Knowledge Mind and Language

 

29th April 2003

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Maps of interrelations between topics

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Contents

What is this?

An introduction to some of the issues raised in the philosophy of mind by the brain/computer analogy

 

CONSCIOUSNESS 1

Jackson 1: 'Epiphenomenal qualia'

Notesheet - same as for Consciousness 4  

CONSCIOUSNESS 2

Introduction and overview

Notesheet  

CONSCIOUSNESS 3

The Identity Hypothesis

Notesheet  

CONSCIOUSNESS 4

Jackson 2

Notesheet  

FUNCTIONALISM 1

Machine Functionalism: software

Notesheet  

FUNCTIONALISM 2

Machine functionalism: consciousness

Notesheet  

FUNCTIONALISM 3

Teleological Functionalism - outstanding issues

 

Notesheet  

INSTRUMENTALISM 1

Beliefs as constructs

Notesheet  

INSTRUMENTALISM 2

The Intentional Stance

Notesheet  

LANGUAGE 1

The Chinese Room Argument

Notesheet John Searle: Can Computers Think? (The Part I Reader - Introduction To Philosophy, Ed. White, pp 197-203)

LANGUAGE 2

Syntax and semantics and Chomsky

Notesheet Jerry A. Fodor: 'A Theory of Content'

LANGUAGE 3

The Represntational Theory of Thinking

Notesheet Paul M. Churchland & Patricia Smith Churchland: 'Stalking The Wild Epistemic Engine'.

LANGUAGE 4

The Langauge of Thought hypothesis

Notesheet J.A. Fodor: 'Why There Still Has To Be A Language Of Thought'

INTENTIONALITY

Intentionality

Notesheet Lycan's Introduction to Part IV.

CONNECTIONISM 1

Connectionism

Notesheet

Lycan's Introduction to Part III.
A first go at Patricia Smith Churchland and Terence Sejnowski: 'Neural Representation and Neural Computation'

 

CONNECTIONISM 2

Connectionism 2

Notesheet Patricia Smith Churchland and Terence Sejnowski: 'Neural Representation and Neural Computation'

ELIMINATIVISM

Eliminativism

Notesheet Lycan's Introduction to Part III (another read)
Paul Churchland: 'Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes'

THE STATUS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGY 1

The status of Folk Psychology 1

Notesheet Lycan's introduction to Part V
First go at Stephen Stich:'Autonomous Psychology and the belief-desir

THE STATUS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGY 2

The status of Folk Psychology 2

Notesheet Stephen Stich:'Autonomous Psychology and the belief-desire thesis'
     

Extra Topics

   
THE PROSPECTS FOR AI    
TRUTH    
 

 

 

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