University of Trento Italy
Part I: Philosophy & AIMonday February 18
Introduction: The role of computational models in cognitive (neuro)science
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The pdf of my presentationWednesday February 20
Embodied embedded cognition & robotics
Anderson, M.L. (2003). Embodied cognition: A field guide. Artificial Intelligence, 149, 91-130.
The pdf of my presentationTuesday February 26
Robots, autonomy & ethics
Haselager, W.F.G. (2005). Robotics, philosophy and the problems of autonomy. Pragmatics & Cognition, 13, 3, 515-532.
Allen, C., Wallach, W. & Smit, I. (2006). Why machine ethics? IEEE Intelligent Systems, 12-17.
The pdf of my presentationPart II: Philosophy & CNS
Wednesday February 27
What do brain data show
Hardcastle, V.G. & Stewart, C.M. (2002). What do brain data really show? Philosophy of Science, 69, 72-82.
Bechtel, W. (2002). Aligning multiple research techniques in cognitive neuroscience: Why is it important. Philosophy of Science, 69, 48-58.
van Dijk, J. Kerkhofs, R., van Rooij, I. & Haselager, W.F.G. (2008). Can there be such a thing as embodied embedded cognitive neuroscience? Theory & Psychology, 18:3.
The pdf of my presentationThursday February 28
Conscious Will
Chalmers, D.J. (1995). Facing up to the problem of consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2: 3. p. 200-219. Reprinted in J. Shear (Ed.), (1997). Explaining Consciousness - The 'hard problem'. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. pp. 9-30.
Wegner, D. (2002) The mind's best trick: how we experience conscious will. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7, 2, 65-69.
The pdf of my presentationTuesday march 4
Ethics & Cognitive neuroscience
Farah, M.J. (2005). Neuroethics. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9,1, 34-40.
Roskies, A. (2006). Neuroscientific Challenges to Free Will and Responsibility. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10, 9: 419-423.
The pdf of my presentation