BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2006/newsitem/1351/11- May-2006-Workshop-Philosophical-and-Psychological- Perspectives-on-Number-Brussel DTSTAMP:20060504T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop "Philosophical and\nPsychological Perspectives on Number", Brussel DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060511 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060511 LOCATION:Brussel DESCRIPTION:The aim of this workshop is to bring t ogether psychologists and philosophers who are stu dying the epistemological and ontological foundati ons of number.Key topics are: what are numbers? Ho w do we acquire knowledge about them? What is the role of language and other cultural factors in acq uiring numerical concepts? What neural correlates underlie numerical competence? What are the implic ations of psychological foundations of number for the philosophy of mathematics? We expect that brin ging together philosophers and psychologists will foster a unique cross-fertilization for both field s. As the workshop will have an in-depth, focused character, we have invited eminent scholars in psy chology and philosophy whose work has deepened the understanding of the nature and knowledge of numb er. For more details, including full programme, titles and abstracts, follow this link: http://www .vub.ac.be/CLWF/WON2006/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
The aim of this workshop is to bring together\npsychologists and philosophers who are studying the epistemolog ical and\nontological foundations of number.Key to pics are: what are numbers? How do\nwe acquire kno wledge about them? What is the role of language an d other\ncultural factors in acquiring numerical c oncepts? What neural correlates\nunderlie numerica l competence? What are the implications of psychol ogical\nfoundations of number for the philosophy o f mathematics? We expect that\nbringing together p hilosophers and psychologists will foster a unique \ncross-fertilization for both fields. As the work shop will have an\nin-depth, focused character, we have invited eminent scholars in\npsychology and philosophy whose work has deepened the understandi ng of the\nnature and knowledge of number.\n
\n \nFor more details, including f ull programme, titles and abstracts, follow\nthis link: http://www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/WON2006 /\n
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