4.2.T.1 Philosophy of Neuroscience

lecturers

Dr. F. Keijzer en Prof. dr. T.A.F. Kuipers

code

FI024FK

period

2nd quarter (Nov/Jan)

studyload

5 EC (see remark)

description 

This course aims at an integration of philosophy of mind and philosophy of science with neuroscience research. As philosophers have come to focus more and more on the relationship between mind and brain, they have had to take greater account of theory and research in the neurosciences. Likewise, as neuroscientists have learned more about cognitive structures and functions, their investigations have expanded and merged with traditional questions from philosophy. This course deals with the main themes in this interaction between (basic and cognitive) neuroscience and philosophical questions. Main topics: vision, language, consciousness, representation, and reduction

obl lit

W. Bechtel e.a. (Eds.), Philosophy and the neurosciences: A reader, Blackwell, 2001, ISBN 0-6312105-8, ca € 39

recomm lit 

P.S. Churchland, Neurophilosophy: Toward a unified science of the mind-brain, MIT Press 1986.

form

seminar (werkcollege)

exam

written assignments

frequency

annually

remark

This course is intended for Master Students of philosophy and of BCN, and for BCN-PhD-students. The last group has the option of a reduced participation of 2 European credit points.