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Dilemmas and Trade-offs in Cognitive Science
DozentIn: Dr. phil. habil. Annette Hohenberger
Veranstaltungstyp: Seminar
Ort: 93/E07
Zeiten: Do. 09:00 - 12:00 (wöchentlich)
Beschreibung: Preliminary short description (to be edited).
In this course we will look at dilemmas and trade-offs as they numerously arise in cognitive science, as between stability-plasticity, exploration-exploitation, complexity-coherence, speed-accuracy, generalist-specialist, nature-nurture. These dilemmas have in common that they arise for principled reasons, namely because only one but not both of the members of the pairs can be maximized at the same time.
We will seek to understand the nature of the tensions that give rise to these dilemmas and trade-offs in cognition and learn how they are resolved in the (neuro-)cognitive system.
The aim of the course is to gain a critical as well as dialectical understanding of the processes behind these phenomena and appreciate their complexity.
Students will read pertinent texts, make presentations in class including discussions, and do some homework assignment, individually or as a group.
