Learner Reviews & Feedback for Philosophy and the Sciences: Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences by The University of Edinburgh
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AA
Jul 29, 2020
this course was exactly what I was looking for to learn the basic concepts regarding cognitive science and philosophical views on it. I glad that I found it and enrolled in it
SV
Feb 7, 2017
Wonderful course! It's a great introduction to the topic of embodied cognition. My only suggestion is to expand it for the people who are really interested in these topics.
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By Hamad M
•Jul 6, 2020
the sessions lack review question, either in the middle or the end of the session. the marking scheme is stringent with an 'all or nothing' way. half correct answers will be marked as Zero, making it difficult to know one's mistakes. Interesting course an new information, but give the professors a chair, they get distracted standing up.
By Alina K
•Jun 8, 2023
I think you should revise the quesitons about embodied cognition, especially on bistable images. I think this question is incorrect and contradicts what is known about bistable images. there is a plephora of articles on PubMed on it. A bistastable image is about 2 interpretations, that is why it has a prefix 'bi', meaning 'two'.
By Zhou Y
•Jun 17, 2017
The course is just a brief introduction to the topic. The content itself has some sparkling points. The main issue is that, there isn't a lot of correlation between the course itself with the quizzes. Making the quizzes not a very good way to self-evaluate and self-reflect on the content.
By Aastha
•Jun 18, 2020
A good introduction for those looking to acquaint themselves with the philosophy of cognitive science and what it entails. But there is not a lot of depth. So if you're already familiar with the basic ideas of bayesian cognitive science, embodiment, etc., this is not for you.
By Caroline G S
•May 3, 2020
A lot of this material was interesting, but it didn't seem to hang together as a whole, and I didn't feel that it fully addressed the questions mentioned in the course description--there wasn't a lot from the philosophy point of view.
By Esther R
•Dec 17, 2018
It is an introductory course, it makes you curious about the topic but I found the last essay too complex for the level taught in the course. I would have liked it to be longer and that the weekly lectures were more linked.
By Amanda V
•Nov 9, 2020
the idea of the course is interesting, but I think that some topics are complicated and uninteresting. I expected other issues to be addressed. The firsties lesons was the best for me.
By Heike K M
•May 8, 2018
Very interesting and mind opening course. I highly recommand it to those who are interested in the cross field of psychology, philosophy & technology.
By Aviram F
•Jan 19, 2018
Interesting videos, but quite basic. Would be good to include more cognitive psychology experiments and cases involving patients
By Cliff S
•Sep 18, 2016
Very nice course, active forum, no issues technical or otherwise -but- it is more about science than Philosophy.
By Satyajit K
•Mar 11, 2021
The last segment on embodiment is quite difficult to appreciate and the content is not in well flow.
By Cindy L
•Jan 13, 2019
Interesting subject, but the course is only a quick introduction and doesn't go into much detail.
By Antoine G
•May 12, 2018
The course was interesting but I would have liked it to be more comprehensive and detailed.
By Trang C
•May 5, 2020
It was too easy but the lecturers were good, high quality video and easy to sit through.
By Lavinia W
•Aug 1, 2017
I would have liked more information on the development of the capacities of the brain.
By Şevval Y T
•Aug 10, 2024
I was expecting a more detailed and comprehensive course.
By Oldrich S
•Feb 15, 2017
not so interesting and boring
By manas s
•Jul 24, 2019
make it more rigorous.
By Sudhanshu J
•Apr 20, 2020
Reall informative
By Pepe T
•Nov 19, 2016
Not very deep
By Elaheh
•Oct 3, 2020
The examples are too many and too long. Some of the concepts are very basic and really don’t require this amount of explaining. This is philosophy, it is supposed to be abstract and intellectually simulating but instead it was mostly focused on mundane and sensory examples.
Also, the instructors were not lively at all. Their voice was so flat that I opted to read the transcripts instead of watching the videos.
By 梁楠
•Jan 10, 2017
I hope this course can be more systematic in terms of the structure on the concepts and lecturers.
By Rich I
•Aug 20, 2018
I expected more philosophy and psychology to be covered in this course. I completed this course.
By Zuhal İ
•Apr 6, 2020
Too introductory, it must contain more information
By David E
•Oct 13, 2023
Says almost nothing about philosophy.