With the help of current scientific understanding, you’ll examine the complex interactions between matter and mind.
You’ll learn about consciousness as an emergent phenomenon and the alien nature of machine intelligence.
You’ll explore the possibility of qualia as characteristically human but cognitively insignificant phenomena.
What topics will you cover?
- Recent scientific consensus on the nature of matter and its philosophical implications
- Historical survey of the competing views on the nature of mind and their philosophical implications
- Current scientific results concerning the nature of matter-mind interactions and their philosophical implications.
- Near-future prospects of scientific explorations of the nature of matter-mind interactions and their philosophical implications
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
- Discuss the current scientific results concerning the nature of matter-mind interactions and their philosophical implications
- Discuss the near-future prospects of scientific explorations of the nature of matter-mind interactions and their philosophical implications
- Learn historical survey of the competing views on the nature of mind and their philosophical implications
- Learn the recent scientific consensus on the nature of matter and its philosophical implications