Aspects of consciousness
Two sets of partially interactive sessions on the philosophy and scientific study of consciousness. One set is introductory, pitched at first-year undergraduates with little to no previous background in psychology. The other set is pitched at a higher level, the intended audience is final-year psychology undergraduates who have chosen to study consciousness as a course option.
Introduction to Some Aspects of Consciousness
Materials for four two-hour sessions:
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Conceptions of consciousness (2 hours): slides, instructor notes
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Awareness (2 hours): slides, instructor notes
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Altered states (2 hours): slides, instructor notes
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Recollection (2 hours): Extract from Proust, slides, instructor notes
Advanced Aspects of Consciousness
Below are materials for five two-hour sessions. There is also a course overview and some essay guidance.
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Conceptions of consciousness (2 hours): slides
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Awareness (2 hours): slides
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Altered states (2 hours): slides
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Recollection (2 hours): Extract from Proust, slides
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Addiction (2 hours): slides
Source code
These teaching materials were generated using a combination of Markdown and Open Document Format. The full source code is available on github.
Licence
This material is distributed under a Creative Commons licence. CC-BY-SA 4.0.