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What is the mind and how can we model it? Cognitive science offers a distinctive approach to fundamental philosophical questions about the mind.This course begins with the classical foundations of cognitive science and surveys recent developments in the field, including neural networks, theories of embodiment, dynamical systems, and recent statistical approaches to cognition and artificial intelligence.

Prerequisites: A prior course in philosophy.

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Letters and science

College
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Adina Roskies
1.6
11 reviews
Spring 2024 . Roskies A
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09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
PHIL 124F Roskies A Spring 2025 Total: 29
PHIL 124F Roskies A Spring 2024 Total: 26
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124F . 5 Months Ago

I am surprised by all the low ratings. She is a difficult grader and assigns tough work, but is very knowledgable and if you put in the effort she is very helpful with feedback and is committed to helping you improve.

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124F . 10 Months Ago

Professor Roskies is a challenging professor not because of the way she teaches but because of the breadth of her field and the lack of prerequisites for this class. I took 124G, and what really allowed me to succeed in this class was just doing the readings and taking PSY 120 (consc&cog). This class requires genuine interest and hard work.

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124F . 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

The worst professor I've ever had. She does not lecture or teach. She gives readings otherwise the class is taught almost entirely by student presentations. If you mess up on one of the exams your grade is doomed. Gives no useful feedback and will not help you understand subjects. Slow grader.

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100D . 2 Months Ago

In my opinion, very technically competent, but extremely close-minded - she knows what the truth is, and anything that contradicts what she already believes must be false, because she knows the truth, and therefore, if this new information contradicts what she already knows, she can reject it without consideration or evaluation.

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100D . 11 Months Ago

Worst professor I've had and miserable to be around. Mouthy and opinionated when asking for help in office hours and tests are most of ur grade but with no clear idea of what's being tested theres no way to prepare….easy to see why she got fired from her last school and honestly hope the same happens here tbh. Wouldn't recommend any course by her

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100D . 11 Months Ago

Shes has high expectations of students when it comes to entry level knowledge and will use a lot philosophical terms in lecture without elborating on their meaning. Overall I found office hours to be a waste of time and lectures to be unhelpful. Difficult to comprehend and get a good grade in unless you have a graduate level understanding.

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