Mind, Brain & Body

6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1020825BEW voor werkstudenten in het 2e semester met een verdiepend bachelor niveau.

Semester

2e semester

Inschrijving onder examencontract

Mogelijk

Beoordelingsvoet

Beoordeling (0 tot 20)

2e zittijd mogelijk

Inschrijvingsvereisten

Dit opleidingsonderdeel is enkel toegankelijk voor werkstudenten.

Onderwijstaal

Engels

Faculteit

Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte

Verantwoordelijke vakgroep

History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics

Onderwijsteam

Francis Heylighen (titularis)

Onderdelen en contacturen

26 contacturen Hoorcollege
90 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen

Inhoud

This course deals with the processes of thinking, feeling, perceiving, desiring and acting that characterize the human condition. These processes are presented in an integrated manner, as different aspects of an individual agent that interacts with its natural and social environment. This allows overcoming the traditional mind-body duality, while synthesizing the results of disciplines such as philosophy, anthropology, psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience.

Humans are characterized as autopoietic systems that evolved from animals. These animals had the capacity to experience, act, learn and know, but not yet to think rationally. The original state of humanity is that of hunter-gatherers, living in small groups in direct dependence on nature. With the origin of language, humans developed the ability to communicate symbolically and to reflect on as yet hypothetical situations. This gave them the ability to develop an ever-expanding civilization, society and technology.

Human intelligence and consciousness are a combination of rational, symbolic reasoning, with subjective, intuitive, embodied experience. People instinctively strive for the satisfaction of their basic needs, self-actualization, and happiness. They each have a unique personal and social identity, which together determine their self-concept. They search for meaning in their interactions with the world.

Topics covered include:

• human evolution

• embodiment: sensing and acting

• cognition: perception, learning, sense-making

• neural networks as model of processing in the brain

• symbol systems as substrate for reasoning

• consciousness and subjective experience

• personality and intelligence

• individual vs. social identity

• the challenge model of health and fitness

• human needs and happiness

• construction of meaning and worldviews

Studiemateriaal

Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : De titularis stelt teksten ter beschikking

Bijkomende info

The students can study the material on their own from the detailed lecture notes, available on Canvas, with illustrations, exercises and bibiography that covers all the material they need to know for the exam.

Leerresultaten

Algemene competenties

the students are able to independently develop a vision on the 'human condition', based on an overview of the most important contemporary insights about human evolution, cognition, and consciousness.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

examen mondeling met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

The oral exam lasts about 25 minutes, and tests the student's understanding of the fundamental concepts (words in bold in the lecture notes), rather than knowledge of details.

Toegestane onvoldoende

Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context