• Event Date: December 8, 2009
  • Event Start Time: 1:00 PM
  • Event End Time: 2:00 PM
  • Event Location: Yale University, Department of Philosophy
  • Event Type: Talks: RuCCS Colloquia
  • Event Semester: Fall 2009
  • Event Contact: Dr. Tamar Gendler
  • Event Extra info: <a href=" http://pantheon.yale.edu/~tgendler/">Dr. Tamar Gendler</a>

In a recent pair of papers ("Alief and Belief" and "Alief in Action (and Reaction)"), I have introduced and defended the philosophical utility of a notion that I call *alief*. (Roughly speaking, an alief a mental state that is the outcome of a System I process.) The notion has gained some currency in philosophy. But is it useful more broadly in Cognitive Science as a whole? In this talk, I will explore some ways that it might be, and ask you whether you find any of them convincing.

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