Philosophy 132 - Philosophy of Cognitive Science

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Claremont McKenna College

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Kind Cognitive science is the study of cognition (and specific cognitive capacities, such as reasoning, perception, and language) by researchers in psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science and philosophy. This course introduces the main issues involving the field's unifying concept: information processing. What does it mean to say the mind is a computer What other models of information processing are there How well do these models explain cognitive phenomena Offered occasionally. 133: Philosophy of Science. Staff The philosophical themes this course will investigate include: the scientific method, the difference between science and pseudoscience, explanation, the nature of scientific laws, the role of observation, confirmation and progress. Readings will bring together classic texts by Francis Bacon and René Descartes, as well as contemporary works by Carl G. Hempel, Sir Karl Popper, Thomas S. Kuhn, Imre Lakatos, W.V. Quine, Wesley Salmon, Nancy Cartwright, Hilary Putnam, and Bas C. van Fraasen. Offered occasionally.

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1.50

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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