Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition (PHIL11037)
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 | 20 |
| Home subject area | Philosophy |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course offers an integrated, critical review of philosophical and cognitive scientific approaches to understanding mind, language, and embodied cognition. It aims to give students a sense both of recent developments and of the large-scale intellectual landscape. A special focus is the increasingly popular conception of mind as essentially "embodied and embedded".
According to this conception, thought and reason are in some way inextricably tied to the details of our gross bodily form, our abilities of action and intervention, and the enabling web of social, cultural, and technological scaffolding in which we live, move, learn and think.
Taught by Prof Andy Clark and Dr Tillman Vierkant
Formative feedback available;
- opportunity to submit formative essay on Learn by week 6 deadline (Monday 21st October by 12 noon) |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 21,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
173 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| The course aims to develop student's philosophical skills and their knowledge of the main issues and debates surrounding mind, language and embodied cognition. The teaching is seminar based, and each week students prepare by reading set work. |
Assessment Information
One 2500 word essay.
Assignment deadline: Monday 16th December 2013, 12 noon
Word limit: 2500 words maximum
Return deadline: Tuesday 21st January 2014 |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Andrew Clark
Tel: (0131 6)50 3659
Email: Andy.Clark@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
Email: Lynsey.Buchanan@ed.ac.uk |
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