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<p class="MsoNormal">The next Department of Philosophy Colloquium talk will be this coming Friday, September 23, 2011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">at 3:30 p.m. in Hagey Hall 373: Nirmalangshu Mukherji, University of Delhi, “How Far Does Computational<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Theory Go ? “<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The abstract is pasted below and a poster is attached.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vicki<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“How Far Does Computational Theory Go ? ’<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nirmalangshu Mukherji<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Delhi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Assuming that the human grammatical system is computational, where else in nature does the notion of computation apply? On the one hand, human language seems to be a very specialised, recent and unique system in nature; on the other,
given current minimalist proposals, the computational system of human language (CHL) seems to be the simplest possible system. Thus, either CHL is involved in every domain for which a computational explanation is sought, or the system is not computational.
Specifically, it is not plausible to postulate a computational system to explain navigation of desert ants.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Vicki Brett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Undergraduate Coordinator<br>
Philosophy Department – HH 365<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><a href="mailto:vbrett@uwaterloo.ca">vbrett@uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Tel: 519-888-4567 (x 32449)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Fax: 519-746-3097<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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