Cog Sci Club Meeting 12/1 Gilbert on Control of Belief

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From: Larry Parsons
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 14:12

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              the cognitive science club presents

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                 THE MENTAL CONTROL OF BELIEF 
(OR SPINOZA HAD A GREAT IDEA AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT)
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                   PROFESSOR DANIEL GILBERT
                  UT Department of Psychology 
          
     Can people have ideas without believing them? 
    "Of course, they can, you idiot!" said Rene Descartes in 1641, 
and just about everyone since then has agreed with him. 
     Everyone, that is, except Baruch Spinoza, who suggested that 
the comprehension of an idea includes an initial acceptance of that 
idea. 
     We will discuss new research that suggests that human beings 
automatically enter a state of belief upon comprehending (and 
before evaluating) an assertion, and that Spinoza was not an 
idiot after all.

       DATE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1994      TIME: 6:00 PM
       PLACE: ROOM 116, BURDINE HALL  
              (On University Ave, just south of 26th Street) 
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Some Events for Spring 1995:
    .  Wine & cheese reception and book sale for the Cognitive Science 
          Club at the Europa Bookstore (Guadalupe and 24th St)
    .  Rick Mahurin (Research Imaging Center, UTHSCSA) on Using 
          Functional Brain Mapping DataBases to Test Cognitive Models 
    .  John Scalo (UT Physics): on Life-like and Cognitive-like 
          Behavior in Nonbiological Physical Phenomena
    .  Larry Jacoby (UT Psychology): on Implicit Memory and Awareness
    .  David Crews (UT Zoology): on Evolution and Sex
    .  Gloria Lee (UT Art Dept., Design Group): on Cognitive Science 
          Issues in Design 
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All undergrads, grads, faculty, staff, and off-campus folk with an interest in
cognitive science are invited to join.  For info, email me, call 471-3358,
or see our World Wide Web homepage: http://www.outer.net/think/

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