Browsing Science, Technology, and Society (STS) - Archived by Subject "brain"

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    • 24.09 Minds and Machines, Spring 2007 

      Byrne, Alex (2007-06)
      This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind. Some of the questions we will discuss include the following. Can computers think? Is the mind an immaterial ...

    • STS.010 Neuroscience and Society, Fall 2008 

      Schüll, Natasha (2008-12)
      This class explores the social relevance of neuroscience, considering how emerging areas of brain research reflect and reshape social attitudes and agendas. Topics include brain imaging and popular media; neuroscience of ...

    • STS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002 

      Dumit, Joseph (2002-12)
      Subject examines the brain as a cultural object in contemporary media, science, and society. Explores cultural assumptions about neuroscience by drawing on anthropology, history, semiotics, and the cognitive sciences. ...