729A23 · 6 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Kognitionsvetenskap
Cognitive Science Theory
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About the course
Aim
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- use the central philosophic concepts that are used when describing human mental abilities and properties;
- discuss and compare the most important theories about mental representations and cognitive architecture, and explain how these theories are linked to basic metaphysical and methodological views;
- account for central elements in some of the most important debates in the intersection for cognition research, neurophysiology, philosophy of mind and linguistics.
- relate these questions to current problems within cognitive-scientific research
Content
The course covers:
- Different theories of mental representations
- Internal and external theories of awareness content
- Questions regarding first person authority
- Eliminativism within the philosophy of mind
- Questions around the interplay between the different levels in a cognitive architecture.
- Examiner
- Fredrik Stjernberg
- Main field of study
- Kognitionsvetenskap