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>Subject: Innateness and the Structure of the Mind >Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:16:31 +0100 > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:25:05 +0000 >From: Tom Simpson <[log in to unmask]> > > >The First Annual ARHB Conference on > >Innateness and the Structure of the Mind > >Conference Topic: The Structure of the Innate Mind > >3rd – 6th July 2002 > >University of Sheffield, England > >This interdisciplinary conference will investigate the nature of the innate >capacities, processes, representations, biases, and connections in the >human >mind. What elements of the mind are plausibly innate? How do these innate >elements feed into a story about the development of our mature cognitive >capacities? Which of these elements are shared with other members of the >animal kingdom? What is the structure of the innate mind? > >Invited speakers include (subject to final confirmation): Scott Atran, Mark >Baker, Paul Bloom, David Buss, Peter Carruthers, Leda Cosmides, Stephen >Crain, Randy Gallistel, Rochel Gelman, Susan Gelman, Lila Gleitman, Stephen >Laurence, David Lightfoot, Gary Marcus, Eric Margolis, Geoffrey Miller, >David Papineau, Paul Pietroski, Daniel Povinelli, Richard Samuels, Brian >Scholl, Elizabeth Spelke, Dan Sperber, Helen Tager-Flusberg, John Tooby. > >For more information and a registration form please visit: > >http://www.shef.ac.uk/~phil/AHRB-Project/YearOneConference.html > >Or contact: > >Conference on The Structure of the Innate Mind >Department of Philosophy >University of Sheffield >Sheffield >S10 2TN > >Email: [log in to unmask] > >This conference is the first of a three-year project sponsored by the Arts >and Humanities Research Board of the United Kingdom. Additional funding for >the project provided by the Cognitive Studies Group at the University of >Maryland, the Research Group on Evolution and Higher Cognition at Rutgers >University, and the Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies at the >University >of Sheffield. > >****End of Announcement**** > >Tom Simpson > >----------------------------------------------------------- > >Dr Tom Simpson >Research Associate >Innateness and the Structure of the Mind >Department of Philosophy >University of Sheffield >Sheffield >S10 2TN > >Tel.: +44 (0)114 222 0586 > >Project website: www.shef.ac.uk/~phil/AHRB-Project/index.html > >Personal website: www.shef.ac.uk/misc/personal/pip98ts > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com