PHIL 2620 - [Philosophy of Mind]

(KCM-AS)

Fall or spring. 4 credits.

Next offered 2014-2015.

Staff.

We will evaluate views about the nature of mental states and about their relation to the brain, behavior, and the world. Questions we will consider include: are mental states the same as states of our brains? If not, what is the relation between them and states of our brains? How is it possible for mental states to cause our behavior? We will pay special attention to questions about the nature of consciousness and about the degree to which consciousness can be understood in physical terms.