1998-99: Language & Cognition

Language and Cognition

February 26-27, 1999
  • Speaker: Terrance Deacon (Biological Anthropology, Boston University; Research Fellow in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School): "A Symbol Problem: Computation and Representation-A Biological Perspective
  • Colloquium: Terrence Deacon (Biological Anthropology, Boston University; Research Fellow in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School): "A Critique of Computation"
  • Commentators: Robert Brandon (Philosophy, Duke), Matt Cartmill (Biological Anthropology/Anatomy, Duke), Dale Purves (Neurobiology, Duke)
April 10, 1999
  • Colloquium: Brian Cantwell Smith (Cognitive Science and Computer Science; Philosophy, Indiana University): "Rehabilitating Representation: Intentionality in an Era of Embodied Cognition"
  • Commentators: David Sanford (Philosophy, Duke) and Ken Surin (Program in Literature, Duke)