The Causal Inference Lab's biweekly reading group will meet to discuss the psychology of modality.

In particular, we will discuss Phillips & Knobe (2018), `The psychological representation of modality' (preprint).

Everyone who would like to discuss the above paper is very welcome to join!

On Monday June 3rd 2019 IXA organises an inspiration session for scientists of the faculty of Humanities of University of Amsterdam and the faculty of Humanities of the Vrije Universiteit.
In this inspiration session we will explore the chances for value creation between the domains of Humanities and Artificial Intelligence.

Hein van den Berg (UvA) and Lukas Verburgt (UU) will present their ongoing research at the first seminar of The Philosophical Tradition in Context Seminar series of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. The seminar aims to bring scholars from philosophy of science, history of science and humanities, history of philosophy, metaphysics and comparative philosophy together to reflect on the interaction of philosophy and science with society and politics, and the methodology of philosophy, science and humanities.

The scientific programme of this informal workshop will be structured around a number of invited talks on topics broadly related to the design and analysis of mechanisms for collective decision making. Everyone is welcome to attend. This includes in particular ILLC staff and students. Registration is required and free until 25 May 2019.

The scientific programme of this informal workshop will be structured around a number of invited talks on topics broadly related to the design and analysis of mechanisms for collective decision making. Everyone is welcome to attend. This includes in particular ILLC staff and students. Registration is required and free until 25 May 2019.

On 12 June 2019, ILLC is organizing a workshop and reception to celebrate Johan van Benthem's 70th birthday. The workshop consists of talks by Johan and some of his many former PhD students at UvA and Stanford. The workshop will take place in the ILLC Common Room, to be followed by a Reception (in the same place). Everybody at ILLC is most welcome to attend!

Confirmed speakers, in addition to Johan himself, include in alphabetical order: Nina Gierasimczuk (DTU, Copenhagen), Peter Hawke (ILLC), Fenrong Liu (Tsinghua and ILLC), Oivier Roy (Univ. of Bayreuth), Shane Steinert-Threlkeld (ILLC) and Martin Stokhof (ILLC).

This Academy Colloquium on Musicality and Genomics will bring together leading experts from neurobiology, cognitive psychology, music cognition and genetics to discuss (Day 1) the phenotypes of musicality, how to measure them, and genetic techniques for studying human variation. and (Day 2) the possibilities for combining musicality indices with the latest genomic methods, genetic pleiotropy between traits, and the instalment of an international consortium on the biological bases of musicality.

This Academy Colloquium on Musicality and Genomics will bring together leading experts from neurobiology, cognitive psychology, music cognition and genetics to discuss (Day 1) the phenotypes of musicality, how to measure them, and genetic techniques for studying human variation. and (Day 2) the possibilities for combining musicality indices with the latest genomic methods, genetic pleiotropy between traits, and the instalment of an international consortium on the biological bases of musicality.

The Haber lab focuses on the neural network that underlies incentive learning and decision-making that leads to the development of action plans.

This Academy Colloquium on Musicality and Genomics will bring together leading experts from neurobiology, cognitive psychology, music cognition and genetics to discuss (Day 1) the phenotypes of musicality, how to measure them, and genetic techniques for studying human variation. and (Day 2) the possibilities for combining musicality indices with the latest genomic methods, genetic pleiotropy between traits, and the instalment of an international consortium on the biological bases of musicality.

The InqBnB workshop series brings together researchers working on inquisitive semantics and closely related topics. We are particularly interested in research that studies the semantics/pragmatics of questions and other inquisitive constructions, and in work investigating expressions which interact with the meaning of questions in interesting ways.

The InqBnB workshop series brings together researchers working on inquisitive semantics and closely related topics. We are particularly interested in research that studies the semantics/pragmatics of questions and other inquisitive constructions, and in work investigating expressions which interact with the meaning of questions in interesting ways.

The ABC Networking Day provides you with the opportunity to discover all research treasures that ABC holds, and connect with other ABC researchers. All researchers (PhDs, post-docs, assistant/associate/full professors) are invited to attend and actively participate.

The Networking Day will consist of ABC Highlights (talks that showcase recent work from the different ABC research Themes and Transversal Perspectives) and Pitch talks (flash talks that are all about getting to know each other, to foster fresh collaborations, and, possibly, to team-up for grant proposals), followed by a lunch where the discussions continue in an informal atmosphere. Directly following the ABC Networking Day the AMBition Kick-off meeting will take place, also at the KIT.

AMBition is a coalition of four leading neuroscience research institutes (NIN, Amsterdam UMC, IBBA and ABC) aimed at building sustainable bridges between Amsterdam’s top research groups in the fields of brain and mind research. With the launch of AMBition, Amsterdam’s international visibility as an attractive and inspiring centre for mind and brain research will grow greatly, pushing Amsterdam in joining the league of worldwide leading institutes in this field. The kick-off of AMBition is scheduled for the 28th of June 2019 during a symposium in the KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam.