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Cognitive science is the deeply interdisciplinary study of mind, intelligence, and perception. Growing out of a rich amalgam of cybernetics, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology in the 1950s, it has defined artificial intelligence and knowledge engineering, and now embraces or influences almost every academic pursuit in the modern academy, including fields as diverse as anthropology, literary theory, health studies, rhetoric, graphic design, communication studies and a wide range of engineering disciplines.This seminar is organized around an eclectic group of lectures from leading scholars in different disciplines at UW, often taking up controversial topics and featuring the latest research. Students are expected to be familiar with the weekly readings and to come prepared to discuss them with each other and the scholar du semaine. There will also be brief weekly written assignments (based on the readings), an essay, and a presentation to the class. |
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Course coordinator
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Harris: 8:00 - 9:00, Wednesdays; 8:00 - 9:30, Thursdays |
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Required readings | |
There will be weekly readings, available electronically from this page. |
Requirements
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Essay (c 5000 words; due 29 July; topic approval required)
list of student/topic matchups available here |
50 %
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Course participation
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50 %
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Schedule
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Date | Speaker |
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4 May | Randy Harris, English | Course structure, expectations, requirements |
11 May | Randy Harris, English | Cognitive rhetoric |
18 May | Pat Wainwright, Health Sciences/Psychology | Is an understanding of brain development necessary to the understanding of cognition? |
25 May | Dan Brown, Computer Science | How is information stored in genetic sequences? |
1 June | Chrysanne DiMarco, Computer Science | Building Pragmatics into Natural Language Processing Systems |
8 June | Andrew McMurry, English | Autopoiesis and Cognition |
15 June | Cameron Shelley, Philosophy | Issues in Analogic Reasoning |
22 June in PAS 4032 |
Paul Thagard, Philosophy | Toward a Neurocomputational Theory of Emotional Consciousness |
29 June | Keith Hippel, Systems Design Engineering | Conflict Resolution |
6 July | James Danckert, Psychology | Unilateral Visual Neglect - Lost in Space and Time. |
13 July | Chris Eliasmith, Philosophy | Neural Modelling for Cognitive Science |
20 July | Student presentations | |
27 July |
Essay, 50% |
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Participation, 20% | ||
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Presentation | ||
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Blogs, 10% | ||
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Previous seminars
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Resources | |
Paul Thagard's Glossary |