Postgraduate Course: Mind, Body and Consciousness (MSc) (PSYL11047)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course introduces the hard problem of human consciousness and its context within contemporary psychology. It illustrates the role of the $łghost in the machine&© through notions such as the Homunculus Fallacy, Cartesian Theatre, Chinese Room, and Inverted Spectrum problems. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with phenomenological psychology and to debate and explore its ramifications. The course provides the opportunity to explore literature on embodiment, lived experience, intersubjectivity, the unconscious, and authenticity. Each two hour lecture consists of a practical and a theoretical period. In the practicum participants work together in small groups on structured tasks that offer the opportunity to experience the phenomenon under examination. In the theoretical period the course leader will introduce and summarise the topic, and some designated students will present short summaries of their readings. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Block 1 (Sem 1), Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| Central | Lecture | S1, 7 George Square | 1-5 | | | | 16:10 - 18:00 | |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course participants will have both a theoretical and an experiential understanding of some distinctive features of human consciousness.
Be able to identify the distinctive features of phenomenological psychology and to critique experimental psychology and the cognitive neurosciences.
To evaluate notions of embodiment, lived experience, intersubjectivity, the unconscious, and authenticity in human experience.
To formulate applications of phenomenological psychology and be able to give a coherent account of psychological phenomena in phenomenological terms. |
Assessment Information
One 2500 word essay (75%) and five coursework assignments (25%)
Preparation for the essay is supported by three tutorials. To pass the final essay students will need to identify the key features of phenomenological psychology, and formulate a phenomenological account of an everyday experience agreed jointly between the course leader and student. The coursework assignments during the lectures must be submitted within two weeks of the relevant lecture. These will be 500 word reflections on the participant&©s lived experience, relating this to their learning from the lecture and practicum. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Billy Lee
Tel: (0131 6)50 3342
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Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
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