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This course combines theoretical components of psychology and creative writing exercises, in an attempt to help students to examine scientific writing as a literary genre, to analyze the portrayal of science and (mad) scientists in literature and the media, and finally to analyze their relationship to different styles of writing. Students will contribute with their own creative writing over the course of the semester to a Fiction Science Anthology. How can theoretical frameworks in psychology be applied to creative writing and how can creative writing help us to understand psychology and its representations in art, in the media and in daily life? This course is for students who want to work on their writing (scientific and/or fictional), all the while gaining insight into relationships between science and every-day thinking and acting. In addition, this course can appeal to psychology students who would like to gain awareness of popular representations of their theoretical backgrounds and future careers. Students who would welcome a playful approach to epistemology (philosophy of science) and social epistemology are particularly encouraged to take this class.
