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From: A.Sloman(a)cs.bham.ac.uk (Aaron Sloman)
Subject: Re: Looking for a school that treats CS as a branch of philosophy
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 12:24:12 GMT
Readers interested in studying in the UK may be interested to know
that at the University of Birmingham several members of the School
of Computer Science have PhDs in philosophy, and quite a lot of our
research and teaching is philosophical (e.g. on the nature of
representations, the architecture of a mind, the nature of
motivation and emotions, etc.).
We offer MSc degrees, PhD degrees and undergraduate degrees, all
including opportunities for philosophical investigation.
1. We offer, in conjunction with the Schools of Psychology, English
and Philosophy, a one year MSc degree in Cognitive Science which
attempts to integrate Philosophy, Computing, AI, Psychology and
Linguistics. Enquiries to Donald Peterson:
Email: D.M.Peterson(a)cs.bham.ac.uk
2. We also offer an AI stream within a one year "conversion MSc"
degree for people whose first degree was not computer science. (The
other three streams are "Information Technology" for people without
any previous computing experience, "Software engineering" and "IT
and Electronic engineering" (I may have that last title wrong -
typing it in from memory) taught in conjuction with the School of
Electrical and Electronic Engineering.) Enquiries concerning
conversion MSc degrees to Sue Laflin
Email: S.Laflin(a)cs.bham.ac.uk
3. We offer PhD research degrees in a variety of topics including
philosophical foundations of computing and AI, cognitive science,
software engineering, mathematical computer science, very large
logic-based databases, HCI, etc. Enquiries to Peter Hancox:
Email: P.J.Hancox(a)cs.bham.ac.uk
4. Finally we have started a variety of undergraduate degrees in AI
in combination with several other disciplines, and these will all
include an element of philosophy (you can't do AI properly without
including philosophy). In october 1993 we started AI and Computer
Science, and Psychology and AI degrees. On october 1994 Mathematics
and AI will be added. Other combinations will follow including
Education and AI. Philosophy can be combined with AI within the Arts
faculty combined honours or general honours programmes. Enquiries
regarding undergraduate degrees in AI to Jim Yandle:
Email J.R.Yandle(a)cs.bham.ac.uk
Aaron
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Aaron Sloman,
School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, England
EMAIL A.Sloman(a)cs.bham.ac.uk OR A.Sloman(a)bham.ac.uk
Phone: +44-(0)21-414-3711 Fax: +44-(0)21-414-4281
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