Postgraduate Course: Cognition, Culture and Context (PPLS11004)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	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.
Course description	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.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Course Start Date	21/09/2015
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 75 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One 2500 word essay Assignment Deadline: Monday 14th December 2015, 12 noon Maximum Word Length: 2500 words Assignment Return Date: 19th January 2016
Feedback	Opportunity to submit and receive feedback on detailed essay plan by end of week 10; Feedback day
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: develop understanding of, and critical insight into 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 develop understanding of, and critical insight into the applications of work on these topics to broader social issues