Postgraduate Course: Metaphysics of Mind MSc (PHIL11066)
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 focuses on the two mind-body problems. The first concerns mental causation. We tend to behave in such a way that our desires are fulfilled if our beliefs are true. But how can mental states cause our body to move? The second part concerns consciousness. If our best physical sciences are right, then our world is entirely composed of physical objects and properties. But how do we place consciousness in such a world?
Shared with UG course PHIL10077 Metaphysics of Mind
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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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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 16:10 - 18:00 | | | |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who have completed this course should be able to:
* Understand competing major contemporary theories of the nature of the mental and its relationship with the physical world
* Critically assess various conceivability arguments against physicalism such as the knowledge argument
* Critically assess the problems of mental causation for substance dualism and property dualism |
Assessment Information
| One 2,500 word essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Matthew Nudds
Tel: (0131 6)50 3651
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Course secretary | Miss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
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