Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Cite at least 8 pieces work that were influential in the development of cognitive science and summarize their contributions to the field.
Explain functionalism, which is the main philosophical idea behind cognitive science.
Describe what the symbol-manipulation paradigm is.
Formulate arguments and write position papers on disputable topics in cognitive science.
Summarize main theories and arguments which have challenged classical symbolic computation view in cognitive science.
Describe the main architectural properties of at least two computational models of cognition.