A friend at MIT shared this course listing on Google Reader, interesting case study:<br><br><a href="http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=755">http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=755</a><br><h2><a href="http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=755" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 6.893 Philosophy and Theoretical Computer Science">6.893 Philosophy and Theoretical Computer Science</a></h2>
<p>I thought I’d let <em>Shtetl-Optimized</em> readers know about an experimental new course I’m teaching this fall (starting tomorrow): <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/fa11/6.893/index.html">6.893 Philosophy and Theoretical Computer Science</a>. The course was directly inspired by my <a href="http://eccc.hpi-web.de/report/2011/108/">Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity</a> essay, and will cover many of the same topics. Here’s the description:</p>
This new offering will examine the
relevance of modern theoretical computer science to traditional
questions in philosophy, and conversely, what philosophy can contribute
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