Epistemology and the Diversity of Cognitive Systems: an SGTR Proposal

认识论和认知系统的多样性：SGTR 提案

• 批准号: 0137255
• 负责人: Robert Cummins
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-05-15 至 2005-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0137255&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Epistemology; Diversity; Cognitive; Systems; SGTR

Proposal AbstractSES Proposal 0137255Epistemology and the Diversity of Cognitive SystemsRobert Cummins, University of California-DavisThis focused research and education program falls under the heading of Small Grants for Training and Research. The award supports graduate students and a postdoctoral fellow engaged in the study of diversity in cognitive systems. The basic assumption is that such diversity -- differences in architecture, resources and goals -- runs far deeper than can be accommodated by traditional epistemology. The PI holds that these differences provide a powerful prima facie reason for supposing that the Rules of Right Reason will differ substantially for systems of different types, in particular for the institution of science (which we take to be a cognitive system in its own right), for individuals, and for brains and their sub-systems. These Rules not only differ in what they require, they also differ in the basic concepts employed to describe their target systems and the norms appropriate to them. For example, it no longer seems plausible to apply epistemological concepts and norms designed to describe and evaluate the leisurely deliberations of adult human reflective consciousness to the workings of sub-personal agencies of the brain, or to the institution of science. Rather, different frameworks need be devised for cognitive systems whose functions and goals, and whose computational and representational constraints, differ widely and essentially. Our goal is to make a case for this diversity, to describe it, and to begin to outline the conceptual frameworks required to articulate the pluralistic epistemology it demands. The proposed research aims to identify exactly which computational, representational and architectural constraints are relevant to the characterization of brains, individual cognition and science as (distinct) epistemological strata, and then to use the insight gained into the nature of such systems to develop a stratified epistemology capable of handling the diversity of cognitive systems.This SGTR also supports a training component for several advanced graduate students, who pursue dissertation projects related to the overall project as part of a larger research group, including three faculty members and a post doctoral fellow. The group meets a weekly to discuss current projects, determine progress, and delegate responsibilities for the coming week. Everyone participates by coming up with some bit of research (literature search, web search, etc.) or writing (demonstration, explanation, argument, etc.). Dissertation projects are woven into the general research program in a way that produces a symbiotic relationship between the group research projects and individual dissertations. This model has real potential for accelerating and deepening graduate training in certain cientifically-oriented areas in philosophy. Students mature rapidly, and benefit greatly from access to post docs; learn to write grants, work as a team, present results at conferences; and to prepare jointly-authored articles. This "philosophy lab" has attracted attention from colleagues in other universities, and serves as a promising alternative to traditional advanced training in Philosophy. Thus, in addition to our scientific and philosophical findings, we hope to pioneer an alternative model for graduate training in philosophy that has proved successful in the sciences but has been difficult to apply in the humanities.

提案摘要SES 提案 0137255 认识论和认知系统的多样性罗伯特·康明斯，加州大学戴维斯分校这项重点研究和教育计划属于“培训和研究小额赠款”的标题。 该奖项支持从事认知系统多样性研究的研究生和博士后。 基本假设是，这种多样性——架构、资源和目标的差异——比传统认识论所能容纳的要深刻得多。 PI认为，这些差异为假设正确理性规则对于不同类型的系统，特别是科学机构（我们认为其本身就是一个认知系统）有很大不同提供了强有力的表面理由。 ，对于个人，对于大脑及其子系统。这些规则不仅在要求方面有所不同，而且在用于描述其目标系统的基本概念和适用于它们的规范方面也有所不同。例如，将旨在描述和评估成年人反思意识的悠闲思考的认识论概念和规范应用于大脑亚个人机构的运作或科学机构似乎不再合理。相反，需要为认知系统设计不同的框架，这些系统的功能和目标以及其计算和表征约束存在广泛而本质的差异。我们的目标是证明这种多样性，描述它，并开始概述阐明其所需的多元认识论所需的概念框架。拟议的研究旨在准确识别哪些计算、表征和架构约束与大脑、个体认知和科学（作为（独特的）认识论层面）的表征相关，然后利用对此类系统本质的洞察来开发分层的模型。认识论能够处理认知系统的多样性。该 SGTR 还支持对几名高级研究生的培训，这些研究生作为一个更大的研究小组的一部分，从事与整个项目相关的论文项目，该研究小组包括三名教职人员和一名博士后研究员。该小组每周举行一次会议，讨论当前项目、确定进度并委派下周的职责。 每个人都通过提出一些研究（文献搜索、网络搜索等）或写作（演示、解释、论证等）来参与。论文项目以一种在小组研究项目和个人论文之间产生共生关系的方式融入一般研究计划。这种模式对于加速和深化某些科学导向的哲学领域的研究生培训具有真正的潜力。 学生迅速成熟，并从获得博士后的机会中受益匪浅； 学习撰写赠款、团队合作、在会议上展示成果；并准备共同撰写的文章。 这个“哲学实验室”引起了其他大学同事的关注，并成为传统哲学高级培训的一个有前途的替代方案。因此，除了我们的科学和哲学发现之外，我们还希望开创一种哲学研究生培训的替代模式，这种模式在科学领域已被证明是成功的，但在人文学科领域却很难应用。