Undergraduate Module Descriptor

PHL2015: Body and Mind

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Aims

The module will enhance your ability to think about what it is to be human by exploring philosophical and empirical studies of how mentality is rooted in our particular kind of embodiment. The module will challenge your thinking about the connection between mind and body, and provide new perspectives on how philosophical questions can have real-world practical implications.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. critique the limits of purely 'intellectualist' or 'cognitivist' biases in philosophical thinking; 2. integrate interdisciplinary resources in speaking and writing about the basis of human experience and knowledge.
Discipline-Specific Skills	3. demonstrate awareness of the state-of-the-art research on human cognition and experience. 4. adopt an interdisciplinary approach to addressing questions in other areas of philosophy.
Personal and Key Skills	5. develop an expanded philosophical and critical vocabulary. 6. identify the role of embodiment in the performance of work-related skills and tasks.

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:

phenomenology and embodiment;
cognitive science and embodiment;
perception and embodiment;
the limits of embodiment;
disruptions of embodiment;
gender and embodiment;
memory and embodiment;
sociality and embodiment;
aesthetics and embodiment.

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
27	123	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	22	11 x 2-hour lecture/discussions.
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	5	Fortnightly 1 hour tutorials
Guided Independent Study	63	Assigned readings for each lecture, preparation for class discussion
Guided Independent Study	60	Private study, preparation for essay

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).