Classes

Mental Causation

Semester: 
2nd semester
Offered: 
2020

Course/Module description:
We will discuss the claim of mental causation, the claim that mental events -- beliefs, desires and so on -- are causes of our actions.

The Philosophical Foundations of Cognitive Science

Semester: 
2nd semester
Offered: 
2018
The aim of the course is to introduce first year undergraduates to the general theoretical underpinnings of contemporary cognitive science. The course begins with a overview of the mind-body problem, then with the computational approach to cognition and concludes with debates on cognitive theory.