Updated for 2018/2019: These units are not exclusive for students of the Cognitive Science program and may have limited capacity. For timetables, please check courses web pages or inquire the corresponding department.

Logics
Department of Philosophy

The students are expected to grasp and master a set of basic concepts, principles and techniques methods that are central to the following segments of modern formal logic: propositional logic, quantification theory and identity theory. We consider the following aspects of these logical theories: (a) the semantics for the logical constants involved therein - truth-functional sentence operators, quantifiers and the identity predicate - and a semantic notion of validity for the associated inferences; (b) the natural deduction rules - introduction and elimination rules - for those logical constants and a syntactic notion of validity for the associated inferences.

Theory of Knowledge
Department of Philosophy

The students are expected to grasp and master a set of concepts, theories, problems and arguments that are central to epistemology, either traditional or contemporary. With respect to the following topics, the course introduces the present state of their discussion by examining the main available views and discussing the main arguments for and against them: (a) the nature of knowledge; (b) varieties of knowledge; (c) the value of knowledge; (d) the nature of perception; (e) the existence and nature of a priori knowledge; (f) the skeptical challenge.

Critical Thinking
Department of Philosophy

Students should be able to: 1) Reconstruct and analyse arguments; 2) Evaluate arguments according to deductive standards; 3) Evaluate arguments according to inductive standards; 4) Identify and avoid fallacies; 5) Understand the fundamentals of probabilistic and decision-theoretic reasoning; 6) Understand the fundamentals of scientific reasoning; 7) Understand the fundamentals ethical reasoning.

Programing Fundamentals
Programing 1 LTI
Programing 1
Department of Informatics

This course aims at providing students with the skills to program in an object-oriented language, Python, in a way that it can be used as a tool to program solutions to small yet everyday relevant problems.

First Order Logic
Department of Mathematics

This is an introductory logic course. It focuses on the relation between formal languages and their interpretations. The aims are: 1) to introduce formal languages – via first-order languages – and discuss their syntax; (2) to interpret the formal languages (including the formalization of informal assertions) and to teach the deductive way of thinking (both formal and informal).

Social Cognition
Faculty of Psychology

Main Aim: To provide students with a conceptual map of Social Cognition. The specific themes included in the program will be fundamental from a conceptual point of view and/or highly relevant for the development of research in this subject. Other aims: i) Acquisition of basic knowledge on some of the main theoretical approaches in Social Cognition and the main bibliographical resources available. ii) Acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge that will enable the adoption of an active and critical attitude towards research in Social Cognition. This adoption of a critical attitude assumes: the ability to compare different approaches with regard to a substantive field of Social Cognition, the ability to examine the empirical back-up of these different approaches, the ability to reflect on the limitations of the research carried out and the ability to formulate problematic issues for future research.

Phonology
Department of Linguistics

The following skills will be promoted within the focused curricular unit: (i) t o promote knowledge on the sound dimension of human languages, both in a descriptive and a communicative perspectives; (ii) t o set knowledge on the sound structures previously studied in other UC; (ii i) t o develop knowled ge on the grammatical tools used for the description of the phonological properties of human languages; (iv) t o study universal and idiosyncratic properties of the sound systems of the human lang uages; (v) t o systematically describe the phonological consti tuents of Portuguese; (vi) t o promote the analysis of phonological data from a comparative perspective; (vii) t o practice the phonological analysis of Portuguese.

Syntax
Department of Linguistics

This course offers an introduction to the study of the principles of sentence formation in natural languages, with a particular focus on Portuguese. Students are expected to identify the way words combine inside sentences and phrases . Work will focus on th e ability to analyze linguistic data, to describe relevant contrasts with an adequate metalanguage and to discuss hypotheses formulated to account for linguistic data. S tudents with success in this course must be able to: (i) know the operati ve concepts an d methods for analyzing syntactic data; (ii) know seminal work on syntax and integrate the information offered therein; (iii) acknowledge syntactic properties that characterize Portuguese in the context of European languages and, in particular, Romance lan guages; (iv) call upon acquired knowledge for solving new problems; (v) ask questions, suggest analyses and argue in favor of them.

Lexicon
Departamento de Linguística

Knowledge: (i) properties of the lexicon of natural languages, its nature, its internal structure and its relationship to other components of the grammar; (ii) mental lexicon and lexical knowledge properties of the lexicon of Portuguese: history, development and usage (iii) critical appraisal of the following concepts: lexical unit, word, multi-word lexical units; (iv) properties of lexical units; (v) lexical relationships. Skills: analysis and description of the lexicon of natural languages and of Portuguese, in particular.

Methodologies of Experimental Research
Departament of Linguistics

With this course we intend to provide students with a basic background in experimental research, particularly in Linguistics and Psycholinguistics, for designing experiments, preparing stimuli and the selection of appropriate methodologies to test hypotheses. Students will have the opportunity to experience research techniques in laboratory, in different areas of linguistics and multidisciplinary studies. The main statistical tests applied in the analysis of linguistic data will also be addressed.

Neuroanatomy
Faculty of Medicine

2 January to 18 January: Tuesadys and Thuersdays 17-19h; Wednesdays full day.

Anatomic Function (Central Nervous System)
Faculty of Medicine

21 January to 1 February: Tuesadys and Thuersdays 17-19h; Wednesdays full day.