PHIL202

Know Thyself: Wisdom Through Cognitive Science

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Credit only granted for: PHIL209N or PHIL202. Formerly: PHIL209N. How do we improve our decision making? Cognitive science demonstrates that self-knowledge isn't as easy as we think, and that there are numerous biases and fallacies that impact our decision-making in ways that are hard for us to be aware of. In this course you will learn what some of these are and how they have been discovered, and you will explore potential strategies for avoiding these fallacies and for making wiser choices.

Spring 2026

Peter Carruthers

16 reviews
Average rating: 3.69

Winter 2026

Xiaohui Yu

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Fall 2025

Peter Carruthers

16 reviews
Average rating: 3.69

Summer 2025

Arundhati Chakraborty

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Spring 2025

Peter Carruthers

16 reviews
Average rating: 3.69

Past Semesters

Michael McCourt

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Peter Carruthers

16 reviews
Average rating: 3.69

Peter Carruthers

16 reviews
Average rating: 3.69

Michael McCourt

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Michael McCourt

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Aida Roige Mas

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Peter Carruthers

16 reviews
Average rating: 3.69

Aida Roige Mas

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Peter Carruthers

16 reviews
Average rating: 3.69

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.15 between 827 students*

PHIL202 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 25.76%
A: 15.72%
A+: 3.51%
B-: 8.83%
B: 13.3%
B+: 19.47%
C-: 1.21%
C: 2.06%
C+: 2.78%
D-: 0.24%
D: 0.24%
D+: 0.6%
F: 0.85%
W: 4.96%
other: 0.48%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.