Postgraduate Course: Cognition, Culture and Context (PPLS11004)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will investigate the two-way relationship between our status as perceiving, acting and feeling cognitive systems, and as participants in society and culture. After gaining familiarity with some important conceptual tools for thinking about and studying cognition in the first three weeks, we move on to consider this two-way relationship as it arises in various domains of study and interest. With respect to each theme we will consider:
1) ways in which pre-existing intuitions about the nature of a cognitive process can shape our thought and research on a topic, and possible ways and consequences of calling those intuitions into question;
2) ways in which our status as participants in society and culture might make an essential contribution to the nature of the cognitive property in question; and
3) how the alternative possibilities identified in considering 1) and 2) bear on our view of a specific practical applications of each weeks theme.
Feedback Events:
Opportunity to submit and receive feedback on detailed essay plan by end of week 10;
Feedback day |
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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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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
75 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One 2500 word essay
Assignment Deadline: Monday 15th December 2014, 12 noon
Maximum Word Length: 2500 words
Assignment Return Date: 20th January 2015 |
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Learning Outcomes
Students will develop understanding of, and critical insight into:
i) a range of topics in philosophy and cognitive science concerning the relationship between our status as perceiving, acting and feeling cognitive systems, and our status as participants in society and culture
ii) the applications of work on these topics to broader social issues
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dave Ward
Tel: (0131 6)50 3652
Email: dave.ward@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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