Intro to Cognitive Science, Fall 2001.
Course coordinator: Paul Portner Office Hours M11:30-12:30
473 ICC Th 3-4
7-5949
portnerp@georgetown.edu
Text: Carolyn P. Sobel, The Cognitive Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Mayfield Publishers, 2001.
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Week |
Date |
Teacher |
Topic |
Text Assignment |
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1 |
8/30 |
Portner |
Overview |
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2 |
9/6 |
Vaidya |
Cognitive Psychology |
Ch 1 |
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3 |
9/13 |
Vaidya |
Cognitive Psychology |
Ch 2 |
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4 |
9/20 |
Friedman |
Neuroscience |
Ch 3-4 |
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5 |
9/27 |
Rauschecker |
Perception |
(part of Ch 3) |
|
6 |
10/4 |
Portner |
Linguistics |
Ch 5 |
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7 |
10/11 |
Ullman |
Language Acquisition |
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|
8 |
10/18 |
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Midterm |
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9 |
10/25 |
Portner / Mani |
Semantics (first half) / AI (second half) |
Ch 6-7 |
|
10 |
11/1 |
Mani |
AI |
Ch 8 |
|
11 |
11/8 |
Caraballo |
NLP |
(part of Ch 8) |
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12 |
11/15 |
Davis |
Philosophy and other fields in CogSci (psych, neuro, ling, AI) |
Ch 9-10. |
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13 |
11/29 |
Farre |
Consciousness |
(part of Ch 10) |
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14 |
12/6 |
Portner |
Wrap up discussion |
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Grading & Requirements: Midterm (50%), Final Exam (50%).