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PHI 223: Mind and Metaphysics, LSE (2024, 2025) (co-taught)
An introduction to philosophy mind/cognitive science covering the mind-body problem, consciousness, mental causation, teleosemantics, and cognitive kinds, among other topics.
PHI 15: Bioethics, UC Davis (2022)
An introductory course on ethical issues in the biomedical sphere including euthanasia, assisted suicide, animal experimentation, organ sales, abortion, and human enhancement.
PHI 13G: Minds, Brains, and Computers, UC Davis (2021)
An introductory course on functionalism, the computational theory of mind, and artificial neural networks.
PHI 31: Scientific Reason, UC Davis (2019)
An introductory course about scientific reasoning, how to evaluate scientific reports (including relevant statistics), and basic decision theory.
PHI 10/CGS 1: Introduction to Cognitive Science, UC Davis (2017, 2018)
An introductory course on the theoretical foundations and central paradigms of cognitive science from the fall of behaviorism to the present.
PHI 5: Critical Reasoning, UC Davis (2016, 2018, 2019)
An introduction to categorical and sentential logic, informal fallacies, and philosophical writing.
PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy, SFSU (2014)
An introduction to major topics in philosophy through thought experiments.
PHIL 110: Introduction to Critical Thinking, SFSU (2013)
Similar to Critical Reasoning.
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Intro to Philosophy of Science, UC Davis
An introductory course in general philosophy of science covering scientific explanation, the demarcation problem, natural laws, the Duhem-Quine thesis, the new riddle of induction, feminist philosophy of science, and scientific objectivity.
Intro to Cognitive Science, UC Davis
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Introduction to Philosophy, UC Davis
An introduction to analytic philosophy covering external world skepticism, Gettier cases, the mind-body problem, personal identity, utilitarianism, and deontology.
A Priori Knowledge, UC Davis
An upper division course focused on how a priori knowledge is possible. Topics include: Benacerraf's problem, a priori objections to computationalism, the relation between thought experiments and arguments, and X-phi.
Intro to Ancient Philosophy, UC Davis
Introduction to major figures in Ancient philosophy from the Presocratics through Aristotle.
Scientific Reason, UC Davis
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Minds, Brains, Computers, UC Davis
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Critical Reasoning, UC Davis
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Intro to Ancient Philosophy, UC Santa Cruz
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Being and Knowing, SFSU (Grading only)
An upper division survey of metaphysics and epistemology covering constitution, personal identity, causation, Gettier cases, the causal theory of knowledge, process reliabilism, sensitivity conditions, and safety conditions.