PSYCH256 Lecture 1: PSYCH256
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Road map for course: conceptual and historical background (mod 1-2, minds computation and representation (3-5, mental representation and content (6-8, problems for computation and representation theory of mind (9-12) The disciplines that study the mind: 6 disciplines, psychology* Before 19th century wilhelm wundt, no labs. Weber-fechners law: light and color relationship. This course primarily perception and cognition, and some emotion: linguistics* 1950"s, innate capacity universal grammar: recursion, productivity. Nerve cells carry electrical signals, connected by synapse. Helps in building artificial neural networks: computer science/ai* Practical study of digital, and non-digital, computers. Build algorithms, input and output: anthropology. Human behaviour in past and present societies. Examine cultural artifacts to understand problem solving. Using logic, formal argument, and concept analysis. As paul thagard tells us, how we ought to think" not do think". How the concept is composed of basic concepts. Interdisciplinary: joe morgan defines as interaction between two or more disciplines, multi-disciplinary research, related disciplines.
