Kursinformation

The colloquium is organized for PhD students and for advanced Master Students only (of several programs) who are already working on their Master thesis or at least have decided to work out the master thesis in the area of theoretical philosophy. Bachelor-students are welcome if they already have a decided on a project for the BA-thesis in the area of theoretical philosophy. We will offer regular presentations half from master- (or Bachelor) and PhD-students from Bochum and half from external guests. The presentations will all be in the general domain of theoretical philosophy and cognitive sciences, many of them discussing problems in philosophy of mind (in human, animals and AI systems) or in the area of ‘Situated Cognition’. The presentations should ideally but not necessarily have some interdisciplinary dimension such that perspectives from philosophy, psychology, linguistics, and neurosciences can be systematically interconnected. The aim of the colloquium is to offer a platform for discussions of ongoing research of PhD and postdoc projects connected to various third party funding projects. This involves research projects e.g. on social understanding, the self, episodic memory, emotions, animal cognition, the perception-cognition divide and the cognitive status of AI systems.
PhD-students who are interested in presentations should write an email to albert.newen@rub.de and come to the first meeting. The program of the semester will be fixed then. PhD students can receive credit points for an active participation if they are part of the new PhD-program. Master students can receive standard CPs (ungraded certificate) for a presentation in the colloquium (in the case of an additional essay, Master students can receive standard CP and a graded certificate). BA students are welcome if they are about to work out their Bachelor thesis or are searching a topic now.
Language: The presentations in the colloquium and the discussion will be in English.

Abschlussarbeiten (MA/BA) können auch in deutscher Sprache geschrieben werden