PHIL 356 - Intelligence in Machines, Humans, and Other Animals

Intelligence is the capacity to learn, understand, reason, act, and manage other mental functions. Students will learn to systematically compare intelligence as it operates in computers, humans, and other animals. Students will engage with general questions about the nature and kinds of intelligence as well as examine how intelligence is realized in computers and animals. Through an examination of both standard measures of intelligence and less orthodox characterizations of the concept of intelligence, students will develop a broad understanding of cognition and its application within and outside of the biological realm.