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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

PHL 3550 - Philosophy of Mind (3)

When Offered: Fall
GEN ED: Humanity and its Systems​
This course will examine some fundamental questions that arise in the philosophy of mind: What does it mean to say that a person has a mind? Are mental states (such as beliefs and desires) nothing but brain states, or are they states of a different kind? Do robots or animals have minds? The course will also provide a historical survey of various philosophical theories of mind, including substance dualism, philosophical and methodological behaviorism, identity theories, functionalism and connectionism.