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Philosophy of Psychology - PHIL2207
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of History and Philosophy
 
 
Course Outline: http://philosophy.arts.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 6 level 1 units of credit in Philosophy or PSYC1001 or PSYC1011 and 36 units of credit overall
 
 
Excluded: PHIL2206, PHIL5007
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Philosophical issues in theoretical psychology, drawn from philosophical and psychological writings on mind, brain and behaviour; consciousness, memory and self; perception; and psychology and brain science.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this course will:
  • Have a good general knowledge, a range of central issues that belong to the field
  • Appreciate the philosophical underpinnings of an empirical discipline, and be able to evaluate critically philosophical theories and ideas
  • Have a well-developed understanding of the philosophical issues involved in thinking about the relations between mind, brain and behaviour, our everyday psychological understanding in relation to psychology as a science, theories of perception and the connections between psychology and brain science
  • Be able to assess critically theoretical writings and engage in complex reasoning and analysis, and be able to display these abilities in addressing questions of basic course content and in their extended written work.

Assessment

  • First essay (2000 words) - 30%
  • Final essay (2000 words) - 30%
  • Two in-class exercises - 40%

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