22-24 Aug 2012
Duesseldorf, Germany
International Interdisciplinary Conference "Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition, and Science" (CTF'12) Düsseldorf (GER), August 22-24, 2012 http://www.sfb991.uni-duesseldorf.de/concept-types-and-frames-in-language-cognition-and-science/ New submission deadline: April 10, 2012 Organized and financed by DFG Collaborative Research Centre CRC 991/SFB 991 "The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition, and Science" http://www.sfb991.uni-duesseldorf.de/en/sfb991/ Aims and scope A sequel to CTF'07 and CTF'09, CTF'12 is the third interdisciplinary conference to contribute to the development of a general frame theory of human concepts. The conference explores the application of frames in linguistics and other sciences. It discusses foundational issues for the development of a theory of frames from the perspectives of general and computational linguistics, mathematics, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, ontology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. Invited speakers: Hanne Andersen, Lawrence Barsalou, John Beavers, Walter Bisang, Jean Mandler, Ivan Sag, John Sowa, Rolf Zwaan Frames CTF'12 explores fundamental aspects of a formal theory of frames understood as recursive attribute-value structures with functional attributes. The aspects include representation and model-theoretic interpretation, attributes and value types, and appropriate frame structures for different types of concepts. A special focus will be on dynamic aspects of frame theory: modeling dynamic frame components for event and process frames; exploring operations on frames such as type shifts and frame composition. Cognition CTF'12 explores empirical evidence for and consequences of the frame approach. It addresses the distinction of types of concepts, in particular relational and functional nominal concepts. Major topics include the grounding of concepts in the sensory-motor system and dynamic aspects of concept formation. Language CTF'12 explores the application of a formalized theory of frames at various levels of linguistic description: lexical semantics of the different conceptual types of nouns and verbs, deep lexical decomposition, semantics of word formation, the syntax-semantics interface, syntactic and semantic composition, and anaphora and coherence in discourse. Science CTF'12 explores the applications of the frame approach in various fields of institutional categorization: e.g., the evolution of the frame notion in the history of philosophy; scientific frames and paradigm shifts; frames forl egal concepts; frames in applied ontology; a frame model of the mind; and frame description of psychiatric disorders. Important dates Submission of abstracts (600-800 words) => extended deadline: April 10 Notification of acceptance: May 30 Submission site https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ctf12 Publication details The post-proceedings will be published by Düsseldorf University Press with open online access. Programme committee Sebastian Löbner (general chair), Rainer Osswald, Gottfried Vosgerau Organizational committee Dorothea Brenner, David Hommen, Timm Lichte, Daniel Schulze