Lecturer: Sven Walter
Fields: Philosophy
UNFORTUNATELY, BC4 HAD TO BE CANCELLED.
Content
The four lectures will cover the changes that the concept of cognition seems to have undergone since the 1960, starting with the computer model of the mind, then covering connectionism and dynamicism and finally discussing modern approaches that have been suggested under such headings as embodiment, enactivism, extended mind etc.
Lecturer
Sven Walter studied philosophy at Bonn and Ohio State University. He received his PhD in 2005, since 2007 he is professor for philosophy of mind and cognition.
Affiliation: Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University