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Dibs Fall 2026

PHILOS 7

Introduction to Philosophy of Mind

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introductory study of philosophical issues about nature of the mind and its relation to the body, including materialism, functionalism, behaviorism, determinism and free will, nature of psychological knowledge. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.33
n = 962 · 6 terms · ± 0.018
A range
49%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
4%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
1.8%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Closed
203 of 203
100% full
 fills TR 12:30pm-1:45pm Armstrong, J.D.
3.84n=277 · this instructor

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 28421F
  • 24423F
  • 28725S
Enrolment by term: 21F 284, 23F 244, 25S 287
Peak 287 Most recent 287 in 25S 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 43 · 4.2%
  • A 300 · 29.5%
  • A- 127 · 12.5%
  • B+ 134 · 13.2%
  • B 152 · 15.0%
  • B- 97 · 9.5%
  • C+ 46 · 4.5%
  • C 31 · 3.1%
  • C- 17 · 1.7%
  • D+ 2 · 0.2%
  • D 3 · 0.3%
  • F 10 · 1.0%
  • P 36 · 3.5%
  • S 1 · 0.1%
  • I 15 · 1.5%
  • DR 2 · 0.2%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
RESCORLA, MICHAEL ARTHUR 3.01 3.00 552 3 24%
ARMSTRONG, JOSHUA DAVID 3.84 3.86 277 1 90%
LAWRENCE, GAVIN 3.58 3.61 133 2 65%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term