Sunday, June 12, 2011

Exam Consultations - Michael P.

Michael P. will be available for exam consultation as follows:

Intermittently available for consultation during the invigilation of the PSYC2005 exam in Flower Hall on Tuesday 14 June (8h30-11h30).
In his office on Wednesday 15 June - 10h00 to 13h00

All other times by appointment only. (Please note that Michael is on leave on Monday 13 June).

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Provisional Marks for Paper 1

Below are the provisional marks for Paper 1. Please note that all marks are provisional until the course has been moderated by the External Examiner.

Papers will be available for collection from Michael P. in his office, during his extended consultation times of Friday 3 May (10h00 until 13h00).


PSYC4026/1  (SEM1-2011 ) - Paper 1 Marks
Mind  Brain and Behaviour
Stud No
Marker
Mark
304632
MP
85
306405
MP
78
308663
MG
77
312918
MG
70
320162
MP
65
322008
MG
65
322014
MP
78
322284
MG
45
335117
MG
75
339769
MP
73
563344
MG
77
0701536F
MP
60
0702250J
MP
73
0710988M
MG
60
0711757K
MG
60
8900321Y
MP
65

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Additional Reading for Seminar 13 on 31 May

As discussed in class, we will be reading both Merlin Donald's chapter, as well as the following paper by Andy Clark and David Chalmers in Seminar 13:


Clark, A. & Chalmers, D. (1998). The extended mind. Analysis, 58(1), 7–19.

Please access this paper via the eJournal portal.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

URGENT: Your response is required

Hi all

Please check your emails this afternoon and get back to me about the following:
1. Who is not available (i.e. is not in town) on Thursday?
2. Who (in addition to Christine K and Matthew) is graduating tomorrow afternoon?

All is explained in the email.

Thanks
Michael P

Friday, April 8, 2011

Additional (Recommended) Dennett Reading for Seminar 8

As discussed in class, there is an additional, short recommended reading by Dennett from the journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. The relevant issue (4 of 1993) should be accessible via the link below:

http://0-www.jstor.org.innopac.wits.ac.za/stable/i336950

The relevant article is the Precis of Consciousness Explained, beginning on p889.

Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 8

As discussed in class, the thought paper topic for Seminar 8 on Tuesday 12 April is as follows:

How important are qualia to the study of consciousness?

Extended Deadline for Paper 1

As per the email sent on Wednesday 6 April, the deadline for submission of Paper 1 has been extended to Monday 18 April.

Please note that papers should be submitted to the Main Office before 12h00. Please make sure to submit two copies of your paper, with a signed plagiarism declaration cover sheet on each copy.