34-356-01
Mind Design &
Android Epistemology
Instructor: Dr.
M. Guarini
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Epistemology and the
Philosophy of Mind
Assumptions about Mind and
the
Philosophy of Knowledge
Assumptions about Knowledge
&
the Philosophy of Mind
Please read Alvin Goldmans
Epistemic
Folkways and Scientific Epistemology.
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Course Website:
http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/philosophy/mguarini/android/index.htm
Instructor Website:
http://www.uwindsor.ca/guarini
Epistemology and the Philosophy of Mind
What is Epistemology?
What is the Philosophy of
Mind?
A few remarks on what we will
and wont do in this
course
Assumptions about Mind & the Philosophy of Knowledge
Different theories of mind
can lead to different views on the nature of knowledge, reasoning, or justified
cognition
New insights on the nature
of mind can lead to new insights on the nature of reasoning and knowing. This is
important since the mind may not work
the way you think it does. Questioning our assumptions about mind can be useful
for the theory of knowledge and reasoning.
Assumptions about Knowledge & the Philosophy of Mind
Different theories of
knowledge and reasoning may lead to different views on how we come (or ought to
come) to understand, reason about, or know the mind
Questioning assumptions in
our theory of knowledge could lead to new insights on how and why
the mind can and should be studied
Much traditional
epistemology has claimed that our access to mental
is epistemically privileged; if that is wrong, then the way we approach
the study of mind (and epistemology) will
change