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CLASS #	TOPICS	READINGS


1	Overview I


2	Overview II	Quillian, M. “Semantic Memory.” Semantic Information Processing. Edited by M. Minsky. Cambridge, M. A.: MIT Press, 1968, pp. 216-270. Harnad, S. “The Symbol Grounding Problem.” Physica D 42 (1990): 335-346.


3	Relational Networks I	Miller, G. “Nouns in WordNet.” WordNet: An Electronic Lexical Database.Edited by C. Fellbaum. MIT Press, 1998. Minsky, M. “A framework for representing knowledge.” Mind Design. Edited by J. Haugeland. MIT Press, 1975/1981.


4	Relational Networks II	Pustejovsky, J. “Type construction and the logic of concepts.” The language of word meaning. Edited by P. Bouillon, and F. Busa. Cambridge University Press, 2001.


5	Term Project / Paper Proposals Due.


6	External Grounding I	Cantwell, Smith Brian. On the Origin of Objects. MIT Press. –excerpts – Brooks, R. A. "Intelligence Without Representation." Artificial Intelligence Journal 47 (1991): 139–159.


7	External Grounding II	Gardenfors, P. Conceptual Spaces. MIT Press, 2000. – excerpts - Regier, T. The Human Semantic Potential: Spatial Language and Constrained Connectionism. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996. Roy, D. “Learning Visually Grounded Words and Syntax of Natural Spoken Language.” Evolution of Communication. 4(1) (2001/2002).


8	Integration I	Goldstone, R. L., and Rogosky, B. J. “Using relations within conceptual systems to translate across conceptual systems.” Cognition 83(3) (2002): 295-320.


9	Theory-Theory I	Hayes, P. "The Second Naive Physics Manifesto." Formal Theories of the Common Sense World (Vol. 1). Edited by J. R. Hobbs, and R. C. Moore. Norwood, N. J.: Ablex Publishing Company, 1985. Gopnik, A. “The Scientist as Child.” Philosophy of Science 63(4) (1996): 485-514.


10	Theory-Theory II	Allen, J. “Natural language understanding.” Benjamin Cummings (1994). Excerpts. Meuller, Erik T. ThoughtTreasure: A natural language/commonsense platform. 2002. http://xenia.media.mit.edu/~mueller/papers/tt.html


11	Integration II	Jackendoff, R. (2002). “Semantics as a Mentalistic Enterprise,”(Chap. 8) “Reference and Truth,” (Chap. 9), and “Lexical Semantics.” (Chap. 11) in Foundations of Language.


12	A Step Back	Putnam, H. "The meaning of 'meaning.'" Mind, language, and reality: Philosophical papers, vol. 2. Edited by H. Putnam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975.


13	Project / Paper Presentations

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