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PHIL205 Mind Matters

10 cp
Prerequisites
1 Philosophy unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, seminars.

Puzzles about the nature of the mind were first raised by the ancient Greeks and have been discussed ever since. This unit examines philosophical theories about the nature of the mind and its place in the world. Topics to be discussed may include: hylomorphic, dualist, materialist and functionalist theories of mind, personal identity and the self, intentionality, mental causation, artificial intelligence, innate ideas, freedom and action, the emotions, the nature of conscious experience, the nature of Psychology, Christian and other religious concepts of mind and prospects for an afterlife.

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