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As the semester progresses, I may make some changes
in this schedule. These will be announced in class.
You do not need to bring the
textbook with you to class.
8/31 René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy (II & VI), pp. 10-20
9/7: René Descartes, Letter to More: 5 February 1649 (Packet)
Reactions to Descartes’ Legacy: The Problem of Other
Minds and Behaviorism
9/12 Bertrand
Russell, Analogy, pp. 667-669
Norman
Malcolm, Knowledge of Other Minds (Packet)
9/14 Gilbert Ryle, Descartes
Myth, pp. 32-39
Paul Bloom, The Dual Between Body and Soul (Handout)
Alternatives to Dualism: Identity and Functionalism
9/19 J. J. C. Smart, Sensations and Brain Processes, pp. 60-67
9/21 Jerry Fodor, The Mind-Body Problem (Packet)
9/26 D. M. Armstrong, The Causal Theory of the Mind, pp. 80-87
10/3 Debate: Dualism vs.
Materialism
Option
A: First Mid-Term Exam Due
Alternatives to Mental Realism: Instrumentalism and
Eliminativism
10/5 Daniel Dennett, True Believers: The Intentional Strategy and Why it Works, pp. 556-568
10/10 Paul
Churchland, Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes, pp.
568-580
Option
A: Peer Review Due
10/12 Lynne Rudder Baker, Cognitive Suicide (Packet)
Can Computer’s Think?
10/17 Alan
Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence, excerpt (Packet)
Option B: 4-5 Page Small Paper Due
10/19 John Searle, Can Computers Think? pp. 669-675
10/24 Margaret A. Boden, Escaping from the Chinese Room (Packet)
10/26 Debate: Can Computers Think?
Intentionality and Mental Content: Internalism vs.
Externalism
10/31 Hilary
Putnam, The Meaning of ‘Meaning’, excerpt, pp. 581-596
11/2 Tyler
Burge, Individualism and the Mental, excerpt, pp. 597-607
Option
A: Second Mid-Term Exam Due
11/7 Michael McKinsey, Anti-Individualism and Privileged Access, pp. 634-638
11/9 Andy
Clark and David Chalmers, The Extended Mind, pp. 643-651
Option
A: Peer Review Due
Mental Causation
11/14 Jaegwon
Kim, The Many Problems of Mental Causation, pp. 170-179
Option B: Paper Topic Due
11/16 Stephen Yablo, Mental Causation, pp. 179-196.
Consciousness
11/21 David
Chalmers, Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness
http://consc.net/papers/facing.html
Option B: First Draft Due (8-10 Pages)
11/23 Class Cancelled
11/28 Frank
Jackson, Epiphenomenal Qualia, pp. 273-280
Option B: Peer Reviews Due
11/30 Colin McGinn, Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?, p. 394-405
12/5 Daniel Dennett, Quining Qualia, pp. 226-246
12/7 Debate: Consciousness and Its Place in Nature
12/14 Final Paper Due