Event time:
Friday, October 6, 2017 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Room 115
17 Hillhouse
Event description:
The cognitive science program will be hosting a talk from linguist David Beaver.
Friday, October 6, 12:00pm-2:00pm
Am I smart? Am I powerful? Am I one of you? Computational and philosophical perspectives on what our words say about who we are
17 Hillhouse, Room 115
Beaver is a leading figure in the field of formal semantics within linguistics. However, this talk is intended not so much for of an audience of linguists in particular as for the interdisciplinary cognitive science community.