Postgraduate Course: CogLab 2: Seminars in Contemporary Cognitive Science (PHIL11147)
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 gives MSc students the opportunity to engage in contemporary debates in cognitive science. |
| Course description |
The course builds on the successful PPIG seminar series. It will run on a fortnight basis with both internal and external speakers. Students will be invited to come to the seminars and will be exposed to a variety of current topics in cognitive science. A pre-seminar tutorial will be run for students in which the topic is introduced and necessary background provided. The seminars will provide the springboard for students to probe deeper into cutting edge debates in cognitive science, through an analysis of further relevant sources which are selected for each seminar, Q&A with the speaker, and an investigation of a chosen topic for the coursework.
The schedule for the PPIG seminar can be found here:
http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/groups/ppig-philosophy-psychology-and-informatics-reading-group
Note that there are 2 version of this course: CogLab 1 and CogLab 2. These run respectively in semesters 1 and 2. Each course is based on the work of the speakers scheduled for that semester. CogLab 1 is not a prerequisite for taking CogLab 2. Each course is free standing. Students are welcome to take either course or both courses.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 7.5,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
85 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One essay of 2,500 words on a chosen topic related to one of the speakers' seminars and agreed with the course organiser.
Essay deadline: Monday 17th April 2017 by 12 noon
Word limit: 2500 words maximum (excluding references)
Return deadline: Tuesday 9th May 2017 |
| Feedback |
- Fortnightly tutorials
- Students have the opportunity to submit a formative essay by week 6 deadline on Turnitin via Learn. The essay cannot be draft of summative essay but it can be on the same topic.
Formative essay deadline: Thursday 2nd March 2017 by 12 noon
Return deadline: Friday 24th March 2017
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- engage in rich interdisciplinary discussion that includes philosophy, psychology, neuroscience and computer science
- identify and engage with contemporary debates in cognitive science
- formulate questions and positions of relevance for cutting-edge research in cognitive science
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Reading List
Readings will be provided by the speakers a few weeks in advance, and posted on LEARN.
A typical week's reading might be:
Colombetti, G and Thompson, E (2008) The feeling body: towards an enactive approach to emotion., in Overton WF, Muller U, Newman JL (eds) Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness, New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Ass., 2008, 45-68
Barrett, L. F., & Bar, M. (2009). See it with feeling: Affective predictions in the human brain. Royal Society Phil Trans B, 364, 1325-1334
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
Please see Learn |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
The course will be led by Dr Tilman Vierkant however both internal and external speakers will be involved in the course. |
| Keywords | prediction,action,emotion,pain,embodiment,mind,cognitive science,philosophy,psychology |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tillman Vierkant
Tel: (0131 6)51 3748
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
Email: |
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