Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500246 Philosophy | OT | 3 | 1 |
2500246 Philosophy | OT | 4 | 1 |
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This is an introductory course that covers a good part of the basic questions of the philosophy of the contemporary mind. The course encourages students to take a critically reasoned theoretical position.
Students will have the opportunity to think, discuss and write about fundamental issues in the philosophy of mind like:
1. Which is the relation between mind and brain?
2. Is mind identical to the brain o is it something else?
3. How are we able to have thoughts with causal efficacy?
4. How can we explain our conscious experiences in terms of processed information?
5. Could a computer think?
6. Are animals selfconscious?
1. What is Philosophy of Mind? Its connection with mind sciences.
2. Intentionality nd mental states: thoughts, experiences and emotions.
3. Classical Cognitive Science.
4. Philosophy of Mind, its main problems:
4.1. The problem of mind-brain relation.
4.2. The problem of consciousness.
4.3. The problem of non-human minds.
5. Embodied and enactive approaches to cognitive science.
The sessions will be of two types. In some, the teacher will present the theoretical contents necessary to introduce themselves to each one of the subjects that will be treated. Others will have a seminar form where it will be discussed the compulsory readings of the course. These readings will be available in the Campus Virtual.
In order to increase the rigor of the discussions and that the students acquire competences related to the oral activities, each one of the students will have to present one of the readings (according to the number of registered ones it is possible that there will be group presentations).
It is also required that the rest of the students have read the paper before attending the seminar. Each of the readings is closely related to the topics exposed in class and are fundamental in the subject that is studied.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures. | 26 | 1.04 | 2, 8, 11, 12, 13 |
Presentation of one of the required readings. | 21 | 0.84 | 2, 6, 8, 9, 5, 15, 10, 11, 1, 12 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Preparing oral presentation. | 23 | 0.92 | 2, 6, 8, 4, 9, 10, 11, 1, 14 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Required and supplementary readings. | 76 | 3.04 | 2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 |
The evaluation will be based on (i) the mark obtained in a first multiple choice test (40% of the final mark), (ii) the mark obtained in the presentation of a compulsory reading and the delivery of a summary (20%) i (iii) the note of a written test on the compulsory readings of the course (40%).
Students who do not have a grade in two of the evaluative items will be listed as 'No-avaluable' students.
All students, regardless of whether they have not taken tests during the course, can take the re-assessment. The oral presentation is not subject to reassessment.
Once the exam has started, no student will be able to access the classroom.
Exams will only be held on alternative dates to the official ones for those who can present supporting documentation. Taking a driving test will not be considered an acceptable reason.
The guidelines to do and present the reading will be explained in the Virtual Campus. The groups to make the presentations will be made during the first two weeks of the course. After this time you will no longer be able to access any group.
Exam and exhibition dates, as well as their format, will be available through the Virtual Campus calendar.
Spelling and expression correction will be evaluated. The repetition of spelling or grammatical errors (minimum four) will entail a penalty of 10% of the mark of the test carried out.
In the event that the student carries out any type of irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of a certain evaluation act, it will be graded 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may derive from it. In the event that several irregularities are verified in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Examination on the mandatory readings. | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5, 10, 11, 1, 14, 12, 13 |
Presentation of one of the mandatory readings. | 20% | 1 | 0.04 | 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 4, 9, 5, 15, 10, 11, 1, 14, 12 |
Test. | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 4, 9, 15, 10, 11, 14, 12, 13 |
Bechtel, William. (1988). Philosophy of mind: An overview for cognitive science, Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Dennett, Daniel C. (1991) Consciousness Explained, Little, Brown and Co. (v.c. La consciencia explicada Barcelona: Paidós, 1996). Campbell, Keith (1984) Body and Mind, Chicago: University of Notre Dame Press. (v.c. Cuerpo y mente. México: UNAM, 1987). Chalmers, David (1996) The Conscious Mind, Oxford: Oxford University Press (v.c. La mente consciente. Barcelona: Gedisa, 1999). Churchland, Patricia (1989), Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of Mind-Brain, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Churchland, Paul (1988) Matter and Consciousness, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (v.c. Materia y conciencia. Barcelona: Gedisa, 1992) García-Carpintero, Manuel (2000) ‘Las razones para el dualismo’, a P. Chacón Fuertes y M. Rodríguez González (eds.) Pensando la mente. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva. Gregory, Richard L. (director) Diccionario Oxford de la mente. Madrid: Alianza, 1995. Lowe, Edward J. (2000), Filosofía de la mente, Barcelona: Idea Books. Pineda, David (2012), La mente humana. Introducción a la filosofía de la psicología, Madrid: Cátedra. Searle, John (1997) The Mystery of Consciousness, New York Review of Books. (v.c. El misterio de la conciencia: intercambios con Daniel C. Dennett y David J. Chalmers Barcelona: Paidós, 2000).
Recursos electrònics: Stanford Enciclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/ David Chalmers Philosophy of Mind WebPage: http://consc.net Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind: http://philosophy.uwaterloo.ca/MindDict/ Mind and Body: From Descartes to James: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/Table.html
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