Two special sessions of the
10th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication
PERSPECTIVES ON SPATIAL COGNITION
12-13 September 2014,
University of Latvia,
Riga, Latvia
(I) A session on experimental work on spatial PPs
Empirical papers on all aspects of spatial PPs are welcome.
The following topics are particularly welcome:
How are directional and locational concepts encoded?
Are directional PPs derived from locational ones, and if so what is the mechanism
of derivation?
Functional impact of PPs.
The impact of functional knowledge on the interpretation of PPs.
Abstracts should include a clear and concise description of methods and statistics.
(II) A session on formal work on spatial PPs:
Papers using formal semantic frameworks in the analysis of spatial preposition are welcome. In particular:
Formal representation of directional and spatial expressions
Vector space semantics
Region calculi
Topological analysis
Time allowed for presentations is 40 minutes including discussion.
Submissions are by extended abstract, and should include an extended abstract
of not more than 2 pages, and a short abstract of 200 words.
All submissions should be PREPARED FOR BLIND REVIEW, and should be submitted
electronically with 'Paper Riga 2014 Session 1 [or 2]' as a subject to jurgisskilters@gmail.com.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS MARCH 20, 2014. Authors will be notified in LATE MARCH 2014.
A limited number of papers will be selected for presentation at the symposium and considered for inclusion in the proceedings in the Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication.
General information about the Symposium:
The 10th Symposium for Cognition, Logic and Communication, to be held at the
University of Latvia in Riga on September 12-13, 2014, will focus on the cognitive
processing of space, its cognitive and formal representation, and its linguistic
encoding. We will explore the content and the scope of spatial cognition and
how universal it is.
The impact of non-spatial factors on spatial cognition and transformations of
spatial cognition into non-spatial domains will be discussed. Scale-dependency
of spatial cognition and differences between small-scale and large-scale spatial
cognition will be explored. The syntax and semantics of locative and other spatial
expressions will be examined, along with their relations to cognitive structures
of spatial representation.
Further topics include (but are not limited to):
The patterns of conceptual representation of space Perceptual determinants of
spatial cognition Development of spatial cognition Interaction between linguistic
and cognitive structures of spatial representation Lexical representations of
directional and locative expressions Generalization of spatial relations Visual
impact on spatial cognition Multi-modal impact on spatial cognition Geometric
and topologic principles in spatial reasoning
We welcome contributions from all fields including cognitive science, psychology,
linguistics, computer science, and philosophy.
Interdisciplinary contributions are very much welcome.
The symposium is co-hosted by the Center for Cognitive Sciences and Semantics of the University of Latvia in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University, IL, USA.
INVITED SPEAKERS include:
Peter Gärdenfors (University of Lund, Sweden) Dedre Gentner (Northwestern University, USA) Karel Jezek (Charles University, Czech Republic and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway) Marcus Kracht (University of Bielefeld, Germany) Barbara Landau (John Hopkins University, USA)
Timothy McNamara (Vanderbilt University, USA) Nora Newcombe (Temple University, USA) Jessica Rett (University of California at Los Angeles, USA) David Uttal (Northwestern University, USA)
ORGANIZERS:
Peter Svenonius (University of Tromsø, Norway) Michael Glanzberg (Northwestern University, USA) Jurgis Skilters (University of Latvia, Latvia)