[Person-ontology] Person-ontology Digest, Vol 1

[Josiane Caron-Pargue]

Hello,
	My name is Josiane Caron-Pargue, I am Pr of cognitive psychology at the 
university of Poitiers (France). My studies were first in mathematics, and 
second in developmental psychology (Piaget) and in linguistics and 
semiotics, and third in cognitive psychology. I had the opportunity to 
discuss as an exterior in Jim's SUO group some years ago (notably with 
Adam). In fact after a while I regretted not to try to candidate to be a 
member of that group. So I try now.
	I am always working on problem solving (notably 'Tower of Hanoi' and also 
' (graphic or verbal) instructions for tying a square knot' ), I try to 
modelize it from an enunciative approach (french Culioli's formal model). 
So I am interested in semantics. But my aim is to characterize it formally 
from observable data, situational and linguistic data. Briefly said, I 
cognitively interpret some basic linguistic forms (in terms of attentional 
focusing and automatic entailments) which intervene in the construction of 
utterances from propositions. I try to draw out invariant meaning schema 
and invariant contextual dimensions in order to generalize the analysis of 
verbal reports in a problem solving task.
	My research needs to coordinate several areas of research but I feel as I 
am very alone in doing that.
What can I bring to this group?  I like to know whether the project is to 
elaborate an ontology of the person with or without taking psychological 
aspects into consideration?
	Next,
Josiane