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1 PHIL/PHIX 2062: Philosophy of Psychology Research Essay Questions, Instructions, and Rubric Essay Instructions: General points: The window for submission opens on 6/9/2020 and closes at 23.59 on 13/9/2020. Essays are to be submitted to turnitin which is accessible via the assessment section on the ilearn for this unit. You can only submit once, do not submit a draft. Resubmissions will not be allowed so make sure you are uploading the correct file. The late work policy is as follows: ‘Unless a Disruption to Studies request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. If you need an extension you will need to apply for a special consideration via student services: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration. Assessment: Essays will be marked and assessed using the rubric that is on page 5 of these instructions. Essays are expected to demonstrate knowledge of the course material as well as additional research beyond the mandatory weekly readings. Your examiners will not assume any knowledge on your part, your goal is to convince them that you understand the course material and have conducted additional research. Please use at least four sources. You can use as many weekly readings as you like but at least three of your references need to be non-weekly mandatory readings. Make sure to back up your claims with evidence and arguments. Further and recommended readings have been provided on the ilearn (this can be used as part of your research and does not count as a weekly reading). There is also a wide range of material available at both the library and through journals accessible through the library online system. Please https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration 2 aim to use appropriate peer-reviewed sources. Do not cite lectures. There are also exemplar essays of previous good work that can be found in the assessment section of the ilearn and a guide about how to write a philosophical essay. Also, you can see the week 7 lecture on essay writing for more advice. Citations and structure Essays are 1500 words. There is a 10% discrepancy on the word count. Beyond this you will be penalised 5 marks per 100 words over this. Please make it clear which question (see choices below on page 6) you are answering. Essays are to formatted as doubled spaced – this is for the sake of the examiner’s eyes (please help preserve our eyesight!). They will be marking over 100 assessments. If you do not comply with this you will be penalised. Essays are to be well structured (introduction, argument and discussion, and conclusion) and must also be properly referenced and cited. The reference list WILL NOT count towards the word count for this essay. But footnotes of content will (not footnotes of citations). The Harvard system is preferable for referencing – this is explained in detail below. But as long as a consistent method is used that is clear and provides all the information this is acceptable. For further advice please see lecture 7 on the course which will be an essay writing workshop. Harvard system: I prefer this system because it is relatively easy to use and provides the core information in text and the rest in the reference list. But you could also use (APA, Chicago, etc.) In text: The key here is that after a quote or reference you provide the following information in parentheses (author name, date of publication, page number [required only for a direct quote]). E.g. direct quote: “Its decline in popularity was not the result of dualist counterattacks, however, but a consequence of the rise of a very different conception of mind: functionalism” (Heil, 2013, p. 87) 3 E.g. citation: Substance dualism is a position that begins with the work of Rene Descartes (Heil, 2013) In reference list: Here you provide all the information about all your sources alphabetically by author surname. The information is the following general order depending on whether it is a journal article, entire book, or a chapter from an edited collection – more information about this can be found at the online sources below: Journal article: Author surname(s), author initials. (Year of publication date) Full Title of the Paper. Name of the journal in italics. Volume number (Issue number), page numbers. E.g. Alač, M. & Hutchins, E. (2004) I See What You Are Saying: Action as Cognition in fMRI Brain Mapping Practice. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 4(3), 629-661. Book: Author surname(s), author initials. (Year of publication date) Full Title in italics. Place of publication: Publishing company. E.g. Collins, B. E. & Guetzkow, H. (1964) A Social Psychology of Group Processes for Decision-Making. New York: John Wiley & Sons. Chapter of edited collection: Author surname(s), author initials. (Year of publication date) Full Title of the chapter. (page numbers) “in” Initials of editors, Editor(s) name “(ed.)” Full Title of edited collection in italics. Place of publication: Publishing company. E.g. 4 Nersessian, N. J. (2005) Interpreting Scientific and Engineering Practices: Integrating the Cognitive, Social, and Cultural Dimensions. (pp. 17-56) in M. E. Gorman, R. D. Tweney, D. C. Gooding & A. P. Kincannon (Eds.) Scientific and Technological Thinking. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate. Online source: peer reviewed material is preferable but there are some very good online sources for academic writing (e.g. The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/). Online sources are cited as follows in the reference list: Author surname(s), author initials. (Year of publication date) Full Title of the online. Available at: [insert web address]. Accessed on: [insert date on which you accessed the information]. If you cannot find a date, indicate this as (n.d) – this means “no date” E.g. Calef, S. (n.d) Dualism and Mind. Available at: https://www.iep.utm.edu/dualism/. Accessed on 20/02/2020. More information about correct citations and bibliographies can be found at the following places online: http://www.citethisforme.com/guides/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation#Humanities http://libguides.mq.edu.au/Referencing Plagiarism: Essays will be submitted through the turnitin system. This system automatically detects plagiarism. Be careful when using online material and other resources to either put this in quotations and cite properly or to put it in your own words and cite. But should also note that putting too much of the essay in other people’s words will detract from your grade. If you do cite, it is good to try and recap that point to demonstrate your understanding. All papers uploaded to turnitin are automatically scanned and compared to a massive online database (as well as Google) – and any significantly similar https://plato.stanford.edu/ https://www.iep.utm.edu/dualism/ http://www.citethisforme.com/guides/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation#Humanities http://libguides.mq.edu.au/Referencing 5 text is flagged for the marker to evaluate. As such, beware: if you copy from other sources without citing properly then your examiner will know. Additionally, do not falsely attribute claims to authors who have not made them. This will be heavily penalised. All cases of suspected plagiarism will be referred to the university disciplinary committee, and the exam will not be marked pending an independent investigation. Qualitative Marking Rubric HD D CR P F Understanding and Knowledge Demonstrates a deep and critical understanding of the topic and issues. Demonstrates a deep understanding of the topic and issues. Demonstrates a sound understanding of the topic and issues. Demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of the topic and issues. Insufficient evidence of a satisfactory understanding of the relevant issues. Argument and Critical Analysis An excellent argument and deep critical analysis of the relevant topic and issues. A very good argument and critical analysis of the relevant topic and issues. A clear argument and critical analysis of the relevant topic and issues. A satisfactory argument and critical analysis of the relevant topic and issues. A poorly stated and defended argument and little or no plausible critical analysis. 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Problematic or incorrect referencing. Communication Excellently and clearly communicated; contains little to no errors of language. Very clearly communicated; may contain a few minor errors of language. Clearly communicated; may contain some errors of language. Adequately communicated; may have a number of
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PHIL/PHIX 2062: PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH ESSAY
[CHOSEN TOPIC: 3. IS THE MIND AN EVOLVED COMPUTER? CRITICALLY DISCUSS]
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Arguments to Discuss if the Mind is an Evolved Computer    3
Evaluating the Statement if the Mind is an Evolved Computer    5
Conclusion    7
References    8
Introduction

The claim is central to the understanding of the scientific position in the mind and it keeps on confusing everyone who hears it that “brain is a computer”. The claim can just be a metaphor or a fact. However, until now, it is neither of them. We from the very early time being hear about this fact that brain is a computer but we are not clear about its understanding that what does it means.
The claim that mind is evolve computer is not just a metaphor it is more than that. This cognitive science is full of hypotheses; whether this statement is just a metaphor or if there is any association is still a big question. Whereas, some believes that a computer is just a computer without someone using it, but our mind are always working and categorising past life events and knowledge instantaneously.
Arguments to Discuss if the Mind is an Evolved Computer
When it comes to compare brain with technology (computer), science has a poor record of accomplishment. Descartes claimed that brain is a kind of a hydraulic pumps that propelling the spirits of the nervous system throughout the body. On the other hand, Freud compared brain to the steam engine. Many of the scientists (neuroscientists) believed that brain is not a computer. Even some of them deny that there is not much usefulness in this idea, while, other scientists simple ignore it.
While those scientists who resists with this fact that brain cannot be compared with the technology (computer) defend the statement. They claim that here is an application that uploaded on computer and the algorithm conducted systematically. It means that computer is being guided what to do next, compare it, calculate the previous steps and then give the final output. However, on the critics note, human brain cannot download the application or program, as nerve cells are slow and not even close match of transistors and the logic gates that use in modern computers.
This is the reason why they do not accepting the fact that human mind can never be an evolved computer. Simply, as the compositions of both of them are different human mind is not even nearby comparing with modern computer. If brain is not an algorithm-crunching machine, than what it is. As explained by Brooks et al. (2018), many neuroscientists believe that rather than focusing on big picture it is better to focus on measurable criteria for example, the procedure of the calcium ions transferred through a single neuron. The approach is somehow misguided; there is a need to rethink on the computer analogy again.
The standard argument related that brain might not be a computer is weak. Taking the first argument like brain is parallel whereas, computers are serials. It is true that every time the human brain does any work, then there are many parts of the brain engaged in it, which is parallel. On the other hand saying that computers are serial is somehow out of date matter. Ever since the new modern computers...
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