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Cognitive Science 001 How do minds work?. CSE 140, Linguistics 105, Philosophy 044, Psychology 107. How do minds work?. What would an answer to this question look like? What is a mind?. How do minds work?. What is intelligence? How do brains work? Neurons Brain structure
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Cognitive Science 001How do minds work? CSE 140, Linguistics 105, Philosophy 044, Psychology 107
How do minds work? • What would an answer to this question look like? • What is a mind?
How do minds work? • What is intelligence? • How do brains work? • Neurons • Brain structure • Theory of computation • Probabilistic models of mind • Logic-based models of mind
How do minds work? • Perception and action • Learning and memory • Mind, language and computation • Emotion • Social cognition • Analogy and metaphor
Administrivia http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cse140
Office Hours and Sections • Please come talk to us! • Lyle Ungar, Mark Liberman • Sudha Arunachalam, John Blitzer, Chris Maloof • Sections – Optional • Mon. 10-11 • Tues 11-12 • Wed. 4-5 http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cse140
Readings • Readings – for every class • Available in bulkpack at SEAS copy center • Available online • Will be password protected • Username: cogsci • Password: • Can be read either before or after lecture • Supplemental readings • Available online http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cse140
Homework • Will be submitted electronically • Cut and past into a form • Please take pre-quiz before next class • Please submit on time • 15% /day penalty for first three days • Then no credit http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cse140/
Grading 40% seven homeworks • Lowest grade will be dropped • Different styles 30% two midterms 30% term paper no final exam http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cse140
Levels of analysis (Marr): • Three kinds of questions • computation • what is the problem? • algorithm • what are the methods? • implementation • what are the mechanisms?
Ways of thinking about reasoning • logical vs. probabilitistic • sequential vs. parallel/distributed • exact vs. heuristic/approximate • literal vs. metaphorical
Ways of thinking about learning • Who learns? • brain vs. genome • individual vs. group • What is learned? • facts vs. skills vs. rules vs. .. • information vs. physiology • Where does knowledge come from? • experience vs. reason vs. analogy vs. chance • How does learning work?