Logic & Philosophy of Science Colloquium


 

Simon Huttegger
  University of Salzburg

"Evolutionary Explanations of Indicatives and
Imperatives"

Abstract:


Recently there has been some interest in studying the explanation of meaning by using signaling games. I shall argue that the meaning of signals in signaling games remains sufficiently unclear to motivate further investigation. In particular, the possibility of distinguishing imperatives and indicatives at a fundamental level will be explored.  Thereby I am trying to preserve the generality of the signaling games framework while bringing it closer to human languages. A number of convergence results for the evolutionary dynamics of our models will be proved.  For more information click here.  



Monday, November 13, 2006
SST 777
3 pm

Refreshments will be served




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