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The Mind is Flat

FutureLearn

1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2020 · score 0.7

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A FutureLearn course based on Nick Chater's book The Mind Is Flat, arguing that the mind has no hidden depths and that our inner lives are constructed on the spot from limited information. It covers how much of cognition is improvised rather than revealed by introspection.

The commenter calls it great and says the course complemented the book well, even though the platform itself was unremarkable.

Humanities & Social Sciencebeginner#cognitive science#introspection#nick chater#psychology#mooc

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  1. Recommendsintellectronica2020in “Ask HN: Did you take any fresh MOOCs as of 2020?”

    I took https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/the-mind-is-flat and it was great. Loved the book and the course was a great complement. The platform is nothing to write home about but the course itself was so good it didn't matter at all.

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