Postgraduate Course: Mind, Body and Consciousness (MSc) (PSYL11047)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Psychology |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course begins with an introduction to human consciousness and synopsis of the so called 'hard problem' of intentional, first personal, experience. It procceds to examine the notion of the 'ghost in the machine' through a linguistic deconstruction of consciousness and its related concepts. The course assumes that something ineffable survives deconstruction and examines notions of embodiment, the lived experience, and intersubjectivity. The status of the unconscious is assessed and finally the possibility of a transpersonal epistemology is considered drawing from readings in analytical and positive psychology. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Block 1 (Sem 1), Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-6 | | | | 16:10 - 18:00 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 16:10 - 18:00, Zone: Central. S1, 7 George Square |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Understand the nature of the 'hard problem' and the 'category mistake' with respect to theories of consciousness.
- Explain the status of the 'lived experience' and evaluate the evidence for intersubjectivity in the ontogeny of human consciousness.
- Distinguish concepts of conscious and unconscious, thinking and feeling, existence and experience, authentic and constructed, personal and transpersonal in respect of human consciousness. |
Assessment Information
| 3000 word essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Billy Lee
Tel: (0131 6)50 3342
Email: B.Lee@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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