Philosophy 4610: Philosophy of Mind

 

Course Syllabus

 

Reading Questionnaires

Reading Questionnaire #1 - Due 1/22/08

Reading Questionnaire #2 - Due 1/29/08

Reading Questionnaire #3 - Due 2/5/08

Reading Questionnaire #4 - Due 2/12/08 (Corrected version)

Reading Questionnaire #5 - Due 2/26/08

Reading Questionnaire #6 - Due 3/11/08

Reading Questionnaire #7 - Due 3/25/08

Reading Questionnaire #8 - Due 4/1/08

Reading Questionnaire #9 - Due 4/8/08

Reading Questionnaire #10 - Due 4/15/08

Reading Questionnaire #11 - Due 4/22/08

 

Lecture Notes

Descartes: Second Meditation

Descartes: Sixth Meditation

Descartes: The Passions of the Soul

Ryle: Descartes' Myth

Carnap: Psychology in Physical Language

Putnam: Brains and Behavior

Smart: Sensations and Brain Processes

Putnam: Minds, Brains, and Machines

Block: The Computer Model of Mind

Hofstadter: Prelude, Ant Fugue

Block: Troubles with Functionalism

Churchland: Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes

Turing: Computing Machinery and Intelligence

Searle: Minds, Brains, and Programs

Dreyfus: AI at an Impasse

Nagel: What is it Like to be a Bat?

Jackson: Epiphenomenal Qualia

Dennett: Quining Qualia

McGinn: Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?

 

 

PowerPoint Slides

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

 

Paper Prompts and Exam Guidelines

Paper #1 - DUE 2/19/08 in class

Paper #2 - DUE 4/10/08 in class

Midterm Guidelines for midterm: 2/28/08

FINAL EXAM GUIDELINES (FINAL 5/5/08): CORRECTED VERSION

 

Reserve Readings

Block: "The Computer Model of the Mind"

Marr: "Vision"

Loebner Prize Transcripts

Dreyfus: From Micro-Worlds to Knowledge Representation I

Dreyfus: From Micro-Worlds to Knowledge Representation II

Some transcripts of AI "personalities": ELIZA, PERRY, RACTER