Assessment
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
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Course Credit: University of Queensland
Course Curriculum
Introduction | |||
Welcome | 00:03:00 | ||
Why do Philosophy? The Students | 00:03:00 | ||
Why do Philosophy? The Professors | 00:07:00 | ||
How reading Descartes got me a job | 00:06:00 | ||
MODULE 1: What part of 'know' don't you understand? | |||
Introduction to Module 1 | 00:02:00 | ||
Philosophers Talk | 00:06:00 | ||
Cogency | 00:04:00 | ||
Argument structure | 00:06:00 | ||
Identifying arguments | 00:02:00 | ||
What is knowledge? | 00:03:00 | ||
Regress Objection | 00:05:00 | ||
Alternative Accounts of Knowledge | 00:07:00 | ||
Scepticism | 00:10:00 | ||
Scepticism today | 00:05:00 | ||
Module Summary | 00:02:00 | ||
MODULE 2: Mind the Explanatory Gap | |||
Introduction to Module 2 | 00:01:00 | ||
Philosophers Talk | 00:09:00 | ||
Conditionals and Deductive Fallacies | 00:03:00 | ||
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions | 00:04:00 | ||
Composition and Division | 00:02:00 | ||
Cogito | 00:04:00 | ||
Mind and Body | 00:07:00 | ||
Science of the Mind | 00:02:00 | ||
Explanatory Gap | 00:04:00 | ||
Identity | 00:08:00 | ||
Personal Identity | 00:06:00 | ||
Fission | 00:04:00 | ||
Module Summary | 00:02:00 | ||
MODULE 3: Is there any body out there? | |||
Introduction to Module 3 | 00:01:00 | ||
Philosopher’s Talk | 00:07:00 | ||
Nature of Induction | 00:02:00 | ||
Generalisation | 00:07:00 | ||
Analogies | 00:04:00 | ||
Making sense of sense | 00:02:00 | ||
Scientific Realism | 00:03:00 | ||
Anti-realism | 00:02:00 | ||
Problem of Induction | 00:05:00 | ||
Hume on Causation | 00:08:00 | ||
Non-Humean Approaches to Causation | 00:08:00 | ||
Summary | 00:02:00 | ||
MODULE 4: What should I believe? | |||
Introduction to Module 4 | 00:02:00 | ||
Philosophers Talk | 00:06:00 | ||
Intersubjectivity | 00:03:00 | ||
Improving our Generalising | 00:01:00 | ||
Error Detection, Reproducibility and Reliability | 00:03:00 | ||
Explanatory Frameworks | 00:03:00 | ||
Rule Following | 00:08:00 | ||
Cognitive Biases and Logical Fallacies | 00:10:00 | ||
Rational Systems | 00:08:00 | ||
Science in Action | 00:12:00 | ||
Module Summary | 00:06:00 | ||
Extended Interviews with Philosophers | |||
Interview with David Chalmers | 00:31:00 | ||
Interview with Ronald De Sousa | 00:36:00 | ||
Interview with Rod Girle | 00:41:00 | ||
Interview with Stephen Hetherington | 00:37:00 | ||
Interview with Jack MacIntosh | 00:32:00 | ||
Interview with Jason Mattingley | 00:25:00 | ||
Interview with Calvin Normore | 00:43:00 | ||
Interview with Susan Rowland | 00:33:00 | ||
Interview with Fred D’Agostino | 00:41:00 | ||
Interview with Marleen Rozemond | 00:14:00 | ||
Assessment | |||
Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
Certification | 00:00:00 |
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