28-29 August 2008
Bonn, Germany
KNOWLEDGE, REPRESENTATION, AND LEARNING
Universittsclub Bonn, August 28-29 2008
http://www.wuk.uni-bonn.de
The workshop takes place within the 'Wissen und Knnen' ('knowing-how and
knowing-that') project, sponsored by the VolkswagenStiftung. The project se
eks
to enhance understanding of the cognitive abilities underlying knowledge
structures. On the basis of behavioral and neurological evidence it has bee
n
argued that, besides the well established distinction between propositional
and
procedural knowledge, further kinds of knowledge have to be identified, e.g
.
imagination-based knowledge.
The special focus of the present workshop are the learning processes underl
ying
development of knowledge of a specific kind. The aim is to understand th
e
mental processes, and the conditions under which they are employed, that gu
ide
the acquisition of new knowledge and its later application. Interactions
between different kinds of knowledge and possible obstructions that might
result are put under investigation.
The perspective taken by the participants of the workshop is emphatically
interdisciplinary, including findings from philosophy, psychology, and
cognitive neuroscience.
List of Speakers:
Zoltan Dienes (Department of Psychology, School of Life Sciences,
University of Sussex)
Tibor Kiss (Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut, Ruhr-Universitt
Bochum)
Hans-Peter Mallot (Kognitive Neurowissenschaften, Universitt
Tbingen)
Mark May (Fakultt fr Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften,
Helmut-Schmidt-Universitt, Universitt der Bundeswehr Hamburg)
Franz Mechsner (School of Psychology and Sport Sciences, Northumbria
University)
Gerhard Minnameier (Institut fr Erziehungswissenschaften, RWTH
Aachen)
Albert Newen and Eva-Maria Jung (Institut fr Philosophie,
Ruhr-Universitt Bochum)
Louise Rska-Hardy (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen)
Jason Stanley (Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick)
Isabell Wartenburger (Institut fr Linguistik, Universitt Potsdam)
Interested parties should contact the project coordination (wukpro@uni-bonn
.de)
in order to request admission. Due to the restricted number of participants
,
early registration is recommended. Participation is free of charge. The tal
ks
will be held on English.
Further information can be obtained by email (wukpro@uni-bonn.de) or on the
project website (www.wuk.uni-bonn.de) in due course.