CONSCIOUSNESS SEMINAR
PHL 860

Fall 2005

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11/3 Papers: Jenny & Sam Commentators: Michael & Jason	Higher Order Thought (HOT) David Rosenthal, Explaining Consciousness http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cogsci/explg.pdf Fred Dretske, Conscious Experience, pp. 773-788 Sydney Shoemaker, Introspection and Phenomenal Character (handout)
11/10 Papers: Kwang-Su & Aaron Commentators: Erin & Sam	Intentionalism Ned Block, Mental Paint, http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/papers/mentalpaint.pdf Michael Tye, Inverted Earth, Swampman, And Representationism http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/consciousness97/papers/tye/inverto.html Alex Byrne, Intentionalism Defended, http://mit.edu/abyrne/www/Intentionalism.pdf
11/17 Papers: Jenny & Collett Commentators: Karen & Lisa	Consciousness in a Medical Context Multi-Society Task Force on PVS, Medical Aspects of the PVS http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/330/21/1499 A. A. Howsepian, Multi-Society Consensus Statement on the PVS: A Critical Assessment (handout) Grant Gillett, Wittgenstein’s Startling Claim: Consciousness and the Persistent Vegetative State (handout)
11/22	Paper Proposal Due (one paragraph)
11/29	First Draft of Paper Due
12/1 Paper: Michael Commentator: Noel	More Modal Arguments John Searle, Breaking the Hold: Silicon Brains, Conscious Robots, & Other Minds, pp. 493-502 Stephen Yablo, Is Conceivability a Guide to Possibility? (handout)
12/6	Peer Reviews due by e-mail
12/8 Paper: Jennifer Commentator: Erin	Conceptual Analysis Frank Jackson, Armchair Metaphysics (handout) (at Jennifer’s House)
12/15	Final Paper Due (Negotiable)