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Postgraduate Course: CogLab: Seminars in Contemporary Cognitive Science (PHIL11143)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course gives MSc students the opportunity to engage in contemporary debates in cognitive science. The course builds on the successful PPIG seminar series. It will run on a fortnightly basis with both internal and external speakers. Students will be invited to come to the seminars and will be exposed to a variety of current topics in cognitive science. A pre-seminar tutorial will be run for students in which the topic is introduced and necessary background provided. The seminars will provide the springboard for students to probe deeper into cutting edge debates in cognitive science, through an analysis of further relevant sources which are selected for each seminar, Q&A with the speaker, and an investigation of a chosen topic for the coursework.

Formative feedback available:
- students can submit a formative essay by the week 6 (semester 2) closing deadline
- fortnightly tutorials to receive feedback from tutors and peers
Course description You can see the programme of upcoming PPIG seminars (as well as an archive of past seminars) here:

http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/groups/ppig-philosophy-psychology-and-informatics-reading-group
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One essay of 2,500 words on a chosen topic related to one of the speakers' seminars and agreed with the CO.

Assessment Deadline: Monday 20th April 2015 by 12 noon
Return deadline: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
To engage in rich interdisciplinary discussion that includes philosophy, psychology, neuroscience and computer science; engage in contemporary debates in cognitive science and to enhance students' critical skills both orally (via Q&A at the seminars) and in writing (via coursework assessment)
Reading List
'Mental Time Travel': Remembering the Past, Imagining the Future, and the Particularity of Events

Recommended further reading (see in paper's bibliography):

- Addis et al. (2007)
- Davidson, D. (1980a)
- Schacter et al. (2007) and / or Suddendorf and Corballis (2007)
- Simons (2003)

Further reading lists available on Learn.
Additional Information
Course URL Please see Learn page
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information The course is led by Dr Mark Sprevak and Dr Alistair Isaac. Dr Mark Sprevak will be the named course organiser in semester 1 and Dr Alistair Isaac (a.m.c.isaac@ed.ac.uk) will be course organiser in semester 2.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Alistair Isaac
Tel: (0131 6)51 5174
Email: A.M.C.Isaac@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lynsey Buchanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5002
Email: Lynsey.Buchanan@ed.ac.uk
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