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PHIL 635 - Philosophy of Mind

(3 units)
Topics may include mind-body problems, consciousness, intention, meaning, explaining human action, artificial intelligence, and roles of imagery, language and computer-like processing in cognition.

Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to state a thesis about a central traditional problem in the philosophy of mind, and provide evidence and argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
2. Students will be able to explain and interpret the ideas associated with theories in the contemporary literature in the philosophy of mind.
3. Students will be able to distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize conceptual relationships and patterns of inference (in contemporary theories in the philosophy of mind).
4. Students will be able to show what is at stake in abstract debates in the philosophy of mind, and indicate how positions in these debates have implications for the understanding of mental activity.


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