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 October-2018-Cool-Logic-Wouter-Posdijk
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SUMMARY:Cool Logic, Wouter Posdijk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Wouter Posdijk
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20181005T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20181005T190000
LOCATION:ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107
 , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
DESCRIPTION:Why do we combine words into sentences
 ? And why should the meaning of these sentences be
  dependent on the meaning of the words that consti
 tute it? Many ideas have been proposed for the evo
 lution of compositionality (Franke (2016), Skyrms 
 (2010), Steinert-Threlkeld (2016)), but these acco
 unts all either incorporate some form of cognitive
  sophistication, or do not show compositionality i
 n the sense that we want it. In addition, it is un
 clear whether these learning strategies can invade
  an already established holophrastic community.  I
 n this talk, I try to make these Franke’s account 
 more evolutionarily plausible by ‘setting the stag
 e’; that is to say, I try to make the languages of
  holophrastically communicating agents more compos
 itional solely through natural processes that lie 
 outside the agent. The idea is that these natural 
 processes emphasize the fact that sentences and th
 eir constituent words are related.  Join us for dr
 inks and snacks in the common room afterwards!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n  <p>Why do we comb
 ine words into sentences? And why should the meani
 ng of these sentences be dependent on the meaning 
 of the words that constitute it? Many ideas have b
 een proposed for the evolution of compositionality
  (Franke (2016), Skyrms (2010), Steinert-Threlkeld
  (2016)), but these accounts all either incorporat
 e some form of cognitive sophistication, or do not
  show compositionality in the sense that we want i
 t. In addition, it is unclear whether these learni
 ng strategies can invade an already established ho
 lophrastic community.</p>\n\n  <p>In this talk, I 
 try to make these Franke’s account more evolutiona
 rily plausible by ‘setting the stage’; that is to 
 say, I try to make the languages of holophrastical
 ly communicating agents more compositional solely 
 through natural processes that lie outside the age
 nt. The idea is that these natural processes empha
 size the fact that sentences and their constituent
  words are related.</p>\n\n  <p>Join us for drinks
  and snacks in the common room afterwards!</p>\n
URL:http://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/91
CONTACT:Mina Young Pedersen, Rachael Colley, Zhuoy
 e Zhao at coollogic.uva at gmail.com
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