| Tuesday, 1/17 |
Introductory Remarks |
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| Thursday, 1/19 |
The History of Cognition I: Ancient Philosophy |
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| Tuesday, 1/24 |
The History of Cognition II: Modern Philosophy |
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| Thursday, 1/26 |
The History of Cognition III: Contemporary Philosophy |
Problem Set 01 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 1/31 |
The History of Artificial Intelligence |
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| Thursday, 2/2 |
The Turing Test |
Problem Set 01 Due |
| Tuesday, 2/7 |
Computability |
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| Thursday, 2/9 |
Computability, Complexity, and the Church-Turing Thesis |
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| Tuesday, 2/14 |
Robot Intentionality I: The Chinese Room |
Problem Set 02 Assigned |
| Thursday, 2/16 |
Robot Intentionality II: The Chinese Room Replies, Boden's Response, and Searle's Argument |
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| Tuesday, 2/21 |
Robot Intentionality III: Dretske's Response |
Problem Set 02 Due; Problem Set 03 Assigned |
| Thursday, 2/23 |
Robot Intentionality IV: Dennett's Response and the Frame Problem |
Term Paper Prospectus Assigned |
| Tuesday, 2/28 |
Robot Intentionality V: Theories of Meaning |
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| Thursday, 3/2 |
Robot Intentionality VI: Externalism and Distributed Cognition |
Problem Set 03 Due; Problem Set 04 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 3/7 |
Consciousness I: The (Hard) Problem |
Term Paper Prospectus Due; Annotated Bibliography Assigned |
| Thursday, 3/9 |
Consciousness II: The Knowledge Argument |
Problem Set 04 Due; Problem Set 05 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 3/14 |
Spring Break |
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| Thursday, 3/16 |
Spring Break |
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| Tuesday, 3/21 |
Consciousness III: The Modal Gap |
Problem Set 05 Due; Problem Set 06 Assigned |
| Thursday, 3/23 |
Consciousness IV: The Explanatory Gap |
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| Tuesday, 3/28 |
Consciousness V: Responses |
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| Thursday, 3/30 |
Machine Autonomy I: The Traditional Problem of Freedom of Will |
Problem Set 06 Due; Problem Set 07 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 4/4 |
Machine Autonomy II: Against Machine Agency |
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| Thursday, 4/6 |
Machine Autonomy III: Against Machine Autonomy |
Problem Set 07 Due; Problem Set 08 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 4/11 |
Robot Persons I |
Annotated Bibliography Due; Term Paper Rough Draft Assigned |
| Thursday, 4/13 |
Robot Persons II |
Problem Set 08 Due; Problem Set 09 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 4/18 |
NFAI I: Where We've Been; Where We Are |
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| Thursday, 4/20 |
NFAI II: The Coming Revolution |
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| Tuesday, 4/25 |
NFAI III: The Black Box Problem |
Problem Set 09 Due; Problem Set 10 Assigned |
| Thursday, 4/27 |
Class Cancelled Due to Illness |
Term Paper Rough Draft Due; Term Paper Final Draft Assigned |
| Tuesday, 5/2 |
Closing Remarks |
Problem Set 10 Due |
| Thursday, 5/4 |
Reading Day |
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| Wed 5/10 |
Office Hours: Noon-5:00pm |
Term Paper Final Draft Due |
