INSTITUT FÜR PHILOSOPHIE

Compositionality and Systematicity

25.07.2009 University of Duesseldorf

Building 23.21 Room 00.46a

Organizers: Michela Tacca, Markus Werning

Pictures from the workshop

Program (.pdf):

12:30-13:45 
Brian McLaughlin (Rutgers University)
Systematicity Redux 

13:45-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:45 
Markus Werning (University of Mainz/Duesseldorf)
The compositionality of Perceptually Grounded Concepts and the Topology of the Cortex

15:45-17:00
Michela Tacca (University of Duesseldorf)
Systematicity and Compositionality of Topographically Organized Visual Representations

17:00-17:20 Coffee Break

17:20-18:35
Hannes Leitgeb (University of Bristol) 
Semantic Resemblance and Compositionality

18:35-19:15 Sven Mueller (University of Mainz)
[CAUSE[BECOME[DECOMPOSED]]]
On the Lexical Decomposition of Certain Verb Classes

Registration:
Participation is free, but registration is welcome. Please send an email to Michela Tacca by July 23.

How to reach us:
From Duesseldorf main train station take the tram 707 direction Universitaet and get off at the last stop (Uni Ost/Botanischer Garten). You can find a map of the campus here.