? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : PPL-3-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.

? Costs : 2A

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

• Self, Agency and the Will (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))

Home subject area

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

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? 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 11:10 13:00 Dugald Stewart Building, Room 3.11

All of the following classes

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

To develop further the philosophical skills, and to extend as well as deepen the philosophical knowledge, acquired in previous philosophy courses.

This course will be assessed by one short (approx. 1500 word) essay (35%) due roughly half way through the semester, and a final ?take home? exam (65%).

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Moira Avraam
Tel : (0131 6)50 3661
Email : Moira.Avraam@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Tillman Vierkant
Tel : (0131 6)51 3748
Email : T.Vierkant@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk/ug_study/ug_honours/ug_hons_index.html

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/