In this academy, Sam Coleman will dig into the unconscious mind and argue that it holds a much greater influence over us than current thinkers choose to accept; a radical proposal that will force us to confront the world in a completely different way.

By the end of the course, you will have learnt:

• The difference between the conscious and unconscious.
• The kinds of mental objects and physical sensations that count as unconscious.
• How the unconscious can impact our behavior, bias, and decision-making.
• Freud’s view of the unconscious.
• The moral significance of unconscious states and behaviours.

IAI Academy courses are designed to be challenging but accessible to the interested student. No specialist knowledge is required.

Sam Coleman

Sam Coleman is a Philosopher at the University of Hertfordshire in England. He works on topics in the philosophy of mind and is fascinated by the hard problem of consciousness. 

• Coleman, S., The Radical Unconscious: Rethinking Human Behavior, (London: Routledge, 2022).
• Freud, S., The Interpretation of Dreams, (New York: Basic Books, 2010 [1900]).
• Jung, C. G., The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981).
• Lacan, J., Écrits: A Selection, (New York: Norton, 2002).
• Damasio, A. R., Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain, (New York: Putnam, 1994).
• Bargh, J. A., & Chartrand, T. L., The Unconscious Mind, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999).
• Wilson, T. D., Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious, (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2002).