Emotions: a Philosophical Introduction
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Duration | 15 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Credential | Certificate |
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Emotions: a Philosophical Introduction at Coursera Course details
- Philosophy is like sex: sure you can get some interesting results, but that's not why we do it. Going one step beyond?why do you FEEL pain or pleasure? Do plants have emotions? How is possible that some people do not understand other?s emotions? Emotions seem to be everywhere, giving meaning to all events of our lives. They are the backbone of social activities as well as they drive the cognitive processes of several living entities. Several animals, including humans, have emotions but?what about machines?...Do machine can have emotions?
- This course will help you to understand and to identify most important philosophical ideas and debates about emotions, as well as it will provide you a rich source of data about neurological, psychological or anthropological analysis of emotions.
- In a nutshell: this is a course to feel and think about.
Emotions: a Philosophical Introduction at Coursera Curriculum
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What is an emotion and why do we have them? Some definitions
The ABC of emotional processes
Why do emotions exist and how many living entities have emotions?
How did emotions evolve?
Where do emotions happen?
Week 1 Overview
L1A Exam - Lessons/Videos
L1B Exam - Reading and External Video
How many emotions do exist?
Protoemotions, the Holy Grail of protostudies
A taxonomy of emotions
The geography of emotions: Guilt vs Shame cultures
Aware: attention, data selection and the aesthetical feeling of ahness
L2.5. No pain, no gain? The modulatory nature of emotions
Week 2 Overview
L2A Exam - Lessons/Videos
L2B Exam - Reading and External Video
What does a plant feel?
From nonsense to sense? A bacterial dilemma
Animal emotion
The qualia problem
Conscious vs Unconscious emotions
Ghost and chronic emotions
Week 3 Overview
L3A Exam - Lessons/Videos
L3B Exam - Reading and External Video
A neuroanthropological approach to emotions: from neurons to societies
Unemotional neurons but emotional brains
Emotions without brains?
Emotions, empathy and ethics: neuroethical challenges
The moral control of the emotional mind
The social management of emotions
Week 4 Overview
L4A Exam - Lessons/Videos
L4B Exam - Reading and External Video
The philosophies on emotions
The classic Western debates on the nature of emotions
The classic Eastern debates on the nature of emotions
The methodological debates on emotions across history
The transdisciplinarity of emotional studies: an epistemological gap
Damasio?s success and Descartes?s error, the new fashion (or trend?)
Week 5 Overview
L5A Exam - Lessons/Videos
L5B Exam - Reading and External Video
21st Century & emotions: affective computing and sociable robots
Neural Nets
Emotional Architectures
Affective computing
Social robotics and HRI
Emotional machines and singularity?
Week 6 Overview
L6A Exam - Lessons/Videos
L6B Exam - Reading and External Video
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