NOTES:
material from the current week onwards is under construction
an interactive bulletin board is available, where you can post messages that can contain hyperlinks and attachments; you can set up your bboard account to receive email notification about any new posting to the forum
movies: ; Waking Life shown in class; Solaris screened in Uris in late March

Cog 531 - admin details

Cog 531Topics in Cognitive Sciences (4 credits)
Spring 2003Mind and Reality in Science Fiction
InstructorsShimon Edelman and Harry Segal
TimeM 4:30-6:30
PlaceG28 Uris Hall
PrerequisitesCog/Psych 214/614, or permission of one of the instructors. The course is open to graduate students and to advanced undergraduates.
Credit To get the full 4 credits:
  1. read the assigned material before it is discussed in class;

  2. briefly present and motivate your selection of topic for the final essay in class on Monday, April 21;

  3. regularly participate in the discussions in class;

  4. submit a final essay (2500—5000 words), in Harry Segal's mailbox (2nd floor, Uris Hall), by 3:30pm, Friday 5/9; the essay must integrate at least two of the science fiction readings with one or more of the science fact papers (not limited to those covered in class).

Cog 531 - technical details

Each SF work is accompanied by
  1. a choice of scientific papers pertaining to the issues at hand (see the individual theme pages and the [upcoming] week-by-week plan);

  2. a few slides with live links to related online material - book reviews, other scientific papers, author interviews, paintings, poetry and random associations evoked by the target book in the sick minds of the instructors. Students are encouraged to suggest links of their own (by posting messages to the bulletin board or emailing the instructors).


Shimon Edelman <se37@cornell.edu>
Last modified on Fri Mar 28 17:27:33 2003