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Module code:HMEDG015(Add to my personalised list)
Title:Brains, Nerves and Human Nature in the Modern Era
Credit value:15
Division:Division of Biosciences
Module organiser:Dr Stephen Jacyna
Organiser's location:Medical Sciences Building
Organiser's email:s.jacyna@ucl.ac.uk
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Module prerequisites:Available to Masters students only  
Module outline:We live in an era when increasingly ambitious claims are made about the potential of the neurosciences to understand and even to modify human nature. The course explores the historical roots of the notion that identifies self-hood with the condition of the human nervous system. It considers how the rise of this concept of personal identity impacted upon pre-existing philosophical and theological systems. It also touches on some manifestations of brain-centred notions of the self in contemporary culture. 
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Module timetable:https://cmis.adcom.ucl.ac.uk:4443/timetabling/moduleTimet.do?firstReq=Y&moduleId=HMEDG015 
Module assessment:One essay 100.00%.
 
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Link to virtual learning environment(registered students only)https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=17925 
Last updated:2012-08-16 16:34:52 by