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Introductions

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Introductory session

This session is very much an introductory session in which you will learn about your tutor, your fellow students, your subject matter and the course you are studying.

In particular, though, in this session you will be introduced to the activity of reading philosophy. Not just reading any old philosophy, but reading the academic papers of real philosophers of mind, papers that have been extremely influential in forming the thinking of current day philosophers of mind.

But let’s start by introducing ourselves to each other:

The author:

Name

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Introductions

Attempt this exercise before the end of Monday of Week 1.

This is where you get to do some work! Please go to the Introductions forum and introduce yourself to us. When you get there you will find that your tutor has already started this process off. Tell us who you are, where you live and anything else about yourself you think might interest us (family, hobbies, work…). In particular, though, tell us why you are interested in this course.

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