Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour
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Prerequisites: PHIL 107 or PHIL 134 or consent of instructor
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. 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.