FYS478
The History of the Brain: Ideas and Delusions about Brain Function from Antiquity to the Digital Age
Neuroscience
BC
Subject code
FYS
Course Number
478
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
J. Castro
Course Long Title
The History of the Brain: Ideas and Delusions about Brain Function from Antiquity to the Digital Age
Description
What sort of device is the brain? What principles does it follow, and what do these imply about our ultimate freedom, responsibility, limitations, and place in the natural order? In this course, students explore how we have grappled with these questions over history, and how these questions continue to animate modern art and culture.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
W1
Class Restriction
Exclude Sophomores, Exclude Juniors, Exclude Seniors