Catalog Course Description

Do you have a self or are you one? How is the self related to brain structure and function? Is the self, for example, identical to some part of the brain or part of the brain’s function? Can you damage the self by damaging the brain? In this course we will look at these questions from conceptual, psychological, and neuroscientific perspectives. We will study both normal and injured brains to help shed light on what is a deeply philosophical and personal issue: What is the human the self. We will read various papers pertaining to these issues as well as the books listed under required reading.

Fall Term

3 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 6 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

Summer Term

7 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 16 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

Spring Term

3 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 6 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.