2025 Fall

COGSCI 180 001 - LEC 001

Mind, Brain, and Identity

Davina Chan

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025

Tu, Th

03:30 pm - 04:59 pm

Stanley 106

Class #:25559

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Interdisciplinary Social Science Programs

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 100

Waitlisted: 25

Capacity: 100

Waitlist Max: 25

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 6 hours of outside work hours per week.

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.

Class Notes

Graduating seniors on the waitlist who must take this class in order to finish their CogSci major may fill out the following form to request an emergency seat: https://forms.gle/dXSUfPPDb7W7aSrU6. The form will open June 14. Please do contact the instructor. The only way to receive an emergency seat.. show more