Phil 153: Philosophy of Mind - Spring 2017 (all readings available on SacCT)
Self & Personal Identity
Session 3, 1/31: Parfit, Derek. 1984. Reasons and Persons (excerpt 1)
Session 4, 2/2: Doris, John. 2015. Talking to Ourselves (excerpt)
Session 5, 2/7: Parfit, Derek. 1984. Reasons and Persons (excerpt 2)
Session 4, 2/2: Doris, John. 2015. Talking to Ourselves (excerpt)
Session 5, 2/7: Parfit, Derek. 1984. Reasons and Persons (excerpt 2)
Dualism
Session 6, 2/9: Descartes, René. 1911. Meditations on First Philosophy (Mediations II & V)
Session 7, 2/14:
Elisabeth of Bohemia, letter from 1643
McWeeny, Jen. 2011. Princess Elisabeth and the MInd-Body Problem
Session 7, 2/14:
Elisabeth of Bohemia, letter from 1643
McWeeny, Jen. 2011. Princess Elisabeth and the MInd-Body Problem
Behaviorism
Session 8, 2/16: Ryle, Gilbert.1949.The Concept of Mind ("Descartes' Myth" excerpt)
Identity Theory & Physicalism
Session 9, 2/21:
Smart, J.J.C. 1959. Sensations and Brain Processes
Antony, Louise. 2009. The Mental and The Physical (pp. 555-556)
Smart, J.J.C. 1959. Sensations and Brain Processes
Antony, Louise. 2009. The Mental and The Physical (pp. 555-556)
Functionalism
Session 10, 2/23: Putnam, Hillary. 1967. Psychological Predicates
Session 11, 2/28: Clark, Andy. 2001. Mindware (chapter 1)
Session 11, 2/28: Clark, Andy. 2001. Mindware (chapter 1)
Machine Thinking
Session 12, 3/2: Searle, John. 1980. Minds, Brains, and Computers
Consciousness
Session 13, 3/7:
Nagel, Thomas. 1974. What is it like to be a bat?
Antony, Louise. 2009. The Mental and the Physical (pp. 557-559)
Session 14, 3/9: Blackmore, Susan. 2003. What is it like to be...?
Session 15, 3/14: Alter, Torin & Howell, Robert J. 2009: A Dialogue on Consciousness (excerpt)
Session 16, 3/16, Schwitzgebel, Eric. 2015. If Materialism is True, The United States is Probably Conscious.
Nagel, Thomas. 1974. What is it like to be a bat?
Antony, Louise. 2009. The Mental and the Physical (pp. 557-559)
Session 14, 3/9: Blackmore, Susan. 2003. What is it like to be...?
Session 15, 3/14: Alter, Torin & Howell, Robert J. 2009: A Dialogue on Consciousness (excerpt)
Session 16, 3/16, Schwitzgebel, Eric. 2015. If Materialism is True, The United States is Probably Conscious.
Imperfect Cognitions (I take this title from Lisa Bortolotti's research and associated projects)
Session 17, 3/28: Ramachandran, V.S. & Blakeslee, Sandra. 2007. The Unbearable Likeness of Being
Session 18, 3/30: Borges, Jorge Luis. 1962. Funes The Memorious
Session 19, 4/4: Miller, Gregory A. 2010. Mistreating Psychology in The Decades of The Brain
Session 18, 3/30: Borges, Jorge Luis. 1962. Funes The Memorious
Session 19, 4/4: Miller, Gregory A. 2010. Mistreating Psychology in The Decades of The Brain
Aliens Minds
Session 23, 4/18:
De Waal, Frans. 2016. What I learned from tickling apes (here)
Gopnik, Alison. 2016. How Animals Think (here)
Session 24, 4/20: Calvo Garzón, Paco. 2007. The Quest for Cognition in Plant Neurobiology
Session 25, 4/25: Clark, Andy & Chalmers, David. 1998. The Extended Mind
De Waal, Frans. 2016. What I learned from tickling apes (here)
Gopnik, Alison. 2016. How Animals Think (here)
Session 24, 4/20: Calvo Garzón, Paco. 2007. The Quest for Cognition in Plant Neurobiology
Session 25, 4/25: Clark, Andy & Chalmers, David. 1998. The Extended Mind