The seminar investigates the philosophical foundations of contemporary cognitive science as it has emerged over the last 60 years.
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The seminar investigates semantic theories of counterfactual conditionals in English, with readings by Lewis, Stalnaker, Kratzer, von Fintel, Gillies, and others. It also explores how various languages use irrealis mood outside of conditionals, and the extent to which semantic theories of counterfactuals can inform their treatment (Palmer, Elliott, Farkas, Iatridou).
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The course examines the theories on intentionality and information theory, exploring foundational concepts, the evolution of naturalized intentionality, and the role of informational relations in shaping mental states. It delves into the quantification and transfer of information, emphasizing the significance of causality and the conceptual framework for understanding informational content.
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The course explores issues related to the distinction between iconic representations and symbolic representations.
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The course examines the theories on intentionality and information theory, exploring foundational concepts, the evolution of naturalized intentionality, and the role of informational relations in shaping mental states. It delves into the quantification and transfer of information, emphasizing the significance of causality and the conceptual framework for understanding informational content.
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The seminar investigates the nature of indexicality. It investigates the semantics of indexicality and different types of indexicality.
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The seminar begins by distinguishing cognitive and perceptual processes, focusing on visual reference. It critically examines perceptual content, questioning direct realism and introducing the concept of visual space. The course covers perceptual reference and the computational aspects of vision, emphasizing inference and processing stages.
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The seminar discusses the conventions and inferences of basic film interpretation, emphasizing hands-on engagement with film sections to bridge theory with reality. It covers topics from film narrative, discourse coherence, and camera constraints to the representation of time and non-Western visual narratives, culminating in student presentations.
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The seminar explores the representation of information and concepts beyond verbal language, focusing on visual, auditory, and tactile forms. It investigates cognitive processes behind non-verbal communication, bridging natural and artificial systems. The aim is to understand the theories and mechanisms of non-linguistic representation, its applications, and its influence on human cognition and artificial intelligence.
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The seminar investigates the nature of the emotions and how they are expressed. The first half of the seminar focuses on the emotions themselves, from the perspective of neuroscience, cognitive science, philosophy, and feminist theory. The second half of the seminar focuses on the expression of emotions in faces, emoji, emotive language, music, and art.
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The seminar examines the meaning of visual signs. In the first half, it focuses on the meanings of pictures and maps, and their relationship to perception, geometry, knowledge, truth, and power. In the second half, it explores the ways that pictures are put together in comics and film to form visual narratives, with an emphasis on viewpoint, temporal order, character, and coherence.
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The seminar examines the question of format in mental representation, from the perspective of an informational and computational theory of mind. It takes the language of thought hypothesis as the foil o look at evidence and arguments for the existence of diagrammatic, pictorial, and map-like representations in the mind and in the brain.
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