Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58
This team-taught course is designed to expose students to topics of contemporary research interest. Each lecturer will teach 2-4 weeks of the course on topics related to their current research. The general theme of the course for this academic year is: Human and Non-Human Minds. Accordingly, the classes and tutorials of the course will cover issues and problems of: general philosophy of mind, animal minds, artificial minds (AI), and epistemology of various mental states and processes. These are some of questions that the course will investigate: what is self-consciousness? How do we understand other people’s mental states and behaviours? Do non-human animals think? Will developments in machine learning have an impact on our concept of trust and responsibility? Are our empirical beliefs rational considering that prejudices, desires and expectations can affect the content of our perceptions? Do we have non-circular reasons to trust our memory? How can we dispel the concern that a Cartesian demon or the Matrix might mislead our most elementary inferences? Students will choose to write assessments from this broad spectrum of topics.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This team-taught course is designed to expose students to topics of contemporary research interest. Each lecturer will teach 2-4 weeks of the course on topics related to their current research. The general theme of the course for this academic year is: Human and Non-Human Minds. Accordingly, the classes and tutorials of the course will cover issues and problems of: general philosophy of mind, animal minds, artificial minds (AI), and epistemology of various mental states and processes. These are some of questions that the course will investigate: what is self-consciousness? How do we understand other people’s mental states and behaviours? Do non-human animals think? Will developments in machine learning have an impact on our concept of trust and responsibility? Are our empirical beliefs rational considering that prejudices, desires and expectations can affect the content of our perceptions? Do we have non-circular reasons to trust our memory? How can we dispel the concern that a Cartesian demon or the Matrix might mislead our most elementary inferences? Students will choose to write assessments from this broad spectrum of topics.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | Word Count | 2500 | ||
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Feedback | Word Count | 2000 | ||
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There are no assessments for this course.
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| Feedback | Word Count | 3000 | ||
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