| Week | Dates | Topics | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept. 4-6 | Overview of Cognitive Science | SR 1 |
| 2 | Sept. 11-13 | Formal systems Python: introduction |
SR 2 PP 1-3 |
| 3 | Sept. 18-20 | Eliza, SHRDLU, and the Turing Test Python: strings, lists, files |
SR 3-4 PP 4 |
| 4 | Sept. 25-27 | Symbolic AI Python: objects, graphics, functions |
SR 5-6 PP 5-6 |
| 5 | Oct. 2-4 | Python: decisions, loops, random numbers | PP 7-8, 9.2 |
| 6 | Oct. 9-11 | Turing machines and computability | SR 7 PP 13.4.2 |
| 7 | Oct. 16-18 | Universal Turing machines | SR 8-9 |
| S T U D Y D A Y S | |||
| 8 | Oct. 25 | Python: object-oriented programming | PP 10 |
| 9 | Oct. 30-Nov. 1 | Python: object-oriented programming | |
| 10 | Nov. 6-8 | Python: object-oriented programming | |
| 11 | Nov. 13-15 | Physical symbol system hypothesis The Chinese Room |
SR 10-12 |
| 12 | Nov. 20 | Connectionist models of memory | SR 13 |
| T H A N K S G I V I N G B R E A K | |||
| 13 | Nov. 27-29 | Connectionist models of learning | SR 14 |
| 14 | Dec. 4-6 | Embodied cognition and robots | SR 15-16 |
| 15 | Dec. 11-13 | Embodied cognition and robots | SR 17 |