Browse Hierarchy PHIL6006: Thought and Consciousness

This module is designed to introduce students to one of the liveliest areas of current research, namely, contemporary philosophy of mind. Much current work in the field is devoted to the task of explaining how mental phenomena can be accommodated within a physicalist framework. Various physicalist theories are examined as is the prospect of explaining consciousness in physicalist terms. The issue of the relationship between the mind and the external world is also explored.