Postgraduate Course: Cognition, Culture and Context (PPLS11004)
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 | Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will investigate the two-way relationship between our status as perceiving, acting and feeling cognitive systems, and as participants in society and culture. After gaining familiarity with some important conceptual tools for thinking about and studying cognition in the first three weeks, we move on to consider this two-way relationship as it arises in various domains of study and interest. With respect to each theme we will consider:
1) ways in which pre-existing intuitions about the nature of a cognitive process can shape our thought and research on a topic, and possible ways and consequences of calling those intuitions into question;
2) ways in which our status as participants in society and culture might make an essential contribution to the nature of the cognitive property in question; and
3) how the alternative possibilities identified in considering 1) and 2) bear on our view of a specific practical applications of each weeks theme. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will develop understanding of, and critical insight into:
i) a range of topics in philosophy and cognitive science concerning the relationship between our status as perceiving, acting and feeling cognitive systems, and our status as participants in society and culture
ii) the applications of work on these topics to broader social issues |
Assessment Information
| One 3000 word essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dave Ward
Tel: (0131 6)50 3652
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Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
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