INQR-1140 Minds and Machines
All Sections
Schedule
Fall 2025
Part I - The Basics: Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Arguments, and Logic
| Date | Topic | Topic/Reading | Assignments Due |
| 8/28 | Introduction | - | |
| 9/4 |
Philosophy, and Critical Thinking | Critical Wisdom Primer: Introduction, Critical Thinking | - |
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9/5 (Friday!) |
Arguments: Analysis + Evaluation | Critical Wisdom Primer: Arguments | Argument or Not? : 4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15 |
| 9/8 | Logic | Critical Wisdom Primer: Deductive Reasoning (you can skip sections 4.2 and 4.3) | |
| 9/11 | Fallacies | Critical Wisdom
Primer: Fallacies |
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| 9/15 | C-Cyborgs | - |
Part II - Philosophy of Mind
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments Due |
| 9/18 | Mind: Dualism | - | |
| 9/22 | More Mind Yet: Materialism | - | |
| 9/25 | Personal Identity | - | |
| 9/29 | Free Will | - | |
| 10/2 | - | ||
| 10/6 | Tuvix workshop | ||
| 10/9 | Admin day | Tuvix (1st draft) |
Part III - Kinds of Minds
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments Due |
| 10/13 | No class! (Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day) | ||
| 10/16 | Ethics | Tuvix Peer Feedback Due | |
| 10/20 | Computation | ||
| 10/23 | |||
| 10/27 | Group Pres workshop | Tuvix (whole paper) | |
| 10/30 | Group Pres workshop | - | |
| 11/3 | Group Presentations! | Animals, Minds, Brains, and Intelligence | |
| 11/6 | Group Presentations! | Cognitive Technology | |
| 11/10 | Group Presentations! | Cogno-Ethics |
Part IV - Final Projects!
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments Due |
| 11/13 | Final project! | ||
| 11/17 | Final project! | - | |
| 11/20 | Final project! | - | |
| 11/24 | No class (Thanksgiving) | - | |
| 11/27 | No class (Thanksgiving) | - | |
| 12/1 | Final project! | - | - |
| 12/4 | Final project! | ||
| 12/8 | Final project! | ||
| 12/11 | Course Wrap-up | - |