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UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2004/newsitem/772/29-O
 ctober-2004-Workshop-on-Belief-Revision-Changing-M
 inds-Room-A-303-University-of-Amsterdam-Roetersstr
 aat-15-Amsterdam
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SUMMARY:Workshop on Belief Revision: 'Changing Min
 ds', Room A-303, University of Amsterdam, Roeterss
 traat 15, Amsterdam
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20041029T134500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20041029T194500
LOCATION:Room A-303, University of Amsterdam, Roet
 ersstraat 15, Amsterdam
DESCRIPTION:Belief revision theory was first devel
 oped to give a formal answer to this question, fol
 lowing a long tradition of philosophical work on t
 heory change. In the last two decades, belief revi
 sion has become one of the most active areas of re
 search, at the confluence between cognitive scienc
 e, logic, philosophy, and AI. Nevertheless, the mo
 st crucial features of belief revision still remai
 n unsolved - and the main reason lies in a serious
  lack of integration between the 'formal side' and
  the 'cognitive side' of the problem, i.e. between
  approaches first developed in logic, computer sci
 ence and philosophy, and theoretical models and em
 pirical evidences gathered in the field of cogniti
 ve science and experimental psychology.    This wo
 rkshop brings together leading experts in several 
 related fields to discuss these issues and compare
  distinct approaches. Different paradigms need not
  to merge, since they might turn out to address co
 mplementary aspects of belief change. But in this 
 workshop they will be confronted with each other, 
 to clarify differences and synergies - with specia
 l emphasis on the primacy of cognitive studies. Be
 lief revision is perhaps the most fundamental of o
 ur cognitive skills: therefore, its formal underst
 anding cannot abstract from empirical data on beli
 ef change in humans.    For more information and a
 bstracts, see:   http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dip/f
 il_sc_soc/dot-sc/belrev.html
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n      <p>\n        
 Belief revision theory was first developed to give
  a formal\n        answer to this question, follow
 ing a long tradition of\n        philosophical wor
 k on theory change. In the last two decades,\n    
     belief revision has become one of the most act
 ive areas of\n        research, at the confluence 
 between cognitive science, logic,\n        philoso
 phy, and AI. Nevertheless, the most crucial featur
 es of\n        belief revision still remain unsolv
 ed - and the main reason\n        lies in a seriou
 s lack of integration between the 'formal\n       
  side' and the 'cognitive side' of the problem, i.
 e. between\n        approaches first developed in 
 logic, computer science and\n        philosophy, a
 nd theoretical models and empirical evidences\n   
      gathered in the field of cognitive science an
 d experimental\n        psychology.\n      </p>\n 
      <p>\n        This workshop brings together le
 ading experts in several\n        related fields t
 o discuss these issues and compare distinct\n     
    approaches. Different paradigms need not to mer
 ge, since they\n        might turn out to address 
 complementary aspects of belief\n        change. B
 ut in this workshop they will be confronted with e
 ach\n        other, to clarify differences and syn
 ergies - with special\n        emphasis on the pri
 macy of cognitive studies. Belief revision\n      
   is perhaps the most fundamental of our cognitive
  skills:\n        therefore, its formal understand
 ing cannot abstract from\n        empirical data o
 n belief change in humans.\n      </p>\n    \n    
   <p>\n        For more information and abstracts,
  see: \n      </p>\n      <p><a target="_blank" hr
 ef="http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dip/fil_sc_soc/dot
 -sc/belrev.html">http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dip/f
 il_sc_soc/dot-sc/belrev.html</a>\n      </p>\n    
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 ctober-2004-Workshop-on-Belief-Revision-Changing-M
 inds-Room-A-303-University-of-Amsterdam-Roetersstr
 aat-15-Amsterdam
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