{"id":116,"date":"2015-01-05T05:12:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T05:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2022-10-19T17:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T17:00:46","slug":"minds-machines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/?page_id=116","title":{"rendered":"Minds &#038; Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fritzkahn_s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-120\" src=\"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fritzkahn_s-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"fritzkahn_s\" width=\"625\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fritzkahn_s-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fritzkahn_s-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fritzkahn_s-624x435.jpg 624w, https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fritzkahn_s.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Is it possible to build a computer that effectively simulates human intelligence? \u00a0If we did so, would the computer really be intelligent, or would it merely seem to be? \u00a0Would the computer have free will? \u00a0Do we have free will, or is human freedom merely an illusion? \u00a0Do we have immaterial souls that can survive the deaths of our bodies and brains? \u00a0In this advanced introduction to the philosophy of mind, we will consider these and other questions about what it means to have a mind, and about the relationship between the mind and the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Course Documents and Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Minds-and-Machines-Spring-2016-syllabus.pdf\">Minds and Machines Spring 2016 syllabus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimpryor.net\/teaching\/guidelines\/writing.html\">Jim Pryor&#8217;s &#8216;Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Animal-minds-flawed-and-revised-papers.doc\">Animal minds flawed and revised papers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Minds-and-Machines-term-paper-topics-spring-2016.pdf\">Term paper topics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Readings:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a style=\"color: #595959;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AMTMtWHclKo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Byrne, &#8216;Mind-Body Dualism&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/uhRhtFFhNzQ\">David Chalmers, &#8216;How Do You Explain Consciousness?&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/AiaAA34XKbE\">Scientific American Frontiers, &#8216;Severed Corpus Callosum&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/fjbWr3ODbAo\">Daniel Dennett, &#8216;The Illusion of Consciousness&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Description: Is it possible to build a computer that effectively simulates human intelligence? \u00a0If we did so, would the computer really be intelligent, or would it merely seem to be? \u00a0Would the computer have free will? \u00a0Do we have free will, or is human freedom merely an illusion? \u00a0Do we have immaterial souls that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":874,"href":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidjamesbar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}