Readings
Texts
- Margaret Boden, "Escaping from the Chinese Room" (from last time)
- John Searle, "Is the Brain a Digital Computer?" (from last time)
- Ned Block, "The Mind as the Software of the Brain" (section 4)
- Fred Dretske, "If You Can't Make One, You Don't Know How It Works"
- Fred Dretske, "Minds, Machines, and Money: What Really Explains Behavior"
Notes
- The Chinese Room: Criticisms and Replies (from last time)
- Boden's Reply (from last time)
- Searle's Argument (from last time)
- Block's Reply
- Dretske's Compass
Synopsis
Please note that we are officially one day behind schedule, hence the long reading list. We'll try to catch up in the next couple of days.