Postgraduate Course: Advanced topics in philosophy of mind (PHIL11012)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Philosophy |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will examine recent issues in philosophy of mind, such as the internalism/externalism debate about mental content, recent accounts of mental causation, and arguments for a non-reductive view of consciousness due to Jackson and Chalmers.
The course will assume that students are familiar with the basic problems and issues in philosophy of mind. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be familiar with many of the recent issues in philosophy of mind.
The course aims to develop student's philosophical skills, and in particular, the skill of engaging a single target or topic in the kind of sustained depth required for research. The teaching is seminar based, and each week students prepare by reading and commenting on set work. |
Assessment Information
| One 2500 word essay. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
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