PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECT OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE (SPRING 2011) Instructor: Brian P. McLaughlin Office: 1 Seminary Place Office Hours: Requirements: (1) two papers, each 5 pages single spaced (paper topics will be announced); (2) take home final exam due during the hours of the final exam. Texts: (1) The Mechanical Mind by Tim Crane (Penguin, 1995); (2) Origins of Objectivity by Tyler Burge (Oxford University Press, 2010) Jan 20 Introduction: What is Cognitive Science? 24 Introduction and Chapter 1 of Crane 27 Introduction and Chapter 1 of Crane 31 Chapter 2 of Crane Feb 3 Chapter 2 of Crane 7 Chapter 3 of Crane 10 Chapter 3 of Crane 14 Chapter 4 of Crane 17 Chapter 5 of Crane 21 Chapter 5 of Crane 24 Introductory lecture on perception theory: the inverse optics problem 28 Introductory lecture on perception theory continued Mar 3 FIRST PAPER DUE; Chapter 1 of Burge 7 Chapter 2 of Burge 10 Chapter 2 of Burge 21 Chapter 3 of Burge 24 Chapter 3 of Burge 28 Chapter 4 of Burge 31 Chapter 4 of Burge Apr 4 Chapter 5 of Burge 7 Chapter 6 of Burge 11 Chapter 6 of Burge 14 Chapter 7 of Burge 18 Chapter 8 of Burge 21 SECOND PAPER DUE; chapter 9 of Burge 25 Chapter 10 of Burge 28 Chapter 11 of Burge May 2 FINAL EXAM
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