認知科學導論
Introduction to Cognitive Science

Spring, 2019

16:15-17:30 Tues & Thurs

Social Science Building I, Room 126

 

Updated 2019/5/2

 

授課老師:

襲充文(Gary Shyi) (x32203, cwshyi at Gmail)   課輔時間(Office hours): Tues/2 - 4 pm

麥傑(James Myers) (x31506, Lngmyers at CCU)   課輔時間(Office hours): Wed/10 am - 12 noon

金凱文(Kevin Kimble) (x31422, kekimble at CCU)   課輔時間(Office hours): Wed/10 am - 12 pm

 

教學助理: 呂函芸(Iris Lu)

課輔時間(Office hours): (to-be-announced)

 

Dates

Course Content & Reading Assignments

2/19 Tues

Course Introduction

Part I: Philosophy and Mind

2/21 Thur

The Mind-Body Problem

2/26 Tues

Theories of Mind: Identity Theory and Functionalism
(Clark, 2001, Appendix I)

2/28 Thurs

**Peace Memorial Day (NO CLASS)**

3/5 Tues

Theories of Mind: Representationalism and Eliminativism

3/7 Thurs

Problems of Mind: Consciousness
(Clark, 2001, Appendix II; Chapter 3)

3/12 Tues

Problems of Mind: Mental Content

3/14 Thur

Problems of Mind: Mental Causation

3/19 Tues

Cognitive Architecture I: Computationalism and Symbol Systems
(Clark, 2001, Chapters 1 & 2)

3/21 Thur

Cognitive Architecture I: Computationalism and Symbol Systems

3/26 Tues

Cognitive Architecture II: Connectionism and Dynamical Systems
(Clark, 2001, Chapter 4)

3/28 Thur

Oral presentations and Take-home Exam 1

4/2 Tues

**Spring break (NO CLASS)**

4/4 Thur

**Spring break (NO CLASS)**

Part II: Language and Mind

4/9 Tues

Language and cognitive science

4/11 Thurs

Words and rules
Pinker, Steven (1994) The Language Instinct. William Morrow & Co.
[洪蘭譯（1998）《語言本能》商周出版 ]
Pinker (1994) Chapter 4: How Language Works

4/16 Tues

What does “meaning” mean?

4/18 Thur

Sounds in the mind and hands

4/23 Tues

Language processing
Pinker (1994) Chapter 7: Talking Heads

4/25 Thurs

Modeling language

4/30 Tues

Language in the brain

5/2 Thur

Language and children

Pinker (1994) Chapter 9: Baby Born Talking

5/7 Tues

Language and thought

5/9 Thur

“Guest lecture” by Steven Pinker himself

5/14 Tues

Oral presentations and Take-home Exam 2

Part III: Vision and Brain

5/16 Thur

Know thy brain (I): Brain and Behavior

5/21 Tues

Know thy brain (II): Nerve Cells and Behavior

5/23 Thur

Know thy brain (III): Cognitive Neuroscience

5/28 Tues

Know thy brain (III): Cognitive Neuroscience

5/30 Thur

Phantoms in the Brain: The secret life of James Thurber and Through the looking glass
(Ramachandran & Blakeslee, 1998)

(in-class discussion)

6/4 Tues

An introduction to vision science (I): Palmer (1999, Chap 1)

6/6 Thur

An introduction to vision science (II)

6/11 Tues

How do we recognize an object (I): Images
Palmer (1999, Chap 4-5)

6/13 Thur

How do we recognize an object (II): Surfaces

6/18 Tues

How do we recognize an object (III): Objects

6/20 Thur

Oral presentations and Take-home Exam 3

 

成績計算 (Grading policy)

         1. Each examination will count for 25% into your final course grade, 75% in total.

         2. The oral presentations will count for 15%. They will be graded on a group basis, which means that members of the same group will receive the same grades for their presentation.

(a)   Students are required to organize their own groups at the beginning of the semester. Each group should have approximately three students.

(b)  In each oral-presentation class, there will be two groups giving presentations. Thirty minutes will be allotted to each presentation and 15 minutes will be left for Q & A. It is important that each member of a group should be actively involved in the presentation, and each will take turn to give a 10 to 15 minute presentation in the class.

(c)   Materials for preparing the presentation will be provided by the instructors in advance.

3. Roll-call (上課點名) for each class meeting will count for 10% into your final grade and anyone who misses 5 or more classes will lose the 10 points!