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Course title |
Interdisciplinary Investigations of Bodily Experiences (Ⅰ) |
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Semester |
109-1 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY |
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Instructor |
YI-YU LIANG |
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Curriculum Number |
Phl7772 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
124 M7480 |
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Class |
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Credits |
3.0 |
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Full/Half
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Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Friday 2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
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Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 15. |
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Ceiba Web Server |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1091Phl7772_body |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
In this course we conduct interdisciplinary researches on “bodily experiences.” This is an advanced graduate course. Students are expected to have taken “Self-consciousness” before. Bodily experiences involve many important philosophical and scientific issues, such as the relationship between mind and body, the nature of consciousness and self-consciousness, and how multisensory integration affects the sense of body ownership, etc. In this semester, we will focus on how virtual reality (VR) may enhance our understanding of bodily experiences. Such an interdisciplinary approach will enable us to achieve a deeper understanding on the relevant philosophical issues. |
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Course Objective |
There are three goals in this course: first, we aim to understand some key issues regarding bodily experience and bodily self-consciousness. Second, students learn how to read philosophical and scientific texts carefully and to write clearly as well as persuasively. Third, students try to develop their own thoughts on some of the key issues. |
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Course Requirement |
待補 |
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
Appointment required. |
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Designated reading |
See the class schedule (in the chinese version of the syllabus, which is mainly written in English) for the required readings. |
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References |
Here are some useful readings on bodily self-consciousness:
1. Blanke, O., and Metzinger, T. (2009). Full-body illusions and minimal phenomenal selfhood. Trends in cognitive sciences, 13(1), 7-13.
2. Bottini, G. et al. (2002). Feeling touches in someone else's hand. Neuroreport, 13(2), 249-252.
3. Botvinick, M., and Cohen, J. (1998). Rubber hands 'feel' touch that eyes see. Nature, 391(6669), 756.
4. Ehrsson, H. H. (2007). The experimental induction of out-of-body experiences. Science, 317(5841), 1048.
5. Guterstam, A. et al. (2011). The illusion of owning a third arm. PLoS One, 6(2), e17208.
6. Van der Hoort, B., Guterstam, A., and Ehrsson, H. H. (2011). Being Barbie: the size of one’s own body determines the perceived size of the world. PLoS One,6(5), e20195. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020195
7. Lenggenhager, B. et al. (2007). Video ergo sum: manipulating bodily self-consciousness. Science,
317(5841), 1096-1099.
8. Petkova, V. I., and Ehrsson, H. H. (2008). If I were you: perceptual illusion of body swapping. PloS one, 3(12), e3832. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003832
9. Petkova, V et al. (2011). The perspective matters! Multisensory integration in ego-centric reference frames determines full-body ownership. Frontiers in Psychology, 2(35), 2. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00035
10. Wittgenstein, L. (1958) The Blue and Brown Books, Harper & Row Publishers. |
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Grading |
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No. |
Item |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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1. |
Discussion |
10% |
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2. |
Presentations |
40% |
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3. |
Final Paper |
50% |
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