Introduction to cognitive science

The official course web site is here:

http://cogsci.hku.hk/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.2008a-cogn1001

Joe Lau's lecture notes:

Problem set

Answer all of the following questions clearly and succinctly. Your typewritten answers should not be longer than 2 pages.

  1. Why is it important for Searle that the person in the Chinese Room does not understand Chinese?
  2. Do you think the same setup in the Chinese Room argument can be used to argue that computation cannot be sufficient for thinking and reasoning? Why or why not?
  3. Explain the principle of organizational invariance in Chalmers's paper, and explain also its role in the fading qualia argument.