PHIL 3330 - Mind and Brain

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
How does the mind relate to the brain? Is it possible for a machine to think? Can a robot have moral responsibility? To what extent are animals conscious? This cluster of questions is relevant to philosophy, computer science, psychology, and neuroscience. Topics include: theories of consciousness, the relation between mind and brain, artificial intelligence, mental content, neural correlates of consciousness, and neuroethics.