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. 
This course will encourage students to think critically about the relationship between neuroscience and the philosophy of mind. Students will be challenged to draw connections between empirical findings and both traditional philosophical questions and theoretical questions within the brain sciences. We will focus on evidence that illuminates and challenges our pre-theoretic notions of the mind and findings that fall short of their claims to shed light on such notions.