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Origins of Mind
Welcome
Lecture 01
What Is The Philosophy of Cognitive Development?
Parsimony and the Formulation of Developmental Hypotheses
Course Outline
Davidson’s Challenge
Lecture 02
When Do Humans First Track Goals?
The Teleological Stance
Limits on Infant Goal Tracking
Mirror Neurons
The Motor Theory of Goal Tracking
A Puzzle about Goal Tracking
Lecture 03
Knowledge of Mind
Infants Track False Beliefs
Mindreading: a Developmental Puzzle
Mindreading Chimpanzees?
Conclusion: Two Puzzles
Lecture 04
Models and Processes
Minimal Theory of Mind
Signature Limits
Automatic Mindreading in Adults
A Dual Process Theory of Mindreading
Conclusion: Models and Processes
Lecture 05
Knowledge of Objects
Three Abilities to Underpin Knowledge of Objects
Segmentation and the Principles of Object Perception
Permanence
Causal Interactions
Recap and Questions
Against the Simple View
Lecture 06
Core Knowledge of Objects
The CLSTX Hypothesis: Object Indexes Underpin Infants’ Abilities
Motor Representation in Object Cognition
What Can Object Indexes Explain
Metacognitive Feelings Connect Object Indexes to Looking Behaviours
Conclusion on Metacognitive Feelings and Knowledge of Objects
Lecture 07
Joint Action: The Challenge
What Is Joint Action? Bratman’s Account
What Joint Action Could Not Be
Joint Action in Great Apes
Development of Joint Action: Planning
Development of Joint Action: Years 1-2
Collective Goals vs Shared Intentions
Lecture 08
A Puzzle about Pointing
Solving the ‘Paradox’ of Language Development
Do infants and great apes understand pointing?
Lecture 09
Syntax / Innateness
Syntax, Communication, and the Evolution of Language
Is Syntax Uniquely Human?
Practicalities
Lecture 02
Mirror Neurons
Mirror Neurons
Lecturer: Richard Moore
Slides
Richard’s Slides [pdf]