Philosophy 3 - The Nature of Mind
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Philosophy 3 - The Nature of Mind | |
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Lectures:
1. Foundations
Tuesday January 20th. Introduction
Thursday January 22nd. Descartes, Second and Sixth Meditations.
Tuesday January 27th. Huxley, ‘On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and Its History’; Smullyan, ‘An Unfortuate Dualist’.
Thursday January 29th. Ryle, ‘Descartes’ Myth’.
Tuesday February 3rd. Putnam,‘Brains and Behavior’.
Thursday February 5th. Smart, ‘Sensations and Brain Processes’.
2. Functionalism
Tuesday February 10th. Putnam, ‘The Nature of Mental States’.
Thursday February 12th. Armstrong, ‘The Causal Theory of the Mind’.
Tuesday February 17th. Block, ‘Troubles with Functionalism’.
Thursday February 19th. Nida-Rumelin, ‘Pseudonormal Vision’.
Tuesday February 24th. Nagel, 'Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness'.
Thursday February 26th. Searle, 'Can Computers Think?'.
Tuesday March 3rd. Review. ESSAY 1 DUE
3. Consciousness
Thursday March 5th. Nagel, 'What is it Like to be a Bat?'.
Tuesday March 10th. Nagel, 'What is it Like to be a Bat?'.
Thursday March 12th. Jackson, 'Epiphenomenal Qualia'.
Tuesday March 17th. Jackson, 'Epiphenomenal Qualia'.
Thursday March 19th. No lecture.
Tuesday March 24th. Spring recess.
Thursday March 26th. Spring recess.
Tuesday March 31st. Levine, 'Materialism and Qualia'.
Thursday April 2nd. Levine, 'Materialism and Qualia'.
4. Intentionality
Tuesday April 7th. Churchland, 'Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes'.
Thursday April 9th. Dennett, 'True Believers'. ESSAY 2 DUE.
Tuesday April 14th. Dennett, 'True Believers'.
Thursday April 16th. Clark and Chalmers, 'The Extended Mind'.
5. Personal Identity
Tuesday April 21st. Williams, 'The Self and the Future'.
Thursday April 23rd. Williams, 'The Self and the Future'.
Tuesday April 28th. Parfit, 'Personal Identity'.
Thursday April 30th. Parfit, 'Personal Identity'.
Tuesday May 5th. No lecture.
Thursday May 7th. No lecture.