Minds and Machines

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
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