PHIL209N

Know Thyself: Wisdom Through Cognitive Science

How do we improve our decision-making and overcome our weaknesses and biases? Theory and data from cognitive science regarding these shortcomings will be reviewed, and strategies for addressing them proposed. Students will consider how the findings impact various facets of human life.

Sister Courses: PHIL209A, PHIL209B, PHIL209C, PHIL209D, PHIL209E, PHIL209F, PHIL209G, PHIL209I, PHIL209J, PHIL209M, PHIL209T, PHIL209U

Past Semesters

Peter Carruthers

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Average rating: 4.00

Include P/F semesters 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 3.19 between 945 students*

A-: 20.32%

A: 15.77%

A+: 4.13%

B-: 9.1%

B: 18.73%

B+: 22.01%

C-: 0.63%

C: 0.74%

C+: 2.65%

D-: 0.42%

D: 0.32%

D+: 0.11%

F: 0.42%

W: 4.13%

other: 0.53%

* "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.