UIN3041 Cognitive Science

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2013
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
Introduction and the history of cognitive science. Thinking from the perspective of logics, psychology, linguistics, pedagogics, and artificial intelligence. Newell's and Simon's hypothesis of the symbol systems as a necessary and sufficient condition of the intelligence. Knowledge representation from the perspective of cognitive science, the representation schemata. Other approaches. Knowledge based and expert systems from the perspective of cognitive science. Robotics from the same perspective. The mind/body problem. The problem of consciousness - Searle's paradox of the Chinese room. The problem of consciousness - the Dennett's view. Minsky's society theory of the mind. Chalmer's dualism. The emergence of the mind. Decentralization and connectionism, and the (artificial) neural nets from the perspective of cognitive science. Resume.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, history, points of view.
    2. The hypothesis of the symbol systems.
    3. Knowledge representation schemes.
    4. Knowledge based systems.
    5. Cognitive robotics.
    6. The mind/body problem and the problem of consciousness.
    7. Searle's, Dennett's, and Chalmer's positions.
    8. Emergence, decentralization, and connectionism.
    9. The neuro-physiological approach - Neural nets.
    10. The perspectives of the cognitive science -- traditional views.
    11. Emotions, creativity, etc.
    12. The resume.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* 75% attendance in course, active participation
* success rate of 70 % from written test, 30 % oral exam
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