Prerequisites: graduate standing

Description: Examines a selected topic in philosophy of mind. Potential topics include consciousness and self-consciousness; intentionality and theories of mental content; mental causation; consciousness and free will; introspection and knowledge of other minds; perception; emotion; imagination; concepts and rationality; artificial minds; and animal minds. Students who complete all writing assignments, including a term paper, receive a letter grade; other students receive a Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade. Course is repeatable as content changes to a maximum of 8 units.

Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 144 or PHIL 244.