729A23 · 6 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Kognitionsvetenskap

Cognitive Science Theory

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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

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.