| Rational & Irrational Minds |
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| 606:601, Fall 2006 | Click on outline topics for discussion notes. Readings are from Hastie & Dawes, Showalter, or the Readings Packet, as indicated. |
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| Requirements | I. Introductory Considerations | ||||||
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Sept. | 5 | A. Descartes and Human Reason | Descartes, Nisbett | Mind and Brain | ||
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II. Rationality and Reasoning |
Holmes | |||||
| Announcements | Sept. | 12 | A. Normative Views | Baron, H&D: 1,3,4 | Logic & Syllogisms | ||
| Papers | 19 | B. Empirical Views | Simon, H&D( 1,3,4 ) | ||||
| Policies | 26 | B. Bounded Rationality? | |||||
| III. Rational Choice given Uncertainty | |||||||
| Oct. | 3 | A. Rational Decision Making | Mellers, H&D ( 2,8,12 ) | ||||
| 10 | B. Perception of Risk | Belkin,H&D( 7,9,10,14 ) | |||||
| 17 | C. Mental Models of Risk |
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IV. Irrationality: Magic & Possession |
Houdini | ||||||
| Oct. | 24 | A.Magic and Superstition | Vyse, Rozin, Skinner | Golden Bough | |||
| 31 | B. Possession and Ecstatic Experience | Sargant,Greeley,Morton | Spiritualists,James | ||||
| V. Irrationality: Minds in the Clinic | |||||||
| Nov. | 7 |
A. "Organic" disorders |
Sacks | ||||
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B. "Psychogenic" disorders |
Freud, S: 1- 7 | |||||
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C. Modern Manifestations |
S: 8-13 | Rosenhan (on-line) | ||||
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D. Rational Treatment |
Ellis | ||||||
| VI. Group Minds | |||||||
| Dec. | 5 | A. Mass "Hysteria" | Talbot | Chemical Effects | |||
| VI. Other Minds | |||||||
| Dec. | 12 |
A. Rational Minds in Animals |
Gould | Feral Children | |||
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A. Rational Minds in Machines |
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| Dec. | 19 |
Final Presentations |
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