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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course provides an introduction to important philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those that are intimately connected with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Are our concepts innate, or are they acquired by experience? (And what does it even mean to call a concept 'innate'?) Are 'mental images' pictures in the he
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- linguistics and philosophy
- brain
- philosophy
- science
- holism
- cultural object
- contemporary media
- society
- cultural assumptions
- neuroscience
- anthropology
- history
- semiotics
- cognitive sciences
- historical views
- digital images
- psychopharmacology
- mental illness
- neurotransmitters
- brain science
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This course offers an advanced survey of current debates about the ontology, methodology, and aims of the social sciences.
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- linguistics and philosophy
- ontology
- methodology
- social science
- human being
- human behavior
- social structure
- practices
- norms
- institutions
- individual
- society
- mental state
- values
- theory
- objectivity
- reductionism
- individualism
- holism
- prediction
- laws
- explanation
- rational choice
- functional
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