approaches to the question of representationalism.
Contributions to the conference will largely be invited. However the 
organizer is happy to consider paper proposals which address the core 
aims of the conference.
Note to Potential International Visitors: Because of the 2000 Olympic 
Games in Sydney in September, those travelling from outside Australia 
are advised to book flights reasonably early.
Note that this will be a particularly good time for philosophers to 
visit Australia. Along with the Olympics and Australia's extraordinary 
range of natural attractions, the Representation in Mind Conference 
will be immediately followed by the Australasian Association for the 
History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science Conference in 
Sydney, and then the Australasian Association for Philosophy annual 
conferences in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
For more information, contact the conference organizer: Hugh Clapin, 
School of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, Ph:
61-2-9351-5592, Fax: 61-2-9351-6660, Email:

Conference Website:
http://www.arts.su.edu.au/Arts/departs/philos/APS/conferences/RepnInMin  
d/index.html

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