Swinburne University of Technology
School of Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering
Neurophilosophy HET704
Critically evaluates the case for mental states being comprehensible in terms of neurobiological states.
- Outline
- A detailed outline of the course
- Lectures 1 and 2
- A brief introduction to the Philosophy of Science
- Lecture 3
- Problems with Logical Empiricism, Falsificationism
- Lecture 4
- Reductionism
- Lecture 5
- Physicalism and Non-Computability
- Lecture 6
- Circular Causality and Hierarchical Self-Organisation
- Lecture 7
- Attractor Neural Networks and Connectionism
David T J Liley
dliley@swin.edu.au