Module PHLM007 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
PHLM007: Current Issues in Mind and Cognition
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Perception and the senses
- Phenomenology
- The philosophy of psychology and psychiatry
- Emotion & affectivity
- The metaphysics of mind
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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22 | 278 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars. The module will be taught as a series of two-hour seminars, organised around open-ended discussion of pre-assigned readings. |
Guided Independent Study | 66 | 11 x 6 hours for seminar readings |
Guided Independent Study | 12 | Preparation of seminar presentation |
Guided Independent Study | 100 | Reading for and writing of essay 1 |
Guided Independent Study | 100 | Reading for and writing of essay 2 |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Aydede, M. (2009) ‘Is Feeling Pain the Perception of Something?’, Journal of Philosophy 106(10):531-567
Clark, A. (2013) ‘Whatever Next? Predictive Brains, Situated Agents, and the Future of Cognitive Science’, Behavioural and Brain Sciences 36(3):181-204;
Gunn, R. (2016) ‘On Thought Insertion’, Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 7(3):559-575
Matthen, M. (2015) ‘Play, Skill, and the Origins of Perceptual Art’, British Journal of Aesthetics 55(2):173-197
Mcneill, W. (2015) ‘The Visual Role of Objects’ Facing Surfaces’, Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, 92(2):411-431
Taylor, E. (2016) ‘Explanation and the Explanatory Gap’, Acta Analytica 31(1):77-88