1 | Introduction | |
2 | Searle against artificial intelligience (AI): the Chinese room argument | |
3 | The Chinese room argument (cont.) | |
4 | The Chinese room argument (cont.) and the Turing test | First argument analysis due |
5 | The Turing test (cont.) | |
6 | Computational complexity (guest lecture by Scott Aaronson) | |
7 | Dualism | |
8 | Dualism (cont.) | |
9 | From dualism to behaviorism | |
10 | From behaviorism to the identity theory | First paper due |
11 | The identity theory (cont.) | |
12 | Kripke's Objection | |
13 | Functionalism | Second argument analysis due |
14 | Review session | |
15 | From functionalism to externalism | |
16 | Externalism (cont.) | |
17 | From externalism to perception | |
18 | Perception: Valberg's puzzle of experience | |
19 | Perception, consciousness, and intentionality | |
20 | Perception, consciousness, and intentionality (cont.) | |
21 | Jackson's knowledge argument | Second paper due |
22 | Nagel on bats | |
23 | Consciousness and its place in nature | |
24 | Consciousness and its place in nature (cont.) | |
25 | Free will | Third paper due |
26 | Last lecture, including information about the final exam | |