Course Details
CGSC 130: Revolutions in Mind: An Introduction to Cognitive Science
An interdisciplinary study of the history and current practice of the cognitive sciences. The course will draw on relevant work from diverse fields such as artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, philosophy, biology, and neuroscience. Topics to be discussed include: scientific revolutions, the mind-body problem, embodied cognition, perception, representation, and the extended mind.
6 credits; SI; Offered Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024; T. Chemero, J. McKinney
CGSC 130: The Musical Mind: An Introduction to Cognitive Science
An interdisciplinary examination of issues concerning the mind and mental phenomena involved in the uniquely human activity of making and understanding music. The course will draw on psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, biology, and philosophy. Topics to be discussed include: the embodied cognition of rhythm, linguistic syntax and musical structure, mental representations of musical sound and action, musical learning and development, tone and beat deafness, and perfect pitch and neural plasticity.
6 credits; SI, WR2; Not offered 2023-2024
CGSC 130: What Minds Are What They Do: An Introduction to Cognitive Science
An interdisciplinary examination of issues concerning the mind and mental phenomena. The course will draw on work from diverse fields such as artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, and neuroscience. Topics to be discussed include: the mind-body problem, embodied cognition, perception, representation, reasoning, and learning.
6 credits; SI, WR2; Not offered 2023-2024