Specific course content

The course is divided in three main topics, all stemming from philosophy of mind and are directly related to psychological aspects. Each topic will be presented through a feminist perspective, in a sense similar to Helen Longino¡¯s (1994, 475) view ¡ª ¡°What is important for the [feminist perspective] here is what it affords on the construction of the concept of [mind, cognition, and rationality] and the window it opens on alternatives.¡±

The first topic, Mind-Body Problem and Embodied Cognition, consists of an overview of some approaches to this classical problem and connects it to the recent discussion on embodied cognition.

The second topic, Alief, Implicit Bias, Salience, and Cognitive Penetration, covers some phenomena and issues related to the non-cognitive, unconscious and/or implicit aspects of the mind.

The third topic, Philosophy of Emotion: the case of anger, delves into the interdisciplinary field of the philosophy of emotion, focusing especially on the contemporary debate on anger.