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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Oron Shagrir
Coordinator Office Hours:
M 14-15, Levy 321
Teaching Staff:
Prof Oron Shagrir
Course/Module description:
The course will focus on some of the relationship between philosophy, cognition and computation.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To understand the historical processes that led to the rise of computability theory.
To analyze philosophical arguments.
To describe the various positions concerning the relationship between thinking and computing.
To present pertinent philosophical views.
To discuss topics that are at the interface of AI, cognitive and brain sciences, and philosophy.
Attendance requirements(%):
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Course/Module Content:
1. The contribution of debates on the foundations of mathematics to the rise of computability theory.
2. The development of Artificial Intelligence from Turing to deep learning.
3. Attempts to characterize physical computation in the context of the claim that the mind/brain is a sort of a computer.
Required Reading:
TBA
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 75 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 25 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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