This is the home page for CogS 2100 - Introduction to Cognitive Studies,
Fall 2005.
Various things may be added here as the semester progresses, so
be sure to check back . . .
Here are two links to an article (from 1950) by A.M.Turing on "Computing Machinery and Intelligence," addressing the question "Can machines think?" for you to read for class next week . . .
Turing article simple text version
Turing article a fancier version, with some annotations
Snopes.com on 8th grade education in 1895
readings from Sobel (these are also available from the Blackboard
site for this class . . .)