FPF:UIN3041 Cognitive Science - Course Information
UIN3041 Cognitive Science
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2012
- 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
- Information and Library Studies (programme FPF, N7201 InSK)
- Computer Science and Technology (programme FPF, N1801 Inf)
- 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2012, recent)
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