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Lecture One
Representation, Causality and Complexity *

Introduction: Text, Pictures and Mental Models
    Summary of the Main Argument
     Cartesian and Baconian Science
     Remarks on Philosophy

The Starting Point: Human Knowledge and Its Propositional Theory
    The Standard Theory of Mind
     The Role of Writing in the Propositional Concept of Mind
     Wittgentein on Language and Propositions; Anti-essentialism

Midway: The Visual Mind
     Mental Content is Visual, Not Propositional
     Recent Approaches; Evidence
     Yes, But Not Pictures: Instead, (Causal) Mental Models

End of the Road: Causality in Mind
    Generally Speaking.. From Counterfactuals to Experimental Science
     The Notion of Causal Depth
     Its Explanation and Illustrations
     Causality, Mental Content and Complexity

Final Summary