Peer Assessments

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Our course includes two peer assessed essays -- in a nutshell you get to write an essay, have it
assessed by other Philosophy and the Sciences students, whilst assessing other essays yourself. We
think this is a great way to explore the issuse raised in this course in more depth, to gain feedback on
your own thinking and to contribute in a very practical way to the massive community of learners of which
you're a part. Peer assessments contribute towards your final grade. Have a look at the course
logistics for details.
Even if you've joined the course too late to submit the first essay, you can still submit an essay on the
second part of the course and you'll still be eligible to complete track two.
The essays can be up to 750 words long and will be marked by other participants in the course. To
receive essay feedback you will need to provide feedback on three other essays. Reading other people's
essays and providing feedback is also a great way to cultivate your reflective philosophical thinking.
Here are the deadlines for the first peer assessed assignment for to Part I of the course
(weeks 24):
Time

What Happens Then

After this time, you can see the assignment and start working on it. You can save drafts of
your work as you go along, and you can come back later to continue working on your draft.
When youre ready to submit your work for evaluation, remember to click the Submit
Assignment
button. If the submission deadline passes and you havent clicked Submit yet, then your
starts
saved draft will not be evaluated.
9:00am 10
Nov UTC
Note: You can submit and re-submit your work for evaluation as many times as you want
before the submission deadline, without any penalty. Only your last submission will be seen
and evaluated by your classmates.
Submission After this time, you can no longer change your submission. If you have not clicked the
deadline
9:00am 17
Nov UTC

Submit button by this time, your classmates will not see your submission, you will not
receive an evaluation for this assignment, and you will not be permitted to evaluate your
classmates submissions.
After this time, you will evaluate the work of at least three of your peers.

Evaluation
Optionally, you can choose to evaluate the work of even more of your classmates before
starts
the evaluation deadline passes. This is very helpful for the success of the course.
9:00am 17
Nov UTC

Remember: as with the submission stage, this evaluation stage is required if you want your
own assignment submission to be evaluated.

Evaluation
deadline
9:00am 24
Nov UTC

After this time, you can no longer evaluate the work your peers or your own. If you have not
finished your assigned evaluation tasks by this time, your own assignment may not be
evaluated.

Here are the deadlines for the second peer assessed assignment for Part II of the course
(weeks 58):
Time

What Happens Then

After this time, you can see the assignment and start working on it. You can save drafts of

Assignment
starts
9:00am 8
Dec UTC

your work as you go along, and you can come back later to continue working on your draft.
When youre ready to submit your work for evaluation, remember to click the Submit
button. If the submission deadline passes and you havent clicked Submit yet, then your
saved draft will not be evaluated.
Note: You can submit and re-submit your work for evaluation as many times as you want
before the submission deadline, without any penalty. Only your last submission will be seen
and evaluated by your classmates.

Submission
deadline
9:00am 15
Dec UTC

After this time, you can no longer change your submission. If you have not clicked the
Submit button by this time, your classmates will not see your submission, you will not
receive an evaluation for this assignment, and you will not be permitted to evaluate your
classmates submissions.
After this time, you will evaluate the work of at least three of your peers.

Evaluation
Optionally, you can choose to evaluate the work of even more of your classmates before
starts
the evaluation deadline passes. This is very helpful for the success of the course.
9:00am 15
Dec UTC
Remember: as with the submission stage, this evaluation stage is required if you want your
own assignment submission to be evaluated.
Evaluation
After this time, you can no longer evaluate the work your peers or your own. If you have not
deadline
finished your assigned evaluation tasks by this time, your own assignment may not be
9:00am 22
evaluated.
Dec UTC

First peer assessed essay question:

In what way can philosophy or philosophical thinking contribute to the physical sciences? Give
a clearly argued answer, using at least one example from the lectures.

Second peer assessed essay question:

In what way can cognitive science inform issues in the philosophy of mind? Give a clearly
argued answer, using at least one example from the lectures.

Assignments

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Philosophy and the Physical Sciences

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Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences

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