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AP/PHIL 3265

Philosophy of Mind

3.0 credits

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Human, animal and artificial consciousness
  • Concepts and animal understanding of death
  • Belief and intentional interpretation
  • Social cognition and understanding other minds

Readings

  • Selected assigned reading: Paul Thagard, Why Cognitive Science Needs Philosophy and Vice Versa.
  • Selected assigned reading: Lucie Laplane and others, Why Science Needs Philosophy.
  • Selected assigned reading: Thomas Nagel, What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
  • Selected assigned reading: The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness.
  • Selected assigned reading: Jonathan Birch, Dimensions of Animal Consciousness.
  • Selected assigned reading: Andrews and Birch, To Understand AI Sentience, First Understand It in Animals.
  • Selected assigned reading: Susana Monsó, How to Tell if Animals Can Understand Death.
  • Selected assigned reading: Daniel Dennett, True Believers: The Intentional Strategy and Why It Works.
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