The mind-body problem breaks down into two questions: how can mere matter think, and how can it be conscious? We will investigate both of these issues through a critical evaluation of the principal contemporary theories of mind.

A survey of selected topics in contemporary analytic philosophy of language, including meaning, reference, naming, truth, speech acts, propositional attitudes, translation, vagueness and the nature of linguistic representation.

This course covers methods for understanding and evaluating reasoning, arguments and inferences, of the sort found in daily life, political speeches, academic writing and beyond. We address such questions as: What is the structure of an argument? What considerations are relevant for determining its strength and cogency? What sorts of appeals to quantitative and scientific data are appropriate, and what sorts aren't? How can we understand and overcome cognitive biases?

This course covers methods for understanding and evaluating reasoning, arguments and inferences, of the sort found in daily life, political speeches, academic writing and beyond. We address such questions as: What is the structure of an argument? What considerations are relevant for determining its strength and cogency? What sorts of appeals to quantitative and scientific data are appropriate, and what sorts aren't? How can we understand and overcome cognitive biases?

This course covers methods for understanding and evaluating reasoning, arguments and inferences, of the sort found in daily life, political speeches, academic writing and beyond. We address such questions as: What is the structure of an argument? What considerations are relevant for determining its strength and cogency? What sorts of appeals to quantitative and scientific data are appropriate, and what sorts aren't? How can we understand and overcome cognitive biases?

First in a sequence of four courses providing students with skills necessary to communicate in Spanish on a variety of general-interest topics. For students who have little or no Spanish.

First in a sequence of four courses providing students with skills necessary to communicate in Spanish on a variety of general-interest topics. For students who have little or no Spanish.

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This course is design to help students gain knowledge on how to conduct randomized clinical trials (RCT) and develops competence in the planning, designing, and execution of clinical trials in involving physical activity interventions.

How do dreams become incorporated into films? How are dreams like movies, or the film experience like dreaming? While Hollywood has long been called a "Dream Factory," the cinema of dreams extends around the world and from the earliest history of film. We will examine the ways that dreams have signified in cinema, and especially how films can serve purposes in our lives similar to the role of dreams. Ultimately, we will explore the oneiric as a way of understanding film and as an aesthetic and stylistic approach to filmmaking.