PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
FILOSOFIA DELLA MENTE
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2023/2024 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Vincenzo Fano | After lectures in via Veterani 36, first floor |
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Course partially taught in a foreign language
English
This course is taught partially in Italian and partially in a foreign language. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
In the course epistemological problems of psychology and artificial intelligenze are presented.
Program
1. The foundations of psychology
1.1 The mind-body problem
1.2 The interface problem of explanations
2. The Strong Thesis of Artificial Intelligence
2.1 The Turing machine and the Turing test
2.2 Consequences for the philosophy of mind
3. The history of artificial intelligence
3.1 The first models based on logic
3.2 The perceptron
4. Neural networks
4.1 The many layers and the backpropagation of the error
4.2 Convolutive networks
5. Applications
5.1 Recognition of objects
5.2 Natural language processing
6. Human intelligence and artificial intelligence
6.1 The general artificial intelligence
6.2 Large language models
Bridging Courses
none
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding: after completing the course, students will be able to appreciate models of the mind based on logical theories.
Applying knowledge and understanding: students will be able to evaluate naturalistic research projects on the human mind
Ability to draw conclusions (making judgments): students will be able to build simple mental models
Communication skills: students will be able to orally present their point of view on the naturalization of the mind
Learning skills: students will be able to study new mental models.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Supporting materials will be uploaded in the blended.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures,
- Innovative teaching methods
Flipped class
- Attendance
For students who want to take the exam as attending is advisable to attend at least two thirds of the lessons.
- Course books
Stuff produced by the teacher.
- Assessment
The assessment is oral.
At least two questions will be asked of the candidates.
The criteria on the basis of which the answers will be evaluated are:
1. Clear and informed exposition.
2. Mastery of the topics covered in class.
3. Ability to critically expound content.
4. Ability to personally elaborate the topics.
To achieve sufficiency, the first criterion must be fully met.
To achieve praise, the fourth criterion must be fully met.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Skype interviews, blended material, receiving e-mail.
- Attendance
none
- Course books
J. McCormick, Nine algorithms which changed the future, Princeton University Press
M. Mitchell, Artificial Intelligence, penguin
- Assessment
The assessment is oral.
At least two questions will be asked of the candidates.
The criteria on the basis of which the answers will be evaluated are:
1. Clear and informed exposition.
2. Mastery of the topics covered in the two books.
3. Ability to critically expound content.
4. Ability to personally elaborate the topics.
To achieve sufficiency, the first criterion must be fully met.
To achieve praise, the fourth criterion must be fully met.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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