CfP ISI 2005, September 19-23, 2005, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA

[geos@etf.ukim.edu.mk]

--------------------------------------------------
Interactivist Summer Institute 2005
September 19-23, 2005
Madren Conference Center
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA

http://www.lehigh.edu/~interact/isi2005/index.htm
--------------------------------------------------

Join us in exploring the frontiers of understanding of life, mind, and
cognition. There is a growing recognition - across 
many disciplines - that phenomena of life and mind, including cognition
and representation, are emergents of far-from-equilibrium, interactive,
autonomous systems. Mind and biology, mind and agent, are being
re-united. 

The classical treatment of cognition and representation within a
formalist framework of encodingist assumptions is widely recognized as a
fruitless maze of blind alleys. From neurobiology to robotics, from
cognitive science to philosophy of mind and language, dynamic and
interactive alternatives are being explored. Dynamic systems approaches
and autonomous agent research join in the effort. 

The interactivist model offers a theoretical approach to matters of life
and mind, ranging from evolutionary- and neuro-biology - including the
emergence of biological function - through representation, perception,
motivation, memory, learning and development, emotions, consciousness,
language, rationality, sociality, personality and psychopathology. This
work has developed interfaces with studies of central nervous system
functioning, the ontology of process, autonomous agents, philosophy of
science, and all areas of psychology, philosophy, and cognitive science
that address the person.

The conference will involve both tutorials addressing central parts and
aspects of the interactive model, and papers addressing current work of
relevance to this general approach. 

This will be our third Summer Institute; the first was in 2001 at Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, and the second was in 2003 in
Copenhagen, Denmark. The intention is for this Summer Institute to
become a traditional biennial meeting where those sharing the core ideas
of interactivism will meet and discuss their work, try to reconstruct
its historical roots, put forward current research in different fields
that fits the interactivist framework, and define research topics for
prospective graduate students. 

People working in philosophy of mind, linguistics, social sciences,
artificial intelligence, cognitive robotics, theoretical biology, and
other fields related to the sciences of mind are invited to send their
paper submission or statement of interest for participation to the
organizers.

http://www.lehigh.edu/~interact/isi2005/index.htm

------------------------------------
Georgi Stojanov, PhD
Assistant Professor

Computer Science Institute
Electrical Engineering Faculty 
Sts Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Macedonia

T ++389 2 3099154
F ++389 2 3064262
E geos at etf.ukim.edu.mk
------------------------------------