HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Cognitive Science
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Eliezer Zilberfenig
Coordinator Office Hours:
to be determined later
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Eliezer Zilberfenig
Course/Module description:
Paradoxes are often considered to be clever logic puzzles that are not relevant to our daily live, while existential and ethical dilemmas are part of our every day discourse. The course will deal with the connection between paradoxes and dilemmas. The central hypothesis we will address is that dilemmas are actually based upon paradoxes, which explains their persistent and frustrating character
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. to identify the underlying paradoxes inherent in existential dilemmas.
2. to differentiate between local and general arguments
3. to develop tolerance and moderate skepticism in relation to cont
Attendance requirements(%):
50
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Course/Module Content:
1. General introduction: definitions and explanation about the main concepts in the course (lecture #1)
2. Sorites Paradoxes: Logical analysis and different methods of arriving at solutions (lecture #2&3)
3. Applying Sorite Paradoxes to existential and ethical problems (lecture 4&5).
4.The Liar paradox: historical and logical description (lecture #6)
5. Implications of the Liar Paradox for psychological concepts such as self understanding and self deception (lecture #7).
6. The Surprise Exam Paradox (lecture #8).
7. The paradox of divergent opinions: logical analysis, including political and religious examples, different approaches for accommodating the paradox (relativism, pluralism etc.) (lecture # 9-11)
8. Examination of situations involving concurrent multiple paradoxes (lecture #12).
9. Summary and conclusions (lecture#13).
Required Reading:
to be determined
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 100 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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