This week, Francis Heylighen starts teaching on the VUB Campus Etterbeek on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 11), giving two subsequent courses:
14-16h: Cognitive Systems <http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/CLEA/CognSysCursus.html>(room E 2.01) 16-18h: Complexity and Evolution<http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/CLEA/CompEvCursus.html>(room F 4.113) This is the last year that these courses will be taught in Dutch. From 2015 on, they will be taught in English. The second course is a general, non-technical introduction to the main concepts of cybernetics, systems theory, self-organization, complex adaptive systems, evolution, etc. with their implications for an integrated worldview. The lecture notes (in Dutch) contain everything you need to know and are available at http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/CLEA/CompEvCursus.pdf The first course is somewhat more advanced, providing a cybernetic perspective on the mind while reviewing basic concepts in AI, epistemology, consciousness, cognitive science, psychology and collective intelligence. The lecture notes are available in English at http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Papers/CognitiveSystems.pdf So, if any Dutch speakers are interested, they are welcome to join the class (free admission, small number of students, informal atmosphere). The English speakers will have to wait till next year! The courses are taught every Tuesday (except in the Easter vacation, or official holidays) until the end of May. (a total of about 13 lectures) -- -- Evo Evo Busseniers - Seminar Coordinator ECCO Group (VUB) <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/1> Email: [email protected] Website: http://vub.academia.edu/EvoBusseniers<http://be.linkedin.com/in/weaver9/>
