Institution
Organizational Unit
Code
ΨΥ-821
ECTS
5
Language of instruction
English
Academic term
2/2
Title
ΓΝΩΣΙΟΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ ΙΙ: ΘΕΩΡΙΕΣ ΣΥΝΕΙΔΗΣΗΣ el
COGNITIVE SCIENCE II: THEORIES OF CONSIOUSNESS en
Description
This course follows the recent turn of cognitive science in the direction of a neuroscientific study of consciousness. In the first part we present the problematique of consciousness, in the second we review the data that the research into consciousness has uncovered in the various sciences and in the third part we examine the theories that have been proposed to explain these data.
Learning outcomes
Acquaintance with doing research in one of the frontiers of interdisciplinary research. Employment of knowledge acquired in various fields of psychology in a novel yet fundamental problem. Systematizing facts about consciousness and evaluating proposed theories of consciousness. Becoming aware of the philosophical nature of the science of psychology.