Philosophy 3 - The Nature of Mind
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Lectures:
1. Foundations
Friday August 24th. Introduction.
Monday August 27th. No lecture.
Wednesday August 29st. No lecture.
Friday August 31st. No lecture.
Monday September 3rd. Academic and Administrative Holiday.
Wednesday September 5th. Descartes, Second and Sixth Meditations.
Friday September 7th. Ryle, 'Descartes' Myth'.
Monday September 10th. Putnam,‘Brains and Behavior’.
2. Functionalism
Wednesday September 12th. Putnam, ‘The Nature of Mental States’.
Friday September 14th. Block, 'Troubles with Functionalism'.
Monday September 17th. Nida-Rumelin, ‘Pseudonormal Vision’.
Wednesday September 19th. Nagel, 'Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness'.
Friday September 21st. Searle, 'Can Computers Think?'.
Monday September 24th. Review.
3. Consciousness
Wednesday September 26th. Nagel, 'What is it Like to be a Bat?'.
Friday September 28th. Nagel, 'What is it Like to be a Bat?'.
Monday October 1st. Nagel, 'What is it Like to be a Bat?'.
Wednesday October 3rd. Jackson, 'Epiphenomenal Qualia'.
Friday, October 5th. Jackson, 'Epiphenomenal Qualia'.
Monday, October 8th. Huxley, ‘On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and Its History’.
Wednesday, October 10th. Huxley, ‘On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and Its History’.
Friday, October 12th. Review. ESSAY 1 DUE.
4. Personal Identity
Monday, October 15th. Review.
Wednesday, October 17th. Locke, 'Of Identity and Diversity', §15 and §23.
Friday, October 19th. Locke, 'Of Identity and Diversity', §15 and §23.
Monday, October 22nd. Williams, 'The Self and the Future'.
Wednesday, October 24th. Williams, 'The Self and the Future'.
Friday, October 26th. Williams, 'The Self and the Future'.
Monday, October 29th. Hume, 'Of Personal Identity'.
Wednesday, October 31st. Parfit, 'Personal Identity'.
Friday November 2nd. Parfit, 'Personal Identity'.
Monday November 5th. Parfit, 'Personal Identity'.
5. Psychological Explanation
Wednesday November 7th. Churchland, 'Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes'.
Friday November 9th. Churchland, 'Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes'.
Monday November 12th. Academic and Administrative Holiday.
Wednesday November 14th. Churchland, 'Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes'.
Friday November 16th. Review
Monday November 19th. Dennett, 'True Believers'. ESSAY 2 DUE.
Wednesday November 21st. Dennett, 'True Believers'.
Friday November 23rd. Thanksgiving.
Monday November 26th. Clark and Chalmers, 'The Extended Mind'.
Wednesday November 28th. Clark and Chalmers, 'The Extended Mind'.
Friday November 30th. Review.