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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Course objectives
In the introductory part of the course, the objective is to familiarise the student with the problem of consciousness, its history, philosophical and epistemological aspects, and with the philosophical, as well as interdisciplinary approach to consciousness. In the central part of the course, the objective is to familiarise the student with Baars' theory of consciousness, which is currently perhaps the most influential theory of consciousness across various disciplines. The lectures will be focused on particular key topics within the theory: limited capacity of consciousness, consciousness and working memory, internal consistency of conscious content, global access, informativeness, consciousness and the unconscious, context (intentions, ideomotor theory, attention, and the self). In the final lecture, the reception of Baars' theory of global workspace will be dealt with.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus):
1. introduction: philosophical problem of consciousness.
2. introduction: history of the problem of consciousness (introspectionism, behaviorism, cognitive psychology).
3. introduction: history of the concept of the unconscious (Platonism, Leibniz, 19th and 20th centuries).
4. introduction: methodological and epistemological problem of consciousness (Merikle, Kihlstrom, Baars).
5. Baars' theory of consciousness: main idea and basic concepts.
6. Baars' theory of consciousness: limited capacity of consciousness, consciousness and working memory.
7. Baars' theory of consciousness: internal consistency and global access.
8. Baars' theory of consciousness: context and conscious experience.
9. Baars' theory of consciousness: informativeness of conscious experience.
10. Baars' theory of consciousness: intentions, spontaneous problem solving, stream of consciousness.
11. Baars' theory of consciousness: ideomotor theory of voluntary control.
12. Baars' theory of consciousness: attention as control of access to consciousness.
13. Baars' theory of consciousness: the self as the dominant context of experiences and action.
14. Baars' theory of consciousness: functions of consciousness.
15. reception of Baars' theory of global workspace.

Format of instruction:
lectures, partial e-learning

Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam:
The final course grade is based on oral exam and class attendance

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences:
student questionnaire on the quality of teaching and teachers at the university level

1. detailed familiarity with Baars' theory of consciousness (the theory of global workspace), its pivotal concepts and tenets.
2. solid knowledge of the reception of Baars' theory of consciousness.
3. clear understanding of the methodological and epistemological problems of consciousness.
4. clear understanding of the philosophical approach to consciousness.
5. clear understanding of the interdisciplinary approach to consciousness.
6. solid knowledge of the history of philosophical, psychological and scientific researches into consciousness (particularly within the three main paradigms: introspectionism, behaviorism, and cognitivism).
7. solid knowledge of the history of philosophical, psychological, and scientific reflections about and researches into the unconscious, from Platonism, through Leibniz, to the positions endorsed in the 19th and 20th centuries.

1. Baars, Bernard J., 1988, A cognitive theory of consciousness, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., , Baars, Bernard J., Cambridge University Press, 1988.
2. Baars, Bernard J., 2002, The Conscious access hypothesis: origins and recent evidence, Trends in Cognitive Sciences 6 (1), str. 47-52., , Baars, Bernard J., časopis: Trends in Cognitive Science 6 (1), 2002.
3. Baars, Bernard J., 1986, The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology, New York i London: The Guilford Press., , Baars, Bernard J., The Guilford Press, 1986.
4. Sternberg, Robert J., 2005, Kognitivna psihologija, Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap., , Sternberg, Robert J., Naklada Slap, 2005.
5. Velmans, Max, 2009, Understanding Consciousness, London: Routledge., , Velmans, Max, Routledge, 2008.
6. Frith, Chris, i Rees, Geraint, 2007, A brief history of the scientific approach to the study of consciousness. U: Max Velmans i Susan Schneider (ur.), The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, Blackwell., , Frith, Chris, i Rees, Geraint, Blackwell, 2007.
7. Velmans, Max, 2007, An epistemology for the study of consciousness. U: Max Velmans i Susan Schneider (ur.), The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, Blackwell., , Velmans, Max, Blackwell, 2007.
8. Merikle, Philip M., Smilek, Daniel, i Eastwood, John D., 2001, Perception without awareness: perspectives from cognitive psychology, Cognition 79, str. 115-134., , Merikle, Philip M.; Smilek, Daniel; Eastwood, John D., časopis: Cognition 79, 2001.
9. Kihlstrom, John F., 1996, Perception without awareness of what is perceived, learning without awareness of what is learned. U: Max Velmans (ur.), The Science of Consciousness, London i New York: Routledge., , Kihlstrom, John F., Routledge, 1996.
10. Tye, Michael, 2007, Philosophical problem of consciousness. U: Max Velmans i Susan Schneider (ur.), The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, Blackwell., , Tye, Michael, Blackwell, 2007.
11. Malatesti, Luka, 2011, Maryno znanstveno znanje. U: Maja Hudoletnjak Grgić, Davor Pećnjak i Filip Grgić, Aspekti uma, Zagreb: Institut za filozofiju., , Malatesti, Luka, Institut za filozofiju, 2011.
12. Zahavi, Dan, 2006, Intencionalnost i iskustvo, Filozofska istraživanja 26 (2), str. 319-337., , Zahave, Dan, časopis: Filozofska istraživanja 26 (2), 2006.

1. Baars, Bernard J., 1997, In the Theater of Consciousness. The Workspace of the Mind, New York i Oxford: Oxford University Press., , Baars, Bernard J., Oxford University Press, 1997.
2. Baars, Bernard J., 2007, The global workspace theory of consciousness. U: Max Velmans i Susan Schneider (ur.), The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, Blackwell., , Baars, Bernard J., Blackwell, 2007.
3. Baars, Bernard J., i McGovern, Katharine, 1996, Cognitive views of consciousness. U: Max Velmans (ur.), The Science of Consciousness, London i New York: Routledge., , Baars, Bernard J., Routledge, 1996.
4. Eysenck, Michael W., i Keane, Mark T., 2005, Cognitive Psychology. A Student's Handbook, Hove and New York: Psychology Press., , Eysenck, Michael W., Psychology Press, 2005.
5. Gardiner, John M., 1996, On consciousness in relation to memory and learning. U: Max Velmans (ur.), The Science of Consciousness, London i New York: Routledge., , Gardiner, John M., Routledge, 1996.
6. Hothersall, David, 2002, Povijest psihologije, Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap., , Hothersall, David, Naklada Slap, 2002.
7. Malatesti, Luca, 2011, Thinking about Phenomenal Concepts, Synthesis Philosophica 52 (2/2011), str. 391-402., , Malatesti, Luca, časopis: Synthesis Philosophica 52 (2), 2011.
8. Merikle, Phil, 2007, Preconscious processing. U: Max Velmans i Susan Schneider (ur.), The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, Blackwell., , Merikle, Phil, Blackwell, 2007.
9. Merikle, Philip M., i Daneman, Meredyth, 1998, Psychological investigations of unconscious perception, Journal of Consciousness Studies 5 (1), str. 5-18., , Merikle, Philip M., i Daneman, Meredyth, časopis: Journal of Consciousness Studies 5 (1), 1998.
10. Mladić, Damir, i Spajić, Ivan, 2011, Subjektivnost i filozofski problem svijesti. U: Maja Hudoletnjak Grgić, Davor Pećnjak i Filip Grgić, Aspekti uma, Zagreb: Institut za filozofiju., , Mladić, Damir, i Spajić, Ivan, Institut za filozofiju, 2011.
11. Petz, Boris, 2003, Uvod u psihologiju, Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap., , Petz, Boris, Naklada Slap, 2003.

Filozofija diplomski studij (ljetni semestar) - Regular studij - Philosophy

Filozofija diplomski studij (ljetni semestar) - Regular studij - Philosophy