Animal Consciousness 2500-EN-F-210
Animal consciousness remains an elusive and controversial phenomenon.
It is debated by philosophers, psychologists, and more recently by
evolutionary biologists. From the Darwinian point of view, consciousness
is a product of long lasting evolutionary process. In the course of our
meetings, we will travel across various approaches, theories and research
papers, in order to figure out the contemporary views, controversies and
proven facts, about the development, and evolution of various forms of
animal consciousness.
Type of course
Requirements
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: students will learn about the main approaches to the
problem of animal consciousness, especially these originating from
empirical sciences
Assessment criteria
One class may be missed without excuse. Further absences are permitted
only with a formal excuse. More than 3 absence result in course failure.
Assessment is based on a short paper and a written exam at the end of
the course. The exam makes up 50% of the final grade and the paper the
other 50%. The exam consists of two open questions on the readings from
the list marked as important with an "*". The answers are supposed not
to exceed 150 words.
Additional information
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