What am I?

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course is an introduction to what is sometimes called the metaphysics of persons. We'll be concerned with four interrelated questions: • What is required for our continued existence over time? • What sort of thing are we? (a mind, soul, animal, or what?) • What is the nature of mental states? • What is free will and do we have it? Assessment will be based on a mix of short assignments on the reading and short essays.