PHILOSOPHY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

PSICOM15

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DE FELICE FEDERICA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of Spinoza's Philosophy and cognitive psychology

Objectives

the course aims to give a philosophical-psychological cut to the topic of cognitive processes, starting from Spinoza's mind-body parallelism up to the philosophy of the embodied mind that has emerged in recent years in the field of neuroscience.

Contents

- knowledge of cognitive processes
- the main theoretical models
- perception and emotion from the philosophical approach to current neuroscience research

Extended Syllabus

The study of cognitive processes will be addressed through a basic presentation of the topic from a philosophical-psychological point of view, to then illustrate the fundamental research and the main research paradigms and theoretical models. Attention will be focused on perception and emotion, on their theoretical discussions in the course of history (in particular Spinoza's Ethics) and the problems still open in the field of neuroscience.

Recommended Bibliography

Main texts:

Spinoza, Etica, traduzione a cura di F. Mignini e O. Proietti, in Opere, Mondadori, Milano 2007
Antonio Pennisi, Che ne sarà dei corpi. Spinoza e l’Embodied Cognition, Il Mulino, Bologna 2019

Other important texts:

DAMASIO A., Alla ricerca di Spinoza. Emozioni, sentimenti e cervello, Adelphi, Milano, 2003
LEDOUX J., Il cervello emotivo. Alle origini delle emozioni, Baldini e Castoldi, Milano, 2013
NUSSBAUM M., L’intelligenza delle emozioni, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2009.
ZIPOLI CAIANI S., Corporeità e cognizione. La filosofia della mente incorporata , Le Monnier Università-Mondadori Education Firenze
Massimiliano Palmiero, Maria Cristina Borsellino, Embodied cognition. Comprendere la mente incarnata (Aras Edizioni)

Further materials will be given during the course.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course topics will be presented through lectures, but also group discussions are planned in order to stimulate a critical perspective on the study of the topics covered.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final exam will consist of an oral discussion, based on the knowledge of the topics covered during the course. Attendance and individual participation in discussions during the course will also contribute to the final evaluation.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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