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Philosophy of Machine Learning PHIL 305 (3)
An examination of the literature on computation as analogous to, constitutive of, or even identical to, learning and cognition by the human mind. Topics may include: the history of computation, the computation theory of the mind, computation as a form of knowledge generation, philosophy of big data, and philosophy of AI. Prerequisite: One of: PHIL 201, PHIL 203, PHIL 270, SDA 270. Students with credit for PHIL 302 B100 from Fall 2024 or Fall 2025 or PHIL 302 D100 from Fall 2023 may not take this course for further credit.