(New) 15 December 2026, Constructed Meanings: The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence
Date: Tuesday 15 December 2026
Time: 09:00
Location: REC A2.11
Target audience: Master and Phd student, possibly postdocs if the capacity allows
Costs: Free
Deadline: Thursday 15 October 2026
The Systematicity Argument tells us that there must be symbols (“concepts”) inside agents who display linguistic capacities: the argument has been enormously influential in Philosophy, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, and now in AI, but is the argument a good one?
Invited Speakers: D. Rothschild (UCL), M. Lewis (ILLC, UvA), S. Gerlek (ASCA, UvA).
Applications are welcome from Master and PhD students.
Please submit an anonymized abstract (max. 2 pages excluding references, 1 inch margin and 11pt font) to systematicityamsterdam at gmail.com by October 15 at 23:59.
For more information, see
https://www.ozsw.nl/activity/constructed-meanings-the-challenge-of-artificial-intelligence/
or contact Giorgio Sbardolini at systematicityamsterdam at gmail.com.