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This team-taught course is designed to expose students to topics of contemporary research interest. Each lecturer will teach 1-3 weeks of the course on topics related to their current research. The general theme of the course for this academic year is: Mind, Knowledge and Trust. Accordingly, the classes and tutorials of the course will cover issues and problems of: philosophy of mind, epistemology, social epistemology and ethics. These are some of questions that the course will investigate: What does it mean that all is physical? What is physicalism? Are we just physical entities? Are our perceptual beliefs rational, considering that prejudices, desires and expectations can affect the content of perception? Do we have non-circular reasons to trust our memory? What is trust and (how) can we trust well? Do thought experiments in philosophy actually work? 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 1-3 weeks of the course on topics related to their current research. The general theme of the course for this academic year is: Mind, Knowledge and Trust. Accordingly, the classes and tutorials of the course will cover issues and problems of: philosophy of mind, epistemology, social epistemology and ethics. These are some of questions that the course will investigate: What does it mean that all is physical? What is physicalism? Are we just physical entities? Are our perceptual beliefs rational, considering that prejudices, desires and expectations can affect the content of perception? Do we have non-circular reasons to trust our memory? What is trust and (how) can we trust well? Do thought experiments in philosophy actually work? Students will choose to write assessments from this broad spectrum of topics.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
2500 word essay (50%)
2000 word essay (50%)
Resit: 3000 word essay (100%)
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Remember | ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide. |
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