PHIL 110: Philosophy of Cognitive Science

Units: 4

Consideration of philosophical and foundational issues in cognitive science, including the Turing Test, the Chinese Room argument, the nature of cognitive architecture, animal cognition, connectionism vs. symbolic artificial intelligence, and the possibility of thinking machines.

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Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0

Crosslisted with: COGS 110
Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option

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Upper Division: Crossroads
Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science
Intellectual Experience: Scientific Method
Approaches to Knowledge: Literary and Textual Analysis
Approaches to Knowledge: Media and Visual Analysis

Requisites and Restrictions
Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 or COGS 001
Instructor Permission Required: No

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PHIL 110: Philosophy of Cognitive Science