Brett Calcott (ANU) will be presenting a paper at the UOW Philosophy Research Seminar series on Tuesday, September 21st. All are welcome to attend.
Title: Evolvability as Inductive Learning Abstract: In this paper, I construct an analogy between inductive learning and (one kind of) evolvability. Roughly, the analogy comes down to this: Just as we distinguish between smart and dumb creatures, we can distinguish between smart and dumb developmental systems. By a smart creature, I mean one that, because of its prior experience, will be more apt to generate a "good" guess in response to a new situation. By a smart developmental system, I mean one that, due to its previous selective regime, will be more apt to generate a "good" phenotype when presented with a new environment. So an evolvable developmental system, like a mind that uses induction, can generate good responses on the basis of prior experience. In the talk, I fill out the vague terms in this rough analogy, give a very general outline of the conditions under which smart developmental systems can occur, and look at a simple model showing one way it might work. When and Where: 5:30pm, Tuesday, September 21st in room 19.1003 For more information on other events in Philosophy at UOW, go to phil-gong.blogspot.com -- Dr. Patrick McGivern Lecturer in Philosophy University of Wollongong
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