The course of Philosophy of Mind is part of the program in Cognitive sciences of communication and action (master level) and is included among the characterizing training activities. Upon completion of the course students will have gained familiarity with foundational issues in cognitive science including the computational theory of mind, the nature of mental representations, the mechanistic approach to cognitive neuroscience, the naturalization of consciousness.
Moreover, they will be able to critically evaluate different positions on core themes of the course.
Finally, they will be able to discuss some fundamental issues in philosophy of mind both orally and in written form.
Moreover, they will be able to critically evaluate different positions on core themes of the course.
Finally, they will be able to discuss some fundamental issues in philosophy of mind both orally and in written form.
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Programme
This course will provide students with an introduction to some of the main topics in philosophy of mind. The course will be broken down into two parts. In the first part, we will look mostly at recent versions of “functionalist” theories of mind. On the basis of that introduction and overview, we shall then discuss a series of very recent debates in the philosophy of mind that centre around the view that the mind is a physical and naturally evolved computational device.Core Documentation
M. Di Francesco, M. Marraffa, A. Tomasetta - Filosofia della mente. Corpo, coscienza, pensiero. Carocci, Roma 2017.Type of delivery of the course
Il corso prevede: Lezioni frontali con proiezione di power-point. Discussioni con gli studenti e dibattiti sugli argomenti trattati. Almeno un seminario inerente ai temi trattati nel corso.Attendance
La frequenza non è obbligatoria.Type of evaluation
On-line oral exam. It is possible to write a paper of about 3,000 words that will be discussed during the examination.