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Course Content Information & General Instructions

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All the materials — readings, videos, and other types of sources — are collected in this web resource. The content is arranged in Course Units, with all the readings and other materials necessary to complete each unit in the course found in each respective folder.

All items contained in each unit page are considered to be required materials.

Each unit also contains a listing of supplemental resources. These additional materials are not required but could be very useful in helping you gain a deeper understanding of the ideas and concepts in each respective unit.

Keep in mind that every unit has assignments and other activities. Those are NOT found here. You MUST visit our Blackboard course website regularly to make sure you do not miss any assignments.

Unit 1: Intro

The purpose of this unit is to provide a brief introduction to the discipline and the course, as well as offer an overview of the topics covered in other units.


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Unit 2: Logic & Reasoning

This unit serves as a logic/critical thinking refresher.


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Unit 3: Knowledge & Reality

This unit explores fundamental questions about the scope of our knowledge and the nature of reality as we know it.


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Unit 4: Mind & Consciousness

In this unit we consider the nature of consciousness and the locus of the mind.


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