Learning Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will have:
(1) developed a sound understanding of some central issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and the cognitive sciences
(2) engaged critically with some important views and arguments in these areas, and
(3) developed independent arguments and views on some of the issues discussed.
Indicative Module Content:
The precise topics covered will vary from year to year, but will typically include one or more of the following:
• Consciousness and the subjective character of experience
• The role of attention in relation to perception and action
• The nature and continuity of the self
• Memory, reason, and rational deliberation
• Bayesian or predictive theories of the mind
• Sensorimotor or embodied approaches to cognition