(in Polish) KO: Introduction to the philosophy of cognitive science WF-FI-1123-KOPIEK202
The aim of the on-line seminar is to introduce into the main issues and problem of the philosophy of cognitive science. The seminar is historical and systematic. First, we will discuss the sources of cognitive science, and then the primary topics in the philosophy of cognitive science. Such as, among others the nature of the representation (representationalism, antirepresentationalism, S-representations), the problem of explanations (dynamical, mechanistic), explanatory models (functionalism, mechanism, organistic), bounds of cognition, etc.
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ECTS [2 ECTS = 30 (25) hours]:
participation in the lecture: 0-30 hours
preparation for the exam: 30-60 hours
Total hours (average): 60 [60/30 (25) = 4]
Number of ECTS: 4
• Knowledge: student knows and understand contemporary discuss concerning philosophy of cognitive science, its terminology and concepts. He/She recognizes the basic philosophical problems concerning cognitive science and theories of mind or brin. He/She understands the specific relation between philosophy and cognitive science.
• Abilities: student single-handedly reads and understands the more philosophical articles concerning philosophy of cognitive science.
• Expertise: student efficiently organizes his/her work.
Assessment criteria
Seminar with the element of the lecture. Joint reading of texts and discussion.
• 2 - student doesn't know the sources and basic issues of philosophy of cognitive science. He/She doesn't recognize the most important thesis and problems concerning this discipline.
• 3 - student badly knows the sources and basic issues of philosophy of cognitive science. He/She has a problem with recognize the most important thesis and problems concerning this discipline.
• 4 - student knows the sources and basic issues of philosophy of cognitive science. He/She recognizes the most important thesis and problems concerning this discipline.
• 5 - student very good knows the f sources and basic issues of philosophy of cognitive science. He recognizes the most important thesis and problems concerning this discipline, and he/she can use this knowledge into philosophical discussion.
Exam - Oral Exam and/or writing an essay
Practical placement
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Bibliography
(Selected literature)
Barandiaran, X. E. (2007). „Mental Life: conceptual models and synthetic methodologies for a postcognitivist psychology”. In The World, the Mind and the Body: Psychology after cognitivism, eds. B. Wallace, A. Ross, J. Davies, T. Anderson. (Exeter, Imprint Academic), 49—90.
Bechtel, W. (2011). Mechanism and biological explanation. Philosophy of Science, 78, 533–557.
Chemero, A. (2009). Radical Embodied Cognitive Science. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Chomsky, N. (1957/2002). Syntactic structures. Berlin – New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Craver, C. F., Tabery, J. (2019). "Mechanisms in Science", In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2019 Edition), (ed.) E. N. Zalta (ed.), URL =
Gibson, J. J. (1979). The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. New York: Psychology Press.
Godfrey-Smith, P. (1996). Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Neisser, U. (1976). Cognition and reality: Principles and implications of cognitive psychology. New York: Freeman.
Ramsey W. M. (2007) Representation reconsidered. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
Salmon, W. C. (1984). Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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