TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	First Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	8
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Elvin Doğutepe
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Gain knowledge about the main problems of philosophy of mind. 2) Gain knowledge about the main schools that influence philosophy of mind and how these schools affect scientific world. 3) Gain skill to think and criticize methodologically and to give their own interpretations to philosophical problems. 4) Learn how to connect philosophy and psychology especially via learning more about artificial intelligence and neuroscience. 5) Gain skill to look at the problems in their own field and lives from a different perspective.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course focuses on the fundamental topics in the philosophy of mind such as the nature of the mind and cognitive processes and ?the mind-body problem? that concerns the relation between the mind and the body, especially the brain. The course covers both classic and contemporary approaches to the nature of the mind including dualism, materialism, introspectionism, behaviorism, functionalism, subjectivism, instrumentalism, computationalism, connectionism and dynamical systems approaches. The course will also examine some fundamental questions that arise in the philosophy of mind: Are the mind and the brain one and the same thing? Can the mental processes be reduced to the brain processes? Does the mind work like a computer? Is the mind a ?software? that runs on the ?hardware? of the brain? Do animals have minds? Can a robot or a computer have a mind?
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week Dualism: The Mind-Body Problem 3rd Week Materialism and Functionalism 4th Week Philosophical Behaviorism 5th Week Folk Psychology and Intentionality 6th Week The problem of other minds 7th Week The problem of self-consciousness 8th Week Idealism and Phenomenology 9th Week Methodological Behaviorism and Materialism 10th Week Cognitive/Computational Approach 11th Week Artificial Intelligence and Parallel Distributed Processing 12th Week Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neurobiology 13th Week Distributed Intelligence in the Universe and Introspective Consciousness 14th Week Integration and Review Session
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Churchland, P.M. (1988). Matter and consciousness: A contemporary introduction to the philosophy of mind. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 4 60 Project 1 30 Total(%) 90 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 90 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 10 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz 4 20 80 Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Project 1 30 30 Total Workload 240 Total Workload / 30 8 ECTS Credits of the Course 8
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No