PHI126 Mind, Brain and Personal Identity (20 credits)

Year Running: 2016/2017

Credit level: F4

Pre-requisites		No
Co-requisites		No
Pre Uni Qualification		No
Additional Information		No

Description

This module provides an initial survey of a cluster of interrelated philosophical problems concerning the mind, free will, God, and the nature of persons. We will discuss questions like: What kind of thing is the mind? Is it a non-physical thing, like a soul? Or is it nothing over and above the brain? What is free will? Are we free? Does God exist? Is there an afterlife? What is a person? Do non-human animals have minds? Could they be persons? Could machines have minds or be persons?

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	84.0
Lecture	11.0
Tutorial	4.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Course Work	0.0	50 %	S2
Exam	1.0	50 %	S2

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2023-24.