UIN3041 Cognitive Science

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jozef Kelemen, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jozef Kelemen, DrSc.
Institute of Computer Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
1. Introduction to the topic, history of CS 2. Cognition from the point of view of psychology, linguistics, pedagogy, and artificial intelligence. 3. Newell's and Simon's physical symbol system as the necessary and sufficient condition for cognition. 4. Knowledge representation schemes from the point of view of CS, the symbol representation scheme. 5. Knowledge representation from the standpoint of CS - other possibilities. 6. Knowledge and knowledge-based systems from the positions of CS. 7. Robotics from the position of CS. The mind/body problem. 8. The consciousness problem - Searle's Chinese room paradox. 9. The consciousness problem - Dennett's concept of the consciousness. 10. Minsky's society theory of mind. Chalmers' dualism, Emergence of the consciousness. 11. Decentralisation, connectionism, and (artificial) neural networks. 12. Recapitulation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 1993, Winter 1994, Winter 1995, Winter 1996, Winter 1997, Winter 1998, Winter 1999, Winter 2000, Winter 2001, Winter 2002, Winter 2003, Winter 2004, Winter 2005, Winter 2006, Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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