| SES # | TOPICS | FILES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | (PDF - 2.1MB) |
| 2 | Searle against artificial intelligence (AI): The Chinese room argument | (PDF) |
| 3 | The Chinese room argument (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 4 | The Chinese room argument (cont.), and the Turing test | (PDF - 1.0MB) |
| 5 | The Turing test (cont.) | (PDF - 1.1MB) |
| 6 | Computational complexity (guest lecture by Scott Aaronson) | |
| 7 | Dualism | (PDF) |
| 8 | Dualism (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 9 | From dualism to behaviorism | (PDF) |
| 10 | From behaviorism to the identity theory | (PDF) |
| 11 | The identity theory (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 12 | Kripke's Objection | (PDF) |
| 13 | Functionalism | (PDF) |
| 14 | Review session | (PDF) |
| 15 | From functionalism to externalism | (PDF - 1.8MB) |
| 16 | Externalism | (PDF) |
| 17 | From externalism to perception | (PDF - 1.3MB) |
| 18 | Perception: Valberg's puzzle of experience | (PDF - 3.1MB) |
| 19 | Perception, consciousness, and intentionality | (PDF - 1.1MB) |
| 20 | Perception, consciousness, and intentionality (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 21 | Jackson's knowledge argument | (PDF - 1.4MB) |
| 22 | Nagel on bats | (PDF - 1.1MB) |
| 23 | Consciousness and its place in nature | (PDF - 1.1MB) |
| 24 | Consciousness and its place in nature (cont.) | (PDF - 1.5MB) |
| 25 | Free will | (PDF) |
| 26 | Last lecture, including information about the final exam | (PDF) |