PHIL 185N JT - Topics in Neurophilosophy


This course is an examination of selected issues at the intersection of contemporary philosophy and neuroscience. Topics may include the philosophical, theoretical, and empirical bases of social (cognitive) neuroscience; the neurobiology of belief attribution and "mind-reading"; the metaphysical relationship between the mind and the brain; the nature of sensory modalities; as well as the bearing of the neurosciences on issues in the theory of action.

Course Credit: 1.0

This course information is from the 2023-2024 Scripps Catalog. View this catalog.

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