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Lecture
1 Jan 22
Overview of the
philosophy of mind |
TheMind’sI |
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Lecture
2 Jan 29
Read: Introduction and chapters 1,2 and 3 |
1. Borges and I (Jorge Luis Borges)
2. On Having No Head (D.E. Harding) 3. Rediscovering
the Mind (Harold J. Morowitz) |
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Lecture 3 Feb 5 Read:Chapter 4 Assignment 1 Due |
4.
Computing Machinery and Intelligence (A.M. Turing) |
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Lecture 4 Feb
12 (Lincoln’s birthday,
University Open, classes in session) Read: Chapters 5 and 6 Exam 1 |
5. The Turing Test: A Coffeehouse Conversation (Douglas
R. Hofstadter) 6. The Princess
Ineffabelle (Stanislaw Lem)
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Feb 19 (Monday)
Washington’s birthday celebrated, University closed, classes canceled. |
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Lecture 5 Feb
20 (Tuesday) Monday class schedule Assignment 2 Due Read Chapters 7, 8, 9,
and 10 |
7. The Soul of Martha, a Beast (Terrel
Miedaner)
8. The Soul of the Mark III Beast (Terrel
Miedaner) 9. Spirit (Allen Wheelis)
10. Selfish Genes and
Selfish Memes (Richard Dawkins)
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Lecture 6 Feb
26 Read: Chapter 11 |
11.
Prelude...Ant Fugue (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
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Lecture 7 Mar 5Read: Chapters 12, 13,
and 14 Assignment 3 Due Exam 2 |
12. The Story of a Brain (Arnold
Zuboff)
13. Where Am I? (Daniel C.
Dennett) 14. Where Was I? (David Hawley
Sanford)
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March 12-18 (Mon-Sun)
Spring Break. University Open, classes canceled. (breaks benefit brains) |
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Lecture 8 Mar
19 Read: Chapters 15, 16, and 17 |
15. Beyond Rejection (Justin Leiber)
16. Software (Rudy Rucker)
write your name on your forehead and stare into
the mirror all day
17. The
Riddle of the Universe and Its Solution (Christopher Cherniak)
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Lecture 9 Mar
26 Read: Chapters 18 and 19 |
18. The Seventh Sally or How Trurl's Own
Perfection Led to No Good (Stanislaw Lem) 19. Non Serviam (Stanislaw
Lem) |
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Lecture 10 Apr 2 Assignment 4 Due Read: Chapters 20 and 21 |
20. Is God
a Taoist? (Raymond M. Smullyan)
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Lecture 11 Apr 9 Read: Chapters 22 and 23 |
22. Minds, Brains, and Programs (John
R. Searle)
23. An
Unfortunate Dualist (Raymond M. Smullyan) ..
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Lecture 12 Apr
16 Assignment 5 Due Read: Chapter 24 |
24. What
Is It Like to Be a Bat? (Thomas Nagel)
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Lecture 13 Apr
23 Read: Chapter 25 |
25. An
Epistemological Nightmare (Raymond M. Smullyan)
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Lecture 14 Apr 30Assignment 6 Due Read: Chapters 26 and 27 |
26. A
Conversation with Einstein's Brain (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
27. Fiction (Robet
Nozick) |
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May 4-11 (Fri.-Fri.) examination period Exam 3 |
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