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24.119 Mind and Machines, Spring 2005
(2005-06)
Examination of problems in the intersection of artificial intelligence, psychology, and philosophy. Issues discussed: whether people are Turing Machines, whether computers can be conscious, limitations on what computers ...
24.901 Language and its Structure I: Phonology, Fall 2002
(2002-12)
24.901 is designed to give you a preliminary understanding of how the sound systems of different languages are structured, how and why they may differ from each other. The course also aims to provide you with analytical ...
24.221 Metaphysics, Fall 2005
(2005-12)
This course focuses on the study of basic metaphysical issues concerning existence, the mind-body problem, personal identity, and causation plus its implications for freedom. The course explores classical as well as ...
24.119 Mind and Machines, Spring 2003
(2003-06)
Examination of problems in the intersection of artificial intelligence, psychology, and philosophy. Issues discussed: whether people are Turing Machines, whether computers can be conscious, limitations on what computers ...
24.502 Topics in Metaphysics and Ethics, Fall 2014
(2014-12)
This is a class about 'ought' and ought—you can think of it as a class in philosophy of language and metaphysics in which the focus is the ethical sphere. Some of the questions that we will broach include: How should ...
24.400 Proseminar in Philosophy I, Fall 2013
(2013-12)
This course is an intensive seminar on the foundations of analytic philosophy for first-year graduate students. A large selection of classic texts, such as Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic, Russell's Problems of Philosophy, ...
24.251 Introduction to Philosophy of Language, Spring 2006
(2006-06)
This course is an introduction to the philosophy of language. It examines different views on the nature of meaning, truth and reference, with special focus on the problem of understanding how linguistic communication works.
24.211 Theory of Knowledge, Fall 2003
(2003-12)
This course focuses on the study of problems concerning our concept of knowledge, our knowledge of the past, our knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of ourselves and others, and our knowledge of the existence and ...
24.400 Proseminar in Philosophy I, Fall 2003
(2003-12)
An intensive seminar on the foundations of analytic philosophy for first-year graduate students. A large selection of classic texts, from Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, ...
24.500 Topics in Philosophy of Mind: Mental Content, Spring 2015
(2015-06)
Propositions are everywhere in the philosophy of mind. Believing, hoping, and intending (for example) are said to be "propositional attitudes", mental states that involve relations to propositions. The seminar ...