Course Schedule:

Ideally, readings are to be completed by the date on which they appear. At worst, they should be completed before we move on to the next reading. Check back here often, as I will revise and extend the calendar as the semester progresses.

As an aid to reading you may access A Rough Glossary of Some Philosophical Terms.

M&C = Matter and Consciousness, Paul M. Churchland
NoM#n = Selection n in The Nature of Mind, David M. Rosenthal
JSTOR = Available online through JSTOR (click here for instructions)
Handout = To be distributed by me
Bold = Required reading
Italic = Optional reading

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1		 Jan
21		 Introductions.
Jan
23		 What is Philosophy of Mind? A Little of Everything.
M&C - Ch.1
Jan
25		 Dualism.
M&C - Ch.2 Sec.1
NoM#1 - Descartes - selections
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2		 Jan
28
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Feb
1		 Behaviorism. Other Minds. Folk Psychology.
M&C - Ch.2 Sec.2, Ch.3, Ch.4
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3		 Feb
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Feb
8		 Class Cancelled
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4		 Feb
11		 Reductive Materialism/Physicalism/Identity Theory.
M&C - Ch.2 Sec.3
Handout - Place - Is Consciousness a Brain Process?
NoM#17 - Smart - Sensations and Brain Processes
NoM#19 - Armstrong - The Causal Theory of Mind
Feb
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Feb
15
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5		 Feb
18		 Qualia-based Objections to Reductive Materialism/Physicalism/Identity Theory.
NoM#46 - Nagel - What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
JSTOR - Jackson - Epiphenomenal Qualia
Feb
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Feb
22		 A Response to Nagel/Jackson.
JSTOR - Churchland - Reduction, Qualia, and the Direct Introspection of Brain States
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6		 Feb
25
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Mar
1		 Functionalism.
M&C - Ch.2 Sec.4
NoM#21 - Putnam - The Nature of Mental States
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7		 Mar
4
Mar
6		 NoM#23 - Block - Troubles with Functionalism
Mar
8
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8		 Mar
11		 Handout - Lycan - The Continuity of Levels of Nature
Mar
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15
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9		 Mar
18		 SPRING
Mar
20		 BREAK
Mar
22		 !!!!!
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10		 Mar
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Mar
27		 Eliminative Materialism.
M&C - Ch.2 Sec.5
NoM#61 - Churchland - Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes
Mar
29		 Paper 1 Due in Class
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11		 Apr
1		 Intentionality and the Structure of Thought.
NoM#31 - Chisholm - Intentional Inexsistence
M&C - Ch.3 Sec.3-4
Apr
3
Apr
5		 NoM#35 - Fodor - Propositional Attitudes
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12		 Apr
8
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12		 NoM#36 - Dennett - True Believers & Postscript
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13		 Apr
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Apr
17		 NoM#55 - Searle - Minds, Brains, and Programs & Fodor-Searle exchange (up to p.526)
Apr
19		 Handout - Churchland & Churchland - Could a Machine Think?
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14		 Apr
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26
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15		 Apr
29
May
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May
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