MA in Consciousness and Embodiment
The School of Philosophy at University College Dublin is pleased to announce a new exciting one-year taught MA Programme on the topics of embodied consciousness and cognition.
The MA draws on the research interests of philosophers and cognitive scientists in UCD. It brings together expertise from the phenomenological and analytic traditions in philosophy as well as empirical approaches to the study of the mind/brain to offer a unique taught Masters course on a much discussed and important topic.
The programme is available over 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time. At the heart of the module are six taught modules, which may be taken in any order. Below is a list of modules that are offered in 2012-13:
- PHIL 40710 Phenomenology of Embodiment (Dermot Moran)
- COMP 40280 Post Cognitivist Approaches to Mind (Fred Cummins)
- PHIL 40950 Carnal Hermeneutics (Richard Kearney)
- PHIL 40250 Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception (Tim Mooney)
- PSY 40360 Advances in Neuroscience (Nuala Brady/Jessica Bramham)
- PHIL 40930 Mind and World (Jim O'Shea)
- PHIL 40960 The Cultural Mind (Maria Baghramian)
- PHIL 40970 Philosophy of Mind (Maria Baghramian/Thomas Szanto/Cathal O'Madagain)
In addition, all students must complete a 12-15,000-word dissertation by August 2013. The admission requirements are the same as those for the MA Philosophy (general programme).
Please see here (MA in Consciousness and Embodiment) for further details of the modules and the programme.
For further information, please contact the programme co-ordinator Prof. Maria Baghramian.
All administrative enquiries should be sent to the School Manager:
Please note that all applications should be made on-line.
