First, students will be able to critically evaluate and compare the three main approaches to Cognition – computational theory of mind, connectionism, dynamic systems – with each other. They will be knowledgeable about the distinctive properties and features of non-linear dynamic systems, most prominently attractors, chaos, and self-organization.

Second, students will gain basic and, depending on their choice of specialty topic, deeper understanding of the application of dynamic systems to major fields in cognition.

Third, students will appreciate the ubiquitous fractal structure of objects and processes in the real world as well as processes in cognition.