PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
FILOSOFIA DELLA MENTE
| A.Y. | Credits |
|---|---|
| 2016/2017 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Vincenzo Fano | 1 hour after each lesson |
| Teaching in foreign languages |
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Course partially taught in a foreign language
English
This course is taught partially in Italian and partially in a foreign language. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
| Date | Time | Classroom / Location |
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Learning Objectives
This course provides the essential elements for understanding the cognitive and neurological models of the mind.
Program
1. Cognitive Illusions 2. Information Theory, 3.Neuropsychology 4. neuropsychology cognitive models
Bridging Courses
none
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding application: students finishing the course will be able to appreciate the patterns of the mind based on information theory, and computation on neural networks.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
The slides will be available on the site blended
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures, seminars on neurophenomenology by Dr. Gabriele Ferretti, preparation of term papers.
- Attendance
For students who want to take the exam as attending is advisable to attend at least two thirds of the lessons.
- Course books
We will use some of the items of scholarpedia: Computational Neuroscience Http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Encyclopedia_of_computational_neuroscience
- Assessment
Evaluation will be through short term papers and oral exam. at least two questions will be asked.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Skype interviews, blended material, receiving e-mail.
- Attendance
none
- Course books
F. Dretske, Knowledge and the flow of information, MIT Press
or
S. Pinker, La mente funziona così, Mondadori
- Assessment
Evaluation will be through short term papers and oral exam. at least two questions will be asked.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
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