IHSS-1140 Minds and Machines
All Sections
Schedule
Fall 2023
Part I - The Basics: Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Arguments, and Logic
| Date | Topic | Topic/Reading | Assignments Due |
| 8/28 | Introduction | - | - |
| 8/31 | Philosophy and Critical Thinking | Critical Wisdom Primer: Introduction, Critical Thinking | - |
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9/5 (Tuesday!) |
Arguments: Analysis | Critical Wisdom Primer: Arguments | - |
| 9/7 | Arguments: Evaluation | - | |
| 9/11 | Logic | Critical Wisdom Primer: Deductive Reasoning (you can skip sections 4.2 and 4.3) | - |
| 9/14 | Fallacies | Critical Wisdom
Primer: Fallacies |
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Part II - Philosophy of Mind
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments Due |
| 9/18 | Mind | - | |
| 9/21 | More Mind: Dualism | - | |
| 9/25 | More Mind Yet: Dualism and Materialism | - | |
| 9/28 | Last bit of Mind: Materialism | - | |
| 10/2 | Free Will | - | - |
Part III - Kinds of Minds
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments Due |
| 10/5 | Free Will | ||
| 10/9 | No class! (Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day) | ||
| 10/12 | Personal Identity | ||
| 10/16 | More Personal Identity | ||
| 10/19 | Tuvix Discussion | ||
| 10/23 | Intelligence / Work on Group presentations | ||
| 10/26 | Ethics | Tuvix (1st draft) | |
| 10/30 | Work on Group Presentations | ||
| 11/2 | Group Presentations! | Animals, Minds, Brains, and Intelligence | Tuvix Peer review |
Part IV - AI and Ethics
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments Due |
| 11/6 | Group Presentations! | AI: Abilities and Challenges | |
| 11/9 | Group Presentations! | Cogno-Ethics | - |
| 11/13 | Final project! | Tuvix (whole paper) | |
| 11/16 | Final project! | - | |
| 11/20 | Final project! | - | |
| 11/23 | No class (Thanksgiving) | - | |
| 11/27 | Final project! | - | |
| 11/30 | Final project! | - | - |
| 12/4 | Final project! | ||
| 12/7 | Course Wrap-up | - |