Section 1 The nature of understanding
Why we need hierarchies of description to understand anything; how we understand very complex electronic systems; the nature of understanding in the physical sciences; what understanding the brain means
Lecture 1 What it means to understand a complex system
Part 1 Understanding Complex Systems
Part 2 Understanding Electronic Systems
Part 2 Understanding in the Physical Sciences
Part 4 Metasimilarities between Brains and Computers
Part 5 Practical Pressures on System Architectures
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Why we need hierarchies of description to understand anything; how we understand very complex electronic systems; the nature of understanding in the physical sciences; what understanding the brain means
Lecture 1 What it means to understand a complex system
Part 1 Understanding Complex Systems
Part 2 Understanding Electronic Systems
Part 2 Understanding in the Physical Sciences
Part 4 Metasimilarities between Brains and Computers
Part 5 Practical Pressures on System Architectures
Return to course index