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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Fall 2018 |
Registration ID | ICPRH223A001 |
Course Title | Mental Affliction: The Disease of Thought |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Health Studies |
Instructor | Benston,Susan |
Times and Days | T 07:30pm-10:00pm
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Room Location | GST101 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2352 Drawing on illness memoirs, literary fiction, case histories, and essays in neuroscience, physics, and philosophy of mind, this course will explore how far the vehicle of language can transport us into turbulent mental landscapes without itself breaking down. The syllabus will feature selections from numerous authors such as Nancy Andreasen, John Barth, Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Coover, Antonio Damasio, Daniel Dennett, Julie Holland, Clarice Lispector, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Nagel, Steven Pinker, Fernando Pessoa, Elyn Saks, Lawrence Shainberg, Max Tegmark, and Lu Xun.; Crosslisted: Health Studies, Independent College Programs; Enrollment Limit: 15 Humanities, B: Analysis of the Social World, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (; Hav: HU, B, A) |
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