Philosophy 290-5

Fall 2015

Number Title Instructor Days/time Room
290-5 Graduate Seminar: Problems of Consciousness Searle Tu 2-4 234 Moses

This seminar will be concerned with various problems in the philosophy of mind, beginning with the problems of consciousness. We will discuss some recent approaches to consciousness as well as some theories about the relation of consciousness to the unconscious and the role of mentalist explanations involving consciousness both in social sciences and in common sense.