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This team-taught course is designed to expose students to topics of contemporary research interest. Each lecturer will teach 3-4 weeks of the course on topics related to their current research. The general theme of the course for this academic year is Knowledge, Mind and Genes. Accordingly, the lectures and seminars of the course will cover issues and problems of current epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of life sciences. These are some of the questions that the course will investigate: Do our genes determine who we are? And how would they do that? What does it mean that all is physical? Are we just physical entities? Are our perceptual beliefs rational, considering that prejudices, desires and expectations can change the content of perception? 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 3-4 weeks of the course on topics related to their current research. The general theme of the course for this academic year is Knowledge, Mind and Genes. Accordingly, the lectures and seminars of the course will cover issues and problems of current epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of life sciences. These are some of the questions that the course will investigate: Do our genes determine who we are? And how would they do that? What does it mean that all is physical? Are we just physical entities? Are our perceptual beliefs rational, considering that prejudices, desires and expectations can change the content of perception? 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%)
2500 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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