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PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
FILOSOFIA DELLA MENTE

A.Y. Credits
2020/2021 6
Lecturer Email Office hours for students
Vincenzo Fano After lectures in via Viti 10, ground floor
Teaching in foreign languages
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
Date Time Classroom / Location

Learning Objectives

In the course epistemological problems of psychology are presented.

Program

1. Different kinds of psychological explanation

2. The relation between these different kinds

3. Neurocomputational approach

4. Antiriductionist approach

5. Intermediate approaches.

Bridging Courses

none

Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)

Knowledge and understanding: after completing the course, students will be able to appreciate models of the mind based on logical theories.

Applying knowledge and understanding: students will be able to evaluate naturalistic research projects on the human mind

Ability to draw conclusions (making judgments): students will be able to build simple mental models

Communication skills: students will be able to orally present their point of view on the naturalization of the mind

Learning skills: students will be able to study new mental models.

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

Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment

Teaching

Lectures, 

Attendance

For students who want to take the exam as attending is advisable to attend at least two thirds of the lessons.

Course books

Stuff produced by the teacher.

Assessment

 Evaluation will be through short term papers and oral exam. at least two questions will be asked to ascertain the capacity of evaluating mental models. Each question holds 16 degrees. To reach 30L 31 degrees are necessary. 

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Additional Information for Non-Attending Students

Teaching

Skype interviews, blended material, receiving e-mail.

Attendance

none

Course books

J. McCormick, Nine algorithms which changed the future, Princeton University Press

P. Domingos, The master algorithm, Allen lane.

Assessment

 Evaluation will be through short term papers and oral exam. at least two questions will be asked to ascertain the capacity of evaluating mental models. Each question holds 16 degrees. To reach 30L 31 degrees are necessary. 

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

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