Day
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Topic
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Handouts
and
Class Notes
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Readings
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Assignments
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What is a mind?
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1/13 (W)
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Introduction to Class
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Syllabus
Participation Rubric
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No Readings
In class, we will look at two things, namely the first page of this article by
Frank Jackson entitled "What Mary Didn't Know" and several minutes
of this
interview with Jesse Prinz
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1/18 (M)
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Dualism |
Class
Notes
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Descartes'
Meditations (excerpts)
Reading
Questions
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Reading
Response Paper 1 Due Dates Start (Continuing on Through 2/15 Depending
on Student)
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1/20 (W)
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Idealism and Neutral Monism
and
Discussion of How to Write an Abstract
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Sample
Abstracts
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Berkeley's
Treatise of the
Principles of Human Nature
Bertrand
Russell's "Physics and Neutral Monism"
Reading
Questions
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1/25 (M)
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Behaviorism
and
Discussion of Retaining Material
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Class Notes
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Peter C. Brown Et. Al.'s Make it Stick (Excerpts)
Carl
G. Hempel's "The
Logical Analysis of Psychology"
Reading
Questions
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1/27 (W)
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Hilary
Putnam's "Brains and Behaviour"
Reading
Questions
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Abstracts
Due
Note: Quiz 1 was today
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2/1 (M)
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Identity Theory
and
Peer Feedback on Abstracts |
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U. T. Place's "Is Consciousness a Brain Process?"
Group 1's Abstracts:
Andrew
Audrey
Brian
Derek
Jack
Group 2's Abstracts:
Jesse
Julia
Kaya
Ke
Nate
Reading
Questions
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2/3 (W)
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J. J.
Smart's "Sensations and Brain Processes"
Reading
Questions
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2/8 (M)
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Functionalism
and
Discussion of Poster Sessions
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Some links on poster sessions in philosophy:
Discussion
of Poster Sessions at a Philosophy Blog called "Daily Nous" That
Explains Some Advantages of Them and Offers Some Video Examples
Discussion
of Poster Sessions at another Philosophy Blog called "The Philosophers'
Cocoon" That Includes Some Tips in the Comments
A
Website from the Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (A Philosophy
Conference) that Explains Why They Hold Poster Sessions and Offers Some
Links to Websites Talking About How To Create Good Poster Sessions
Website
From the Association For the Scientific Study of Consciousness that Has
Some Tips
Hilary
Putnam's "The Nature of Mental States"
Reading
Questions
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2/10 (W)
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Ned
Block's "Troubles With Functionalism"
Reading
Questions
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Note: Quiz 2
was today
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2/15 (M)
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Eliminativism
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Interview with Patricia Churchland
Peter
Unger's "I Do Not Exist"
Interview
with Keith Frankish
Questions
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Some other traditional debates
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2/17 (W)
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Poster Sessions
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No Readings
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Posters Due
for Some (namely Andrew, Audrey, Derek, Jack, and Kay)
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2/22 (M)
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To what degree is the content of our thoughts determined by
our external environment?
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Sarah
Sawyer's "Internalism and Externalism in Mind"
Reading
Questions
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Reading
Response Paper 2 Due Dates Start (Continuing on Through 3/30 Depending on Student) |
2/24 (W)
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Class canceled
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2/29 (M)
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Justin
Fisher's "Why Nothing Mental is Just in the Head"
Reading
Questions
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3/2 (W)
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Poster Sessions
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No Readings
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Posters Due
for Others (namely Brian, Jesse, Julia, Kaya, and Nate)
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3/14 (M)
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Can we know that others have minds? If so, how?
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Anita Avramides's "Overview" from Other Minds
Reading
Questions
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3/16 (W)
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What is the nature and function of emotions?
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Peter Goldie's
"Emotion"
Reading
Questions
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Note: Quiz 3
was today
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| 3/18 (F) |
This
class session is optional. There are no readings. We will meet in 102
Pasquerilla Center at the normal time (9:30 - 10:45). Here are the slides
from today in case you're curious (obviously there won't be any quiz
questions on them or anything).
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3/21 (M)
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In class we'll look at several examples in which people
present philosophy, the first is here and the
second is here |
David
Sander and Klaus R. Scherer's The
Oxford Compantion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences (excerpts)
Reading
Questions
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3/23 (W)
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What are some of the key debates in philosophy of mind in
Asian traditions?
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Class
notes
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Jay L.
Garfield's "Consciousness" from Engaging Buddhism
Reading
Questions
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3/30 (W)
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"Yogacara" by
John Powers
Reading
Questions
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Recorded
Presentations Due Dates Start (Continuing on Through 4/18, Depending on Student)
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Some contemporary debates
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4/4 (M)
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Are cases of normal perception and
hallucination/misperception radically different?
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Andrew's presentation: Stream or Download
"Introduction"
from Disjunctivism by Alex Byrne and Heather Logue
Questions
Suggestions
for Audiences of a Philosophy Q and A
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Reading Response Paper 3 Due Dates
Start (Continuing on Through 4/25 Depending on
Student)
Andrew's Q and A is today
Note: Quiz 4 was today
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4/6 (W)
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Kaya's presentation: Stream or Download
Questions
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Kaya's Q and A is today
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4/11 (M)
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Class
Notes
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Jesse's presentation:
Stream
or Download
Julia's Presentation:
Stream
or Download
"The
Philosophy and Psychology of Hallucination: An Introduction" by
Fiona Macpherson
Questions
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Jesse's Q and A is today
Julia's Q and A is today
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4/13 (W)
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What can mental disorders tell us about minds and their
properties?
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Class
Notes
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Derek's presentation: Stream or Download
Nate's presentation:
Stream or
Download
"How
psychopaths threaten moral rationalism: Is it irrational to be amoral?"
by Shaun Nichols
Questions
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Note: Quiz 5
was today
Derek's Q and A is today
Nate's Q and A is today
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4/18 (M)
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Class
Notes
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Audrey's presentation: Stream or Download
Brian's presentation:
Stream
or Download
"Minding
the Missing Me" by George Graham
Questions
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Audrey's Q and A is today.
Brian's Q and A is today.
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4/20 (W)
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How are we
conscious of time and space? |
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Jack's
presentation: Stream
or Download
"Stopped
clocks, silent telephones and sense data: Some problems of time
perception'' by Robin Le Poidevin
Questions
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Jack's Q and A is today
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4/25 (M)
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Kay's presentation:
Stream or
Download
"Do
things look the way they feel?" by John Schwenkler
Questions
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Note: Quiz 6
was today
Kay's Q and A is today.
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4/26
(Tu) Note: Not a Class
Day
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Final Paper
Due |
4/27 (W)
Concluding Discussion. Note: we're meeting at
7:30 PM in 143 DeBartolo.
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