Introduction to embodied cognitive science

A student-centered introduction to the recent developments in embodied cognitive science. The course will be interactive with half of the classes focused on group-based discussions. These will permit students to collaboratively articulate the key issues for a broad range of themes. They are expected to reflect on these discussions and additional supplied reading material by formulating a question, which will then become the focus of a follow-up lecture dedicated to that theme. Students will be required to write an essay as part of this course, which will give them an opportunity to reflect upon how the latest ideas about how the mind works might relate to their own research.