8TH INTERNATIONAL
COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA, LOGROÑO, SPAIN, JULY 20-25,
2003
Conference Home Page:
http://www.unirioja.es/dptos/dfm/sub/congresos/LingCog/ICLA_2003_Main.htm
THEME
SESSION: MONDAY JULY 21, 2003
SITUATED EMBODIMENT:
THE SOCIAL AND BIOLOGICAL GROUNDING
OF METAPHORICAL
AND SYMBOLIC THOUGHT
Organizers: René Dirven, Roslyn M. Frank,
Brigitte Nerlich and Javier Valenzuela
MONDAY: JULY 21
11:00 - 13:00.
Session
1. Introduction: Current theoretical discussions of embodiment /enaction
/grounding /situatedness across disciplines
Speakers:
Roslyn Frank: Embodiment in
human and positive sciences: Aims and scope of the theme session
Chris Sinha: Materialism,
mind and embodiment
Tom
Ziemke: Disentangling notions of
embodiment in cognitive science
Jordan Zlatev: Mimesis: The “missing link” between embodiment and
situatedness?
Discussants: Brigitte Nerlich, Javier Valenzuela
15:30 – 17:00.
Session 2. Embodiment in the History and Philosophy of Science
Speakers:
M. Elaine Botha: Embodied metaphor and
analogy: Hermeneutical keys to the role of fiduciary control beliefs in
science?
Gitte Kristiansen: Categorization and
counterfactual reasoning: Challenging research questions from the field of
social psychology
Discussant: Per Aage Brandt
Session 3.
Metaphor and Embodiment: Interfaces between Cybernetics and CL
Speakers:
Luc
Steels:
Evolving grounded grammars
Takashi Ikegami: Coupled dynamical recognizers
Discussant: Rafael Nuñez
17:00 – 18:30
Session 4: Cognitive Linguistics meets Evolutionary Biology
Speakers:
Ning
Yu: Metaphor,
body, and culture: A cross-linguistic perspective
Rita Temmerman: The history of splicing: Beyond embodiment
Asa
Stepak: Rationalism versus empiricism: A new
perspective
Discussant: Roslyn Frank
17:00 – 19 :30
Session 5. Embodiment and
Metaphor: Molecular Biology and Cognitive Science
Speakers:
Joseph
Hilferty/Oscar Vilarroya: In search of
development
Martin
Döring: A sequence of 'faitiches': The genetic code goes public
Joerg Zinken, Iina Hellsten & Brigitte
Nerlich: From
conceptual to cultural metaphor in two (easy) steps
Theme Session
Wrap-Up Round-Table
Discussants: Per
Aage Brandt, Roslyn Frank, Brendon Larson, Brigitte Nerlich, Rafael Nuñez,
Javier Valenzuela.
REVISED PROGRAM: 05.14.03
[REVISED BY ROSLYN M. FRANK]
Monday
Title:
“Situated embodiment: The social and biological grounding of metaphorical and
symbolic thought”
Organizers:
Roslyn Frank, René Dirven, Brigitte Nerlich and Javier Valenzuela
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