UNSW Handbook Course - Computers, Brains and Minds

Computers, Brains and Minds - HPSC2610


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: History and Phil. of Science
	Contact: Slezak,Peter Paul
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit; Excluded: GENS5525, HPST2004.
	Offered: Semester 2 2005
	Fee Band: 1

Description

Introduction to contemporary discussions of the mind, thought, intelligence and consciousness. Focuses on the issues which arise in connection with the so-called 'cognitive sciences' - the disciplines which include such fields as neuro-science, psychology, linguistics, the philosophy of mind, and 'artificial intelligence'. Can computers think? Is the brain a machine?

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