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JAN 25Syllabus |
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JAN 29André Kukla and Joel Walmsley, Mind: A Historical & Philosophical Introduction to the Major Theories, ch.1(Optional Primary Source:) Descartes: Meditations 1+2 Slides on Cartesianism |
FEB 1Kukla and Walmsley, Mind, ch.2Slides on Introspectionism |
FEB 5Kukla and Walmsley, Mind, ch.3 |
FEB 8Kukla and Walmsley, Mind, ch.4Karl Popper: Conjectures and Refutations, sections 1–2 Slides on Psychoanalysis |
FEB 12No Class (Lincoln's Birthday) |
FEB 15Rudolf Carnap, 'Psychology in Physical Language' |
FEB 19Hilary Putnam, 'Brains and Behavior'Slides on Logical Behaviorism |
FEB 22Kukla and Walmsley, Mind, ch.5 |
FEB 26CLASS CANCELLED(Note: if you did not get the email about this on the morning of Tuesday, February 26th, you should change your email address in CUNYfirst to one that you regularly check.) |
MAR 1Kukla and Walmsley, Mind, §§6.1–6.2Noam Chomsky: Review of 'Verbal Behavior' by B. F. Skinner Slides on Behaviorism and Behavioral Psychology |
MAR 5CLASS CANCELLED |
MAR 8Kukla and Walmsley, Mind, §§6.3–6.5Hilary Putnam - The Nature of Mental States Slides on Identity Theory, Multiple Realizability, and Functionalism Midterm Assignment |
MAR 12Kukla and Walmsley: Mind, §7.1‐7.2Daniel Dennett: True Believers |
MAR 15Kukla and Walmsley: Mind, §7.3‐7.4Slides on Dennett and Language of Thought |
MAR 19Kukla and Walmsley: Mind, §7.5‐7.6Janet Fodor: Comprehending Sentence Structure |
MAR 22Lila Gleitman and Elissa Newport: The Invention of Language by ChildrenMIDTERM DUE IN CLASS Slides on Generative Grammar |
Mar 26Justin Garson: Evolution and Psychology |
Mar 29Justin Garson: Nature and Nurture |
APR 2(Finishing up Garson Readings; no questions due on this day)Slides on Garson |
APR 5NO CLASS THIS DAY |
APR 9Kukla and Walmsley, §7.7–7.9Gideon Lewis-Kraus: The Great A.I. Awakening John Searle: Minds, Brains, and Programs |
APR 12Kukla and Walmsley, §8.1 |
APR 16Kukla and Walmsley, §8.2Gary Marcus: Artificial General Intelligence: Why Aren't We There Yet? Slides on AI |
APR 19No Class (Spring Break) |
APR 23No Class (Spring Break) |
APR 26No Class (Spring Break) |
APR 30Jonathan Haidt: The Emotional Dog and its Rational Tail |
MAY 3Tamar Szabo Gendler: Alief in ActionSlides on Implicit Cognition |
MAY 7Elisabeth Camp: Putting Thoughts to Work: Concepts, Systematicity, and Stimulus-Independence |
MAY 10On May 10th, instead of our usual class, you are invited on a field trip to the Varieties of Intentionality conference at the New School, where Jake Quilty Dunn will be presenting on Elisabeth Camp's paper, 'Putting Thoughts to Work', and Camp will be responding. You can attend as much of this conference as you like, but the session that will substitute for our class will happen from 1:30 to 3:30, in the room indicated at the Varieties of Intentionality website. You can write a short (2-page) summary of something that you learned, or that caught your attention, at this event, in order to replace your lowest two daily assignment grades. |
MAY 14Extended Office Hours to discuss drafts. Appointments available 10:00am–5:00pm. Send me a draft of your term paper by Sunday, May 12th if you'd like to meet and get feedback.Second Take-Home Exam Due by Email |
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MAY 21Research paper due by email |