Symbols, Embodiment, and Meaning: A Workshop and Debate

在国家科学基金会和西班牙政府的支持下，符号、化身和意义：一次研讨会和辩论汇集了一些世界领先的心理学家、哲学家、神经科学家和机器人专家，以探讨词汇的含义是否来自人类的身体经验，或在多大程度上源于人类的身体经验。例如，“站立”这个词用于比喻的方式是考虑到在重力场中直立姿势的身体体验(例如，站立、站立、站立，强调力量和平衡)。这一问题对认知科学具有深远的理论意义，对交互式机器人的构建以及阅读和数学教学具有实践意义。22位受邀演讲者(来自美国和欧洲)代表了关于体现意义的辩论的双方。被邀请的演讲者准备立场文件，提前分发给所有与会者。每天上午和下午都会专门进行辩论式的立场陈述，然后向所有与会者开放讨论。此外，约40名博士后和博士后将参加辩论，每天的海报会议允许演讲者和学生展示新的经验性工作。研讨会的智力优势来自于旨在成为新理论思想、合作、实证测试、跨学科和国际研究的来源的辩论形式。研究和教育的结合产生了更广泛的影响：研究生参与公开讨论，并在海报会议期间展示他们的研究。辩论的结果将通过出版一本记录辩论和讨论的书和附带的DVD广泛传播。

With support from the National Science Foundation and the Government of Spain, Symbols, Embodiment, and Meaning: A workshop and debate brings together some of the world's leading psychologists, philosophers, neuroscientists, and roboticists to address whether, or the extent to which, the meanings of words derived from the bodily experiences of human kind. For instance, the word "stand" is used metaphorical in ways that take into account the bodily experience of upright posture in a gravitational field (e.g., standoffish, stand your ground, take a stand, which emphasize force and balance). This issue has deep theoretical implications for the cognitive sciences and practical implications for the construction of interactive robots as well as the teaching of reading and mathematics.The 22 invited speakers (from the US and Europe) represent both sides of the debate about embodied meaning. Invited speakers prepare position papers that are distributed in advance to all attendees. Each morning and afternoon is devoted to a debate-like presentation of the positions followed by a discussion open to all attendees. In addition, approximately 40 doctoral and post-doctoral students will attend the debate and a poster session each day allows for the presentation of new empirical work by speakers and students.Intellectual merits of the workshop arise from the debate format designed to be a source of new theoretical ideas, collaborations, empirical tests, and interdisciplinary and international research. Broader impacts arise from the integration of research and education: Graduate students participate in the open discussions and present their research during the poster sessions. The results of the debate will be disseminated widely through the publication of a book and accompanying DVD documenting the debates and discussions.