PNP 2000
Introduction Cognitive Science
We will seek to understand the mind-brain by integrating findings from several of the cognitive sciences, including philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, and artificial intelligence. This course will consider multiple perspectives on such topics as mental imagery, concepts, rationality, consciousness, emotion, language, thought, memory, attention, and machine intelligence. Prerequisite: completion of at least one of the following courses: Psych 100B, Phil 120F, Phil 125C, Biol 296A, MBB 120A or Ling 170D.
Instructors
Barkasi, Boyd Millar, Luis Munaretti da Rosa, Medeiros da Rosa, Michael Barkasi, Millar
Reviews
2 or less hrs/week
Chill class, make sure to prep for research presentation for weekly class.
10/10/2025
2 or less hrs/week
Kind of boring class if you don't care about the topics, but easy enough. Grades are weekly group assignments, 1 essay, 1 project, and some attendance.
4/28/2025
4-6 hrs/week
i like boyd millar a lot he was a solid prof canadian and pretty funny! content was really counterintuitive at times strangely enough so lectures were helpful to attend. exams were hard cuz they were blue book and u had to write many short and long answer essays. good foundation in cogsci tho! lots and lots of thought experiments #marysroom #ottoandinga 😛
5/23/2024
2-4 hrs/week
definitely leaned more into the philosophy side and he often just talked endlessly in circles. be prepared for 75% of the class to be presentations that go on for like 40 minutes and the professor starting discussions about it. the last 20 minutes of class will consist of a rushed lecture that doesn’t get finished. don’t expect the paper to be something u can halfass he grades them very harsh tbh! if u pay attention and put in effort you’ll get a pretty good grade
5/21/2024
2 or less hrs/week
felt like a theory of mind class, and seemed to focus a lot more of philosophy than psych/neuro. not that hard, you just have to study some for tests and do some readings outside of class
5/18/2024
The topics are intimidating but I feel like he did his best. It's my first time in a philosophy course but I feel like he explained it decently well. Can always ask him questions outside of class if you're not sure with anything.nnNot as bad as some other comments, would take his class again if the topic is interesting!
12/10/2022