UINK341 Cognitive Science

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
6/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Miroslav Langer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Miroslav Langer, Ph.D.
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
Put into the issue of Cognitive Science.
Syllabus
  • 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.
Literature
    required literature
  • Rybár, J. a kol. Kognitívne vedy. Kalligram, Bratislava, 2002. info
  • Thagard, P. Úvod do kognitivní vědy. Portál, Praha, 2001. info
  • Wilson, R., Keil, F. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Science. The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1999. info
  • Thagard, P. (ed.). Mind Readings. The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1998. info
  • Pstružina, K. Svět poznávání - k filozofickým základům kognitivní vědy. Vydavatelství Olomouc, Olomouc, 1998. info
  • Dennett, D.C. Druhy myslí. ARCHA, Bratislava,, 1997. info
  • Minsky, M. Konštrukcia mysle. ARCHA, Bratislava,, 1996. info
  • Chomsky, N. Jazyk a zodpovednost. ARCHA, Bratislava,, 1995. info
  • Flanagan, O. Vedomie. ARCHA, Bratislava,, 1995. info
  • Searle, J. Mysl, mozek a věda. Mladá Fronta, Praha, 1994. info
  • Kelemen, J. Strojovia a agenty. ARCHA, Bratislava,, 1994. info
  • Gál, G., Kelemen, J. (zost.). Mysel, telo, stroj. Bradlo, Bratislava, 1992. info
  • Stillings, N. A. et al. Cognitive Science - An Introduction. The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1987. info
  • Minsky, M. The Society of Mind. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1986. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
Exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
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
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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