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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind. Some of the questions we will discuss include the following. Can computers think? Is the mind an immaterial thing? Or is the mind the brain? Or does the mind stand to the brain as a computer program stands to the hardware? How c
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- linguistics and philosophy
- searle; ai
- dualism
- behaviorism
- identity theory
- functionalism
- intentionality
- externalism
- self-knowledge
- knowledge argument
- chalmer
- panprotopsychism
- mysterianism
- conciousness
- rene descartes
- mind
- brain
- causal theory
- pain
- relief
- meaning
- individualism
- qualia
- mind-body problem
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