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<DIV>Hi, everyone. </DIV>
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<DIV>There is an online conference. in Paris, actually. </DIV>
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<DIV>It is discussing the Evolution of Language and its
interaction/interplay/bootstrapping with Theory of Mind. (Theory of Mind is the
aware ness that you and others do not share the same "cognitive space", that is,
it is a somewhat vaguely defined concept that includes awareness of the
individuality of others, awareness of the fact that no two individuals perceive
or respond to the same thing in the same way, and awareness that there each has
a "mind".) </DIV>
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<DIV>But the people sound pretty good, in general. There are still some archaic
artifacts, from Psychology, from Linguistics, and (sigh) from Chomsky. But I
think it would be of interest to people working in Language Revitalization.
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<DIV>Mia Kalish</DIV>
<DIV>Tulie</DIV>
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<DIV>"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations
which we can perform without thinking about them. Alfred North
Whitehead</DIV>
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<DIV>Mia Kalish, M.A. <BR>PhD Student, Computer Science<BR>Tularosa, New Mexico
USA 88352</DIV> </BODY></HTML>