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Spring 2020 | PHIL 3607 Section 001: Philosophy of Psychology (55408)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (90 of 90 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- What are minds and mental states (like desires and beliefs)? How are these different from brains and brain states? Should scientific explanation abandon any appeal to the mental (like behaviorism) or can we offer a scientific account of mind? prereq: One course in philosophy or psychology
- Class Description:
- Mental phenomena present the philosopher with a number of deep but inescapable challenges. We tend to suppose that we know what it is to have a mind, to have beliefs, desires, etc., All of this is surely amazing; indeed it verges on the outrageous. We admit to not knowing the makeup of the simplest structures, to not knowing how to explain the behavior of the simplest organisms--we leave such issues to scientific investigators--and at the same time we think we know how to explain the behavior of this most complex of systems; we know how to do it, and we know what we are talking about when we explain behavior by citing the relevant beliefs, desires, etc. Strange indeed. We start our investigation with a brief look at Descartes, who is usually supposed to have expressed our shared intuitive conception of mind. For our purposes, Descartes' vision is best viewed as posing the central problems rather than answering them.The body of the course is then taken up with investigating current and recent theories of mind and psychology. Special attention will be given to cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence approaches--contemporary theories that attempt to understand intelligent systems as programmed systems.
- Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion
- Workload:
- 2 Paper(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55408/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Spring 2020 | PHIL 3607 Section 002: Philosophy of Psychology (55409)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 205
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
Open (26 of 27 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- What are minds and mental states (like desires and beliefs)? How are these different from brains and brain states? Should scientific explanation abandon any appeal to the mental (like behaviorism) or can we offer a scientific account of mind? prereq: One course in philosophy or psychology
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55409/1203
Spring 2020 | PHIL 3607 Section 003: Philosophy of Psychology (55410)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 260
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
Open (33 of 35 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- What are minds and mental states (like desires and beliefs)? How are these different from brains and brain states? Should scientific explanation abandon any appeal to the mental (like behaviorism) or can we offer a scientific account of mind? prereq: One course in philosophy or psychology
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55410/1203
Spring 2020 | PHIL 3607 Section 004: Philosophy of Psychology (55411)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 205
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (31 of 31 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- What are minds and mental states (like desires and beliefs)? How are these different from brains and brain states? Should scientific explanation abandon any appeal to the mental (like behaviorism) or can we offer a scientific account of mind? prereq: One course in philosophy or psychology
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55411/1203
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