Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
Offered By: The Open University via OpenLearn
Course Description
Overview
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.
Syllabus
- 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
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