2022 Summer Session D
6 weeks, July 5 - August 12
PHILOS 132 001 - LEC 001
Philosophy of Mind
James Blackmon
Class #:14050
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Philosophy
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
15
Enrolled: 20
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 35
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
7.5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 20 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2.5 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
Course Catalog Description
Mind and matter; other minds; the concept "person."
Class Description
Perhaps the most astonishing thing about the universe is that it contains 3-pound packets of material–human brains–that can think, feel, choose to act, and consciously experience the world. What explains this? What are minds, thoughts, and perceptions, and what must the world be like for them to exist? Do mental phenomena reduce to physical phenomena or must there be something else? In this course we will begin with the mind-body problem and the various theories that address it. We will then cover topics such as artificial consciousness, personal identity, the mental states of animals, qualia, free will, and whether and to what extent we can have a science of the conscious mind.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Philosophy & Values, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats