Courses List

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※M= Graduate Seminars in the Philosophy of Mind and Cognition Category

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※P= Courses Listed in Philosophy, Intelligence, Mind and Brain Program

※E= Full-English Course

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Spring Semester, 2024

Course TitleInstructorTimeNotes
LogicsJonathon HrickTue 08:00-10:00P / U
G / E
Mind, Life, Death, and Spiritual CareKaren YanTue 13:20-15:10P
U
Introduction to Qualitative
Research Methods
Angel Ho
Tue 13:20-16:20P
G
Seminar in Philosophy of MemoryChristopher McCarroll
Ying-Tung Lin
Tue 17:30-18:20
P / M
E
Personal Identity and EthicsAlexandre ErlerWed 10:00-13:00P / M
E
MindshapingChristopher McCarrollWed 13:20-16:20P / M
E
Conceptual Tools for Understanding the
Experiences of Women in Taiwan
Ying-Tung LinWed 17:30-19:20P
U
Introduction to PhilosophyKai-Yuan ChengThu 10:00-12:00P
U
NeuroethicsAlexandre ErlerThu 10:00-12:00P / U
E
Philosophy of Mind and CognitionChristopher McCarrollThu 13:20-15:10P / U
E
Psychedelics, Psychiatry, and Self-Consciousness
in Different Cultural Bodies I
Karen Yan
Allen Houng
Thu 13:20-15:10P
M
No-Self in Cross-Cultural Philosophy and
Neuroscience
Kai-Yuan Cheng
Pei-Chi Tu
Thu 18:30-21:20P
M
Mind and Digital TechnologyYing-Tung Lin
Fri 10:00-13:00P
M
Seminar in Philosophy IIAngel Ho
Fri 15:30-17:20P
G

Fall Semester, 2023

Course TitleInstructorTimeNotes
Values in Science and TechnologyKaren YanMon 18:30-21:20P
M
General PsychologyLi-Hung ChangTue 10:10-12:00P
U
AI, Life, & MindAlexandre ErlerTue 10:00-13:00P
M
Introduction to Qualitative
Research Methods
Angel Ho
Tue 13:20-16:20P
G
Critical and Creative ThinkingJonathon Hricko
Ying-Tung Lin
Tue 17:30-19:20
Thu 17:30-19:20
P / U
O / E
Attention and its EthicsYing-Tung LinWed 10:00-12:00P
M
Argumentative EssaysJonathon HrickoWed 13:20-15:10P / U
O / E
Thinking about Thinking :
Metacognition and the Mind
Ying-Tung Lin
Christopher McCarroll
Wed 15:30-18:20P / M
E
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and
Philosophy: Philosophy of Molecular Biology
Kai-Yuan ChengThu 08:00-09:50
U
Introduction to PhilosophyKai-Yuan ChengThu 10:00-12:00P
U
Philosophy of Mind and CognitionChristopher McCarrollThu 10:00-12:00P / U
E
Freedom, Truth & Democracy in a Technological AgeAlexandre ErlerThu 13:20-15:10P / U
E
Plant Cognition Christopher McCarrollThu 15:30-17:20P / M
E
Philosophy of ZhuangziKai-Yuan Cheng
Thu 17:30-20:20M

Contemporary Psychological and Phenomenological
Studies of Meditation and the Self
Justin M. Hewitson
Fri 09:00-12:00P / M
E
Seminar in Philosophy IJonathon Hricko
Fri 15:30-17:30P
G

Spring Semester, 2023

Course TitleInstructorTimeNotes
Introduction to Qualitative
Research Methods
Angel Ho
Mon 13:20-16:20P
G
Cognitive Neuroscience of AgingLi-Hung ChangMon 15:30-17:20P
M
Critical and Creative ThinkingMichael Stuart
Jonathon Hricko
Karen Yan
Ying-Tung Lin
Mon 17:30-19:20
Wed 17:30-19:20
Thu 15:30-17:20
Thu 17:30-19:20

P
U
O
E
Personal Identity and EthicsAlexandre ErlerTue 09:00-12:00P / M
E
General PsychologyLi-Hung ChangTue 10:10-12:00P
U
Philosophy of CaringKaren YanTue 13:20-15:10P
U
LogicChi-Yen LiuTue 15:30-17:20
Tue 17:30-19:20
P / U
O
Conceptual Tools for Understanding the
Experiences of Women in Taiwan
Ying-Tung LinTue 17:30-19:20P
U
Grief: Philosophical and Clinical PerspectiveKaren Yan
Christopher McCarroll
Wed 14:20-17:20P / M
E
Ethics of AIAlexandre ErlerThu 10:10-12:00P / U
E
Philosophy of Mind and CognitionChristopher McCarrollThu 13:20-15:10P / U
E
Mental Autonomy and Epistemic Rights: Fake News
and Cognitive Warfare as Case Studies
Ying-Tung Lin
Fri 10:00-13:00P / M
Realism for Realistic PeopleJonathon Hricko
Karen Yan
Michael Stuart
Fri 13:20-15:10P / G
E
Seminar in Philosophy IIChristopher McCarroll
Fri 15:30-17:30P
G
Speculative Design and StorytellingKuang-Yi KuSat 15:30-17:30P
U

Fall Semester, 2022

Course TitleInstructorTimeNotes
Philosophy of PsychedelicsAllen Houng
Peichi Tu
Karen Yan
Mon 13:20-15:10M
Critical and Creative Thinking
Ying-Tung Lin
Jonathon Hricko
Karen Yan
Michael Stuart
Jack Yang

Mon 13:20-15:10
Mon 17:30-19:20
Tue 17:30-19:20
Thu 17:30-19:20
Fri 13:20-15:10

P
U
O
E
Freedom and mind manipulationYing-Tung LinMon 17:30-19:20P
U
Logic Chi-Yen LiuTue 08:00-09:50P
U
Logic Chi-Yen LiuTue 13:20-15:10P / U
O
General PsychologyLi-Hung ChangTue 10:10-12:00P
Algorithmic Decision & LearningPo-An ChenTue 13:20-16:20P
Epistemology of mental simulation:
What and how we live and learn through
memory and imagination
Ying-Tung Lin
Christopher McCarroll
Michael Stuart
Tue 13:20-16:20P / M
E
Human-Centered Care and Technology
in Practice
Karen YanTue 17:30-18:20P
G
English Public Speaking and
Presentation for Graduate Students
Angel HoWed 10:10-12:00G
E
Argumentative Essays Jonathon HrickoWed 13:20-15:10P / G
E / O
Philosophy of LanguageKai-Yuan ChengWed 13:20-16:20P
M
MetaphilosophyMichael Stuart
Wed 16:30-19:20P / M
E
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and
Philosophy: Philosophy of Molecular Biology
Kai-Yuan ChengThu 08:00-09:50U

Neuroethics Alexandre ErlerThu 10:00-12:00P / U
E
Morality and Human Cognition Li-Hung Chang
Thu 10:00-12:00P
Philosophy of Mind and Cognition Christopher McCarrollThu 10:00-12:00P / U
E
Chinese and Western Comparative PhilosophiesKai-Yuan ChengThu 10:00-12:00U

Meditation, Mind, and Ontology in
Indian Philosophy
Justin M. HewitsonThu 13:20-16:20P / M
E
Cross-Disciplinary GE Course: Things We Learned
from Animals
Kai-Yuan Cheng
Karen Yan
with other teachers
Thu 15:30-17:20U
Issues in the Philosophy of Advanced
Artificial Intelligence
Alexandre Erler
Fri 10:00-13:00P / M
E
The Fragmented Mind:
Rationality and Inconsistent Beliefs
Christopher McCarroll
Ying-Tung Lin
Fri 13:20-15:10P / M
E
Seminar in Philosophy IAlexandre Erler
Fri 15:30-17:30P
G

Spring Semester, 2022

Course TitleInstructorTimeNotes
Introduction to Qualitative Research MethodsAngel HoMon 13:00-16:00P
G
Cognitive Neuroscience of AgingLi-Hung ChangMon 15:30-17:20P
G
The Concerto of Brain Science and HumanitiesJ. C. HsiehMon 15:30-17:20G

LogicChi-Yen LiuMon 17:30-19:20
P / U
O
Logic Chi-Yen LiuTue 08:00-09:50P
U
Personal Identity and EthicsAlexandre Erler
Mon 16:30-19:20P / M
E
Critical and Creative ThinkingYing-Tung Lin
Jonathon Hricko
Karen Yan
Michael Stuart
Jack Yang
Tue 08:00-09:50
Tue 17:30-19:20
Wed 17:30-19:20
Thu 10:10-12:00
Thu 17:30-19:20
P
U
O
E
Human-Centered Care and TechnologyKaren YanTue 15:30-18:20P
M
Issues in Philosophy of MemoryChristopher McCarrollWed 09:00-12:00P / M
E
Philosophy of Engineering:
from Biomedicine to Space and Back
Michael Stuart
Wed 13:00-16:00P / M
E
Introduction to PhilosophyKai-Yuan ChengThu 10:00-12:00P
U
English Academic Writing for Graduate StudentsAngel HoThu 10:00-12:00G

The Ethics of Artificial IntelligenceAlexandre Erler
Thu 10:00-12:00P / U
E
Philosophy of Mind and CognitionChristopher McCarrollThu 13:20-15:10P / U
E
DispositionKai-Yuan ChengThu 13:00-16:00P
M
Philosophy of Pain and SufferingYing-Tung LinFri 10:00-13:00P / M
O
Interdisciplinary Research MethodsKaren Yan
Michael Stuart
Fri 14:20-15:10P / M
E
Seminar in Philosophy IIMichael Stuart
Fri 15:30-17:30P
G

Fall Semester, 2021

Course TitleInstructorTimeNotes
LogicChi-Yen LiuMon
13:20-16:20
Tue
08:00-10:00
U
P
AI, Mind and ValueYing-Tung LinMon
17:30-19:20
U
P
Scientific Imagination and CreativityMichael StuartTue
15:30-18:20
P
M
Argumentative EssaysJonathon Hricko Wed
13:20-15:10
G
Philosophy of WittgensteinKai-Yuan ChengWed
15:30-18:20
M
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and
Philosophy: Philosophy of Molecular Biology
Kai-Yuan ChengThu
08:00-10:00
U
Introduction to PhilosophyKai-Yuan ChengThu
10:00-12:00
U
Value, Morality, and the Future SocietyYuan-J YangThu
10:00-12:00
U
P
Philosophy of Cognitive Neuroscience in
Practice
Karen YanThu
14:20-17:20
P
M
Philosophy of Human-Computer InteractionYing-Tung LinFri 
10:00-13:00
P
M
Philosophy of Science and TechnologyMichael StuartFri 
13:20-15:10
U
P
Seminar in Philosophy IYing-Tung LinFri 
17:30-19:20
P
G

Spring Semester, 2021

Course TitleInstructorTimeNotes
Scientific RealismJonathon HrickoMon
13:20-16:20
G

LogicWen-Fang
Wang
Tue
08:00-10:00
U

Critical ThinkingJonathon HrickoTue
10:00-12:00
U
P
Seminar in Philosophical Logics IIWen-Fang WangTue
10:00-12:00
G

Vagueness and the Sorites ParadoxWen-Fang
Wang
Tue
13:20-16:20
G

Brain, Mind and PhilosophyYing-Tung LinTue
17:30-19:20
U
P
Introduction to Theory of ComputationPo-An ChenWed
10:00-13:00
G / P
O
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy:
Philosophy of Molecular Biology
Kai-Yuan ChengThu
08:00-10:00
U
Philosophy of MindKai-Yuan
Cheng
Thu
10:00-12:00
U
Value, Morality, and the Future SocietyYuan-J YangThu
10:00-12:00
U
P
Philosophy of CaringKaren YanThu
10:00-12:00
U
Philosophy of SelfKai-Yuan ChengThu
13:20-16:20
M
Philosophy of the Sciences of Mind and BrainKaren YanThu
16:30-19:20
P
M
Topics in Philosophy of Mind: Pain and SufferingYing-Tung
Lin
Fri 
09:00-12:00
M
Seminar in Philosophy IIYing-Tung
Lin
Fri 
15:30-17:20
G
Seminar on Philosophy, Intelligence, Brain and Mind ⅡYing-Tung
Lin
Fri 
15:30-17:20
U
P
EpistemologyH. Y. ChengFri 
09:00-12:00

Fall Semester, 2020

Course Title Instructor TimeNotes
AI, Self and ConsciousnessYing-Tung LinMon
17:30-19:20
U
P
Introduction to ConsciousnessYing-Tung LinMon
17:30-19:20
U
LogicWen-Fang WangTue
08:00-10:00
U
Seminar on Philosophical LogicsWen-Fang WangTue
10:00-12:00
G
Consciousness and the SelfYing-Tung LinTue 
14:00-17:00
M
Logic and Its Applications in Information and
Communication Technology
Wen-Fang WangTue 
15:30-17:20
U
P
MetaphysicsWen-Fang WangWed
10:00-13:00
G
Argumentative EssaysJonathon HrickoWed
13:20-15:10
U
G
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Logical Analysis of Life ScienceKai-Yuan ChengThu
08:00-10:00
U
Chinese and Western Comparative PhilosophiesKai-Yuan ChengThu
10:00-12:00
U
Value Theories of Mind, Life and DeathKaren YanThu
10:00-12:00
U
AI and Human SocietyYuan-J YangThu
13:20-15:10
U
P
Philosophy of LanguageKai-Yuan ChengThu 
13:20-16:20
M
Philosophical Issues about the COVID-19 PandemicKaren YanFri 
13:00-16:00
G
Seminar in Philosophy IKaren YanFri 
16:00-18:00
G

Spring Semester, 2020

Course Title          InstructorTimeNotes
PanpsychismAllen Y. HoungMon13:30-16:30G

Self and Personal IdentityKai-Yuan ChengMon
17:30-20:30
M
Critical ThinkingJonathon HrickoTue
10:00-12:00
U
P
Introduction to Philosophy of ScienceKaren YanTue
10:00-12:00
U
P
Value, Morality, and the Future SocietyYuan-J YangWed
13:20-15:10
U
P
Platonism in Ancient and Modern Times Thomas BendaWed
14:00-17:00
G

Brain, Mind and PhilosophyYing-Tung LinWed
17:30-19:20
U

Mutidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Logical Analysis of Life ScienceKai-Yuan ChengThu
08:00-10:00
U
Philosophy of CaringKaren YanThu
10:00-12:00
U

Ethics, Neuroscience, & SocietyAleksandra Mroczko-WasowiczThu
10:00-12:00
U

Introduction to EthicsThomas BendaThu
13:20-15:10
U

LogicJonathon HrickoThu
13:20-15:10
U

Philosophy of MindYing-Tung LinThu
14:00-17:00
M
NeuroethicsAleksandra Mroczko-WasowiczFri
08:00-11:00
G
Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity in Mind and Brain SciencesKaren YanFri
13:00-16:00
M
Seminar in Philosophy IIKaren YanFri
16:00-18:00
G