Philosophy of Consciousness Course
This course delves into the philosophy of consciousness, covering key debates on the hard problem, physicalism, panpsychism, and illusionism. Students learn to design rigorous, ethical research projects that integrate humanities insights with advanced cognitive science methods, including neuroimaging and computational models, to explore phenomenal experience effectively.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
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What will I learn?
This course provides a practical exploration of consciousness philosophy, focusing on the hard problem, phenomenal concepts, physicalist and non-reductive theories. Participants analyse key arguments, review empirical evidence, use neuroimaging and computational models, and develop interdisciplinary research projects while honing skills to clearly convey research limits, findings, and implications.
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Develop skills
- Design empirical studies on consciousness by aligning theory, tasks, and neural data.
- Critically compare physicalist, dualist, panpsychist, and illusionist models.
- Apply cognitive science tools to examine subjective reports, behaviour, and brain signals.
- Communicate complex consciousness research clearly to interdisciplinary audiences.
- Evaluate how new data supports, revises, or rules out theories of phenomenal experience.
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