Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

This free course, Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction, examines the philosophical questions surrounding the mind. You will examine how beliefs have changed over the centuries and be able to contrast the views of Descartes with more modern ideas.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 The quick and the dead – the minded and the non-minded
• 1 The quick and the dead – the minded and the non-minded
• 2 Kinds of minds
• 2 Kinds of minds
• 3 Varieties of mental phenomena
• 3 Varieties of mental phenomena
• 4 The attitudinal and the experiential
• 4 The attitudinal and the experiential
• 5 Dispositions versus occurrences
• 5 Dispositions versus occurrences
• 6 The relations among mental phenomena
• 6 The relations among mental phenomena
• 7 Conclusion
• 7 Conclusion
• Further reading
• References
• Acknowledgements