COGS 100 Lecture Notes - Pineal Gland, Vitalism, Noam Chomsky

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Cognitive Science
• Course: COGS 100
• Professor: Michael Picard

Document Summary

Descartes easy middle between science and church. Developments in the theory of computing and theory of info. Development of info-processing models of cog capacities and. Cogs turn in psyc (away from behaviorism) This 20thc cog revolution had two parts: abilities. But before we retrace these 20th c steps towards cogs we look at the deep history, in early modern phil. Noam chomsky, a major architect of the 20th c notes that these developments were really the 2nd revolution. Three main contributions of descartes to what chomsky has called the 1st cog revolution: substance dualism: mind is an ultimate reality distinct from body, which is its own ultimate reality. Mind-body problem it generated, however, remains with us. Not all human behavior can be explained in mechanical terms. (in principal) cannot be accounted for in purely physical/mechanical terms. Voluntary, reflective behaviors (as in everyday language use) We will look first a bit at the successes of behaviorism.