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Class number:
3504
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Title: Animal Minds |
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Department: First Year Sem & Colloq |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, MC - 313 |
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Instructor(s): Theurer, Kari |
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Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement |
Course Description:
This course serves as an introduction to philosophical questions about the mental life and cognitive capacities of non-human animals. What is my dog thinking? How can I know? Do animals have language? Are birds afraid of heights? Do animals make sacrifices for each other? What does the world look like to animals that see many more (or fewer) colors than we do? What does the world "look" like to animals that "see" with their noses or ears, rather than their eyes? Finally, we will tie these questions together as we embark on an extended deep-sea exploration of the origins of consciousness. We will learn how key evolutionary developments - eyes that track, bodies that move - led to the development of our own rich inner mental lives. |