PHIL137-06S2 (U) Semester Two 2006 (University Campus)

Computers, Minds and Logic

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 10 July 2006
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 23 July 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 8 October 2006

Description

Computers, Minds and Logic

Would an artificially intelligent computer be conscious or would there be “no one at home” inside it? Is consciousness a physical phenomenon at all? What is computation, and how do computers work?  Could a computer be rational? What is rationality, and how does it relate to logic? What is it to mount a logical argument for a certain conclusion? These are the questions that will be investigated in this course.

Timetable Note

Lectures
Tuesday, Wednesday 4-5

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Douglas Campbell

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Logic Assignment 25%
Essay 1 25%
Final Exam 50%


Essay - 25%
Logic assignment - 25%
Final Examination - 50%

Textbooks / Resources

No textbook required, material will be available on the Web.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $562.00

International fee $2,280.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All PHIL137 Occurrences

  • PHIL137-06S2 (U) Semester Two 2006 (University Campus)
  • PHIL137-06SU1 (U) Summer Jan 2006 start (University Campus)
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