Call for Papers

Post-Cognitivist Psychology 2005

The University of Strathclyde Psychology Department in association with the British Psychological Society (Scottish Branch) are pleased to announce the first international conference on Post-Cognitivist Psychology, to be held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, on the 4^th-6^th July 2005.

The conference will showcase the new theoretical approaches which have been developed since the decline of cognitivist ‘symbols and rules’ psychology. The rise of the ‘New Psychology’ (Embodied, Discursive, Situated and Distributed Cognition) has opened up new territory for the field, and this conference will attempt to bring together these approaches to show the way forward in terms of creating a new paradigm for 21^st century cognitive science.

Keynote speakers

Mark Johnson (University of Oregon)

Annette Karmiloff-Smith (UCL)

Susan Hurley (University of Warwick)

Rob Ellis (University of Plymouth).

Themes Covered

Papers and posters are welcome from researchers in the fields of embodied cognition, discursive psychology, situated cognition, distributed cognition, artificial life, post-Chomskyan linguistics, activity theory, and ecological (Gibsonian) psychology.

Papers are particularly welcome on the following themes:

• Linguistics after Chomsky
• Perception and Action (especially in the Gibsonian tradition)
• Post-Modular developmental psychology
• Representations: Do we really need them?

Abstracts

300 word abstracts should be sent to the email address below by 1^st February 2005. Abstracts should be submitted in Word, RTF or PDF either on disk, together with a hard copy, or by email (preferred). Authors of accepted papers will be notified by the 1^st April 2005. Proposals for symposia should include an overall outline and abstracts for individual papers.

Email submissions of abstracts should be sent to: Tony.Anderson@strath.ac.uk

Any other enquiries: B.Wallace@socsci.gla.ac.uk