Self, Agency and the Will MSc (P02803)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PPL-P-PPLS

This course will provide an introduction to one of the most exciting debates in the interdisciplinary field between philosophy and the cognitive sciences. It will examine the relationship between our phenomenal sense of agency and the sub-personal behavioural control layers that scientific psychology and the neurosciences describe.

Shared with UG course U04103 Self, Agency and the Will

Venue: 3.11 Dugald Stewart Building

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Philosophy, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
25/09/2008	11:00	13:00			3.11 Dugald Stewart Building

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who have completed this course should be able to:
* Examine the basic empirical and theoretical literature for the main contemporary theories of sense of agency and behavioural control
* To make use of the empirical literature in a philosophial context
* Critically discuss the relationship between our phenomenal sense of agency and subpersonal behavioural control layers
* Distinguish between different levels of the sense of agency