Description: In this seminar we shall carefully analyze, compare, and evaluate numerous philosophical attempts to answer the following questions.   How can we tell if something has a mind or is capable of thinking and not just a mindless zombie?   What is the mind, anyway?   What is thought? Consciousness? Do machines think?   Do non-human animals have minds? Do they think?   Are they conscious?   What is the relationship between the mental and the physical?   Between thought and action?

Honor Code: Satisfaction of all the requirements must be by your own individual and independent work. All your work must be pledged.

Attendance: Every unexcused absence will result in a deduction of 1% from the total grade achieved satisfying the class requirements. You are responsible for all assigned material.

Provisional Schedule: [All readings and assignments are due at the beginning of class!]