Philosophical Issues in Behavioural Science

Changes for 2022-3

The information below is the for the 2021-22 version of this course.

I have left it here for now so that you can see what the course will be like if you are thinking about taking it.

For 2022-3 some things are different:

• course runs in Autumn Term
• all lectures in person (no recordings)
• no weekly writing tasks for the seminars (no yyrama)
• change of assessment methods (no 500-word essays)
• some of the content of the lectures will change

Week-by-Week Guide

Here’s everything you need to do each week, organised by the nine weeks of the course. (There is no week 6 because that is reading week.)

Weeks are listed in reverse order.

Seminar Task on yyrama

• Complete and submit your mini-essay at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 10.
• Complete and submit your peer review at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 10.
• Check your work for any feedback immediately before the seminar.
• Re-read your work before the seminar (so you can answer questions about it).
• Ensure you can refer back to what you submitted during the seminar.

Note that the seminar tasks are typically on topics from previous weeks’ lectures.

(If you need to attend a different seminar this week, please join that seminar group on yyrama so that your work is read by the right tutor and your tutor knows which seminar to discuss it in.)

Not sure what to do? Check this guide to the seminar tasks (this is the same each week).

Attend a Seminar

If you are attending a seminar online, you can find the link you need to join it here.

Recorded Lectures

• Make use of the lecture 09 recordings and notes.

Not sure what to do with the lectures? Check this guide to using lectures.

Live Whole-Class Lecture

• Add messages with your questions before the meeting in ‘Ask a Question’ section of the online handouts.
• Attend the lecture on Thursday at 15.05 (in person or, if you need to, remotely via teams [link to join])

If you miss the meeting, there may be a recording of it in the lecture materials. (No promises: there might be occasional issues which prevent or corrupt a recording.)

Assessed work to submit

There is no assessed work due this week, I think. (But to be sure, please check on tabula as this is the only authoritative source for deadlines.)

Seminar Task on yyrama

• Complete and submit your mini-essay at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 09.
• Complete and submit your peer review at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 09.
• Check your work for any feedback immediately before the seminar.
• Re-read your work before the seminar (so you can answer questions about it).
• Ensure you can refer back to what you submitted during the seminar.

Note that the seminar tasks are typically on topics from previous weeks’ lectures.

(If you need to attend a different seminar this week, please join that seminar group on yyrama so that your work is read by the right tutor and your tutor knows which seminar to discuss it in.)

Not sure what to do? Check this guide to the seminar tasks (this is the same each week).

Attend a Seminar

If you are attending a seminar online, you can find the link you need to join it here.

Recorded Lectures

• Make use of the lecture 08 recordings and notes.

Not sure what to do with the lectures? Check this guide to using lectures.

Live Whole-Class Lecture

• Add messages with your questions before the meeting in ‘Ask a Question’ section of the online handouts.
• Attend the lecture on Thursday at 15.05 (in person or, if you need to, remotely via teams [link to join])

If you miss the meeting, there may be a recording of it in the lecture materials. (No promises: there might be occasional issues which prevent or corrupt a recording.)

Seminar Task on yyrama

• Complete and submit your mini-essay at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 08.
• Complete and submit your peer review at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 08.
• Check your work for any feedback immediately before the seminar.
• Re-read your work before the seminar (so you can answer questions about it).
• Ensure you can refer back to what you submitted during the seminar.

Note that the seminar tasks are typically on topics from previous weeks’ lectures.

(If you need to attend a different seminar this week, please join that seminar group on yyrama so that your work is read by the right tutor and your tutor knows which seminar to discuss it in.)

Not sure what to do? Check this guide to the seminar tasks (this is the same each week).

Attend a Seminar

If you are attending a seminar online, you can find the link you need to join it here.

Recorded Lectures

• Make use of the lecture 07 recordings and notes.

Not sure what to do with the lectures? Check this guide to using lectures.

Live Whole-Class Lecture

• Add messages with your questions before the meeting in ‘Ask a Question’ section of the online handouts.
• Attend the lecture on Thursday at 15.05 (in person or, if you need to, remotely via teams [link to join])

If you miss the meeting, there may be a recording of it in the lecture materials. (No promises: there might be occasional issues which prevent or corrupt a recording.)

Seminar Task on yyrama

• Complete and submit your mini-essay at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 07.
• Complete and submit your peer review at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 07.
• Check your work for any feedback immediately before the seminar.
• Re-read your work before the seminar (so you can answer questions about it).
• Ensure you can refer back to what you submitted during the seminar.

Note that the seminar tasks are typically on topics from previous weeks’ lectures.

(If you need to attend a different seminar this week, please join that seminar group on yyrama so that your work is read by the right tutor and your tutor knows which seminar to discuss it in.)

Not sure what to do? Check this guide to the seminar tasks (this is the same each week).

Attend a Seminar

If you are attending a seminar online, you can find the link you need to join it here.

Recorded Lectures

• Make use of the lecture 06 recordings and notes.

Not sure what to do with the lectures? Check this guide to using lectures.

Live Whole-Class Lecture

• Add messages with your questions before the meeting in ‘Ask a Question’ section of the online handouts.
• Attend the lecture on Thursday at 15.05 (in person or, if you need to, remotely via teams [link to join])

If you miss the meeting, there may be a recording of it in the lecture materials. (No promises: there might be occasional issues which prevent or corrupt a recording.)

Assessed work to submit

There is no assessed work due this week, I think. (But to be sure, please check on tabula as this is the only authoritative source for deadlines.)

Seminar Task on yyrama

• Complete and submit your mini-essay at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 05.
• Complete and submit your peer review at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 05.
• Check your work for any feedback immediately before the seminar.
• Re-read your work before the seminar (so you can answer questions about it).
• Ensure you can refer back to what you submitted during the seminar.

Note that the seminar tasks are typically on topics from previous weeks’ lectures.

(If you need to attend a different seminar this week, please join that seminar group on yyrama so that your work is read by the right tutor and your tutor knows which seminar to discuss it in.)

Not sure what to do? Check this guide to the seminar tasks (this is the same each week).

Attend a Seminar

If you are attending a seminar online, you can find the link you need to join it here.

Recorded Lectures

• Make use of the lecture 05 recordings and notes.

Not sure what to do with the lectures? Check this guide to using lectures.

Live Whole-Class Lecture

• Add messages with your questions before the meeting in ‘Ask a Question’ section of the online handouts.
• Attend the lecture on Thursday at 15.05 (in person or, if you need to, remotely via teams [link to join])

If you miss the meeting, there may be a recording of it in the lecture materials. (No promises: there might be occasional issues which prevent or corrupt a recording.)

Seminar Task on yyrama

• Complete and submit your mini-essay at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 04.
• Complete and submit your peer review at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 04.
• Check your work for any feedback immediately before the seminar.
• Re-read your work before the seminar (so you can answer questions about it).
• Ensure you can refer back to what you submitted during the seminar.

Note that the seminar tasks are typically on topics from previous weeks’ lectures.

(If you need to attend a different seminar this week, please join that seminar group on yyrama so that your work is read by the right tutor and your tutor knows which seminar to discuss it in.)

Not sure what to do? Check this guide to the seminar tasks (this is the same each week).

Attend a Seminar

If you are attending a seminar online, you can find the link you need to join it here.

Recorded Lectures

• Make use of the lecture 04 recordings and notes.

Not sure what to do with the lectures? Check this guide to using lectures.

Live Whole-Class Lecture

• Add messages with your questions before the meeting in ‘Ask a Question’ section of the online handouts.
• Attend the lecture on Thursday at 15.05 (in person or, if you need to, remotely via teams [link to join])

If you miss the meeting, there may be a recording of it in the lecture materials. (No promises: there might be occasional issues which prevent or corrupt a recording.)

Seminar Task on yyrama

• Complete and submit your mini-essay at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 03.
• Complete and submit your peer review at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 03.
• Check your work for any feedback immediately before the seminar.
• Re-read your work before the seminar (so you can answer questions about it).
• Ensure you can refer back to what you submitted during the seminar.

Note that the seminar tasks are typically on topics from previous weeks’ lectures.

(If you need to attend a different seminar this week, please join that seminar group on yyrama so that your work is read by the right tutor and your tutor knows which seminar to discuss it in.)

Not sure what to do? Check this guide to the seminar tasks (this is the same each week).

Attend a Seminar

If you are attending a seminar online, you can find the link you need to join it here.

Recorded Lectures

• Make use of the lecture 03 recordings and notes.

Not sure what to do with the lectures? Check this guide to using lectures.

Live Whole-Class Lecture

• Add messages with your questions before the meeting in ‘Ask a Question’ section of the online handouts.
• Attend the lecture on Thursday at 15.05 (in person or, if you need to, remotely via teams [link to join])

If you miss the meeting, there may be a recording of it in the lecture materials. (No promises: there might be occasional issues which prevent or corrupt a recording.)

Seminar Task on yyrama

• Complete and submit your mini-essay at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 02.
• Complete and submit your peer review at least 24 hours before your seminar in Week 02.
• Check your work for any feedback immediately before the seminar.
• Re-read your work before the seminar (so you can answer questions about it).
• Ensure you can refer back to what you submitted during the seminar.

Note that the seminar tasks are typically on topics from previous weeks’ lectures.

(If you need to attend a different seminar this week, please join that seminar group on yyrama so that your work is read by the right tutor and your tutor knows which seminar to discuss it in.)

Not sure what to do? Check this guide to the seminar tasks (this is the same each week).

Attend a Seminar

If you are attending a seminar online, you can find the link you need to join it here.

Recorded Lectures

• Make use of the lecture 02 recordings and notes.

Not sure what to do with the lectures? Check this guide to using lectures.

Live Whole-Class Lecture

• Add messages with your questions before the meeting in ‘Ask a Question’ section of the online handouts.
• Attend the lecture on Thursday at 15.05 (in person or, if you need to, remotely via teams [link to join])

If you miss the meeting, there may be a recording of it in the lecture materials. (No promises: there might be occasional issues which prevent or corrupt a recording.)

Assessed work to submit

There is no assessed work due this week, I think. (But to be sure, please check on tabula as this is the only authoritative source for deadlines.)

Sign Ups

• sign up for a weekly seminar group on tabula
• note the name of your seminar leader on the seminar you signed up for on tabula, and the time of your seminar
• register yourself on yyrama
• tell yyrama which seminar group you are in (and please remember update yyrama if you change seminar group)

Please register with your university email and the name your seminar tutor will know you by (so that they will know what work you have done each week).

Please make a note of your yyrama password: if you lose them, there’s no way to recover them.

Seminar Task on yyrama

There is no seminar in Week 01.

You may want to start the seminar task for the following week, which will be due at least 24 hours before your seminar. (You can review the list of seminar tasks here.)

Recorded Lectures

• Make use of the lecture 01 recordings and notes.

Not sure what to do with the lectures? Check this guide to using lectures.

Live Whole-Class Lecture

• Add messages with your questions before the meeting in ‘Ask a Question’ section of the online handouts.
• Attend the lecture on Thursday at 15.05 (in person or, if you need to, remotely via teams [link to join])

If you miss the meeting, there may be a recording of it in the lecture materials. (No promises: there might be occasional issues which prevent or corrupt a recording.)

Assessed work to submit

There is no assessed work due this week, I think. (But to be sure, please check on tabula as this is the only authoritative source for deadlines.)