Professor Tom Schoenemann, Cognitive Science Program
Time/location: TuTh 11:30-12:45pm, Psychology room P226
Course Description:
Do animals think the same way humans do? Do they have consciousness? Memory? Are they moral? Do they have language? This course is an introduction to the study of animal cognition. The first part of the course will review historical, theoretical, and philosophical perspectives on these questions. With this background on the issues, we will explore debates about specific aspects of cognition that have been studied scientifically, including whether--and if so, how--animals reason about problems they are faced with, whether they can be said to have memory and concepts, whether they use can use tools, whether they communicate and if so, can it be called a "language", whether they have consciousness, behave altruistically, and have morals.
Do animals think the same way humans do? Do they have consciousness? Memory? Are they moral? Do they have language? This course is an introduction to the study of animal cognition. The first part of the course will review historical, theoretical, and philosophical perspectives on these questions. With this background on the issues, we will explore debates about specific aspects of cognition that have been studied scientifically, including whether--and if so, how--animals reason about problems they are faced with, whether they can be said to have memory and concepts, whether they use can use tools, whether they communicate and if so, can it be called a "language", whether they have consciousness, behave altruistically, and have morals.
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