– Winter 2022, In Person and Fall 2020, Online-Asynchronous.
A survey of key theories concerning the nature of the conscious mind ranging from Cartesian dualism, behaviourism, brain reductionism, functionalism, eliminative materialism, illusionism, enactivism and embodied extended cognition, property dualism, epiphenomenalism, idealism and phenomenological philosophy of mind. These topics are explored through an in-depth study of seminal papers arguing for these views. The course is also designed to introduce the basics of argumentative essay writing.