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Catalogue 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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COGS 215 - Knowledge and Cognition

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as PSYC 215 ) This course asks how knowledge and cognition contribute to the functioning of biological and synthetic cognitive agents. Along the way it inquires into the origins and nature of knowledge, memory, concepts, goals, and problem-solving strategies. Relevant philosophical issues are examined along with research on the brain, experimental evidence from cognitive psychology, computer models, and evolutionary explanations of mind and behavior. A major goal of the course is to explore how cognitive scientists are coming to understand knowledge and cognition within an embodied agent embedded in a real world. The program faculty.

Prerequisite(s): COGS 100 .



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