At the end of this course, students will:
• become familiar with philosophical approaches to psychology
• know the main philosophical issues in psychological methodology, basic concepts, knowledge claims, and the nature of the mind and mental processes
• be able to critically assess debates in the philosophy of psychology
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The Philosophy study unit will take a closer look at various underlying fundamental issues in psychology and in our understanding of the mind more generally. Those issues cover psychological methodology, basic concepts, knowledge claims (epistemology), and even the very nature of the mind and mental processes (what philosophers call “metaphysics” or “ontology”). Questions that will be addressed include: What is the mind-body problem? Does free will exist? Why is the concept of mental disorder epistemically, socially and politically controversial?
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This study unit is part of the module History, Ethics and Philosophy of Psychology (202000368). A module is offered as one educational unity and students take it as such.
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