Carleton University · PHIL 3502

Mind and Action

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Philosophical thought concerning the relation between mentality and agency. Topics may include: the relation between belief, desire, and behaviour; rationality and normativity; representing and doing; subjectivity and intersubjectivity; physical and psychological laws; mental causation. Authors may include: Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Ryle, Sellars, Anscombe, Davidson, Taylor, McDowell.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): PHIL 2501 or PHIL 2502, or permission of the Department.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): PHIL 2501 or PHIL 2502, or permission of the Department.
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Philosophical thought concerning the relation between mentality and agency. Topics may include: the relation between belief, desire, and behaviour; rationality and normativity; representing and doing; subjectivity and intersubjectivity; physical and psychological laws; mental causation. Authors may include: Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Ryle, Sellars, Anscombe, Davidson, Taylor, McDowell.

  • Prerequisite(s): PHIL 2501 or PHIL 2502, or permission of the Department.

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