ࡱ> RTQ 0bjbjRR J00( CCCCCWWWW8$DW"LCCCCC"e q !#^CyCCy}CCCC~CCCCy|CCZ{qW6v0H $ $$ZCZyyy :   Philosophy 0352: Philosophy of Mind Syllabus John Spackman Spring 2013 Office: Twilight 309 Phone: x 3271 E-mail: jspackma@middlebury.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 1:30-3:00, Thursday 11:00-12:30, or by appointment Class Meeting Times: MW 12:15-1:30 Discussion sections: F 9:05-9:55, 10:10-11:00, 11:15-12:05 Course Description and Objectives What is the nature of the mind, and how does it relate to the body and more specifically the brain? Could computers ever think? Do animals have mental and emotional lives? One of the main goals of 20th-Century philosophy has been to overcome the kind of dualism of mind and matter advocated by Descartes, which has had a great influence on the way we think about the mind. The result has been an often surprising rethinking of some of our most fundamental conceptions about the nature of the mind, thought, sensation, and the self. In this course we will examine some of the major issues surrounding the question of whether it is possible to develop a unified account of mind and the physical world. A central focus will be on evaluating various attempts to explain the mind in purely physical terms, including the project of artificial intelligence (AI). Can these theories give us a complete understanding of the mind? Other key questions will include: What is the nature of thought, and how is it capable of representing the world? What is consciousness, and can it be explained physically? The main goals of the course are thus to introduce students to some of the main debates in contemporary philosophical theories of the mind; to provide students with the conceptual tools to think critically about issues concerning the nature of the mind and its relation to the physical world; and more generally, to foster the ability to recognize, criticize, and develop philosophical arguments. Texts John Heil, ed., Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology (Heil) Jaegwon Kim, Philosophy of Mind (Kim) Daniel Dennett, Kinds of Minds: Toward an Understanding of Consciousness These books will be available in the bookstore. There will also be a number of readings that will be available on our E-Reserve page, which is most easily accessed via the Course Hub. To get to the Course Hub, just type Course Hub into your browser, or go to  HYPERLINK "http://courses.middlebury.edu/" http://courses.middlebury.edu/. After logging on, you will see a link to E-reserves which you can click. You will then be asked for our course password, which is 4353js. You can then access the readings, and print them out or read them online. Resources Online: There are a variety of online resources that are helpful for clarifying questions you have or doing further reading on topics in the philosophy of mind. Here are some important sources: A reliable and fairly simple source is The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online A slightly more advanced but very good resource is The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Available at  HYPERLINK "http://plato.stanford.edu/" http://plato.stanford.edu/ A very helpful resource with a bibliography of the philosophy of mind and links to many online resources is David Chalmers website:  HYPERLINK "http://consc.net/chalmers" http://consc.net/chalmers See also Wilson, R.A., and F Keil, eds., MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences,  HYPERLINK "http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/login.html" http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/login.html Library: The following texts, available on reserve in the library, may also prove useful for additional reading and research, and for resolving questions: Samuel Guttenplan, ed., A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind Owen Flanagan and Guven Guzeldere, eds., The Nature of Consciousness The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Mind Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett, eds., The Mind's I Course Requirements 5-7 pp. paper on Descartes or Personal Identity (due Monday March 4) 30% Take-home midterm exam on Physicalist Theories of Mind (due Fri. April 5) 30% 6-8 pp. paper (due at the end of term) 30% 5. Participation (including short assignments) 10% The participation grade will reflect your overall effort in the class apart from the other course requirements. It thus includes careful reading of the assignment before class, class participation (both individually and in small group discussions), short assignments, and helping lead the discussion sections. Class Participation While I want to make allowances for those who have difficulty speaking in large groups, I also expect everyone to make a real effort to speak their mind in class. Discussing your own views is the best way to develop a richer understanding of the issues, and also makes an essential contribution to the class. Short Assignments I will generally ask students to turn in a short one-page assignment for each of the discussion sections. These assignments should be brought in hard copy to the discussion section, not emailed to me. There will be a variety of assignments, including phenomenology labs which ask you to examine and reflect on the nature of your own experience. Discussion Leading After the first week or two, the discussion sections will be largely student run that is, students will be responsible for setting the agenda for the discussion sections, posing the crucial questions about the weeks readings, and guiding the discussion. Its up to you to think about how to effectively organize the discussion you may give the class a question, have an open discussion, organize a debate, etc. Be creative! Each student will sign up once during the semester to lead the discussion section, along with one or two partners. The students leading the discussion should prepare a handout detailing the claims, questions, quotations, etc. that you plan to discuss. Policies Availability The readings for this course can be difficult at times, especially for those who have not worked on philosophical writing before. So please feel free to come and talk to me any time if you have questions, or are having difficulty understanding a reading, or just have some thoughts you want to discuss or if you feel like youre just not getting the philosophical approach to things! I enjoy talking about the ideas well be discussing, so please stop by during my office hours or make an appointment. Attendance Attendance is strictly required. More than one unexplained absence may affect your grade. I reserve the right to drop anyone who has missed a large number of classes (3 or more) from the class. If you do miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out about any homework assignments and any changes or additions to the reading assignments. Deadlines Out of fairness to other students, I will grant extensions only in unusual circumstances, and only at least 24 hours before the assignment is due. Assignments turned in late will generally have their grades reduced by one-third of a letter grade per day. Class Schedule (Subject to change) Feb. 11 Introduction: Philosophy and the Philosophy of Mind I. Substance Dualism: The Cartesian Conception of the Mind Feb. 13 Descartes, Meditations 1 (E-Reserve) and 2 (Heil, pp. 36-41) John Pollock, A Brain in a Vat (E-Reserve) Note: No discussion sections on Friday this week, due to Winter Carnival Feb. 18 Descartes, Meditations 6 (Heil, pp. 41-50) Kim, Chapter 2 (Mind as Immaterial Substance: Descartes Dualism) II. Personal Identity: The Nature of the Self Feb. 20 John Locke, Of Identity and Diversity (E-Reseerve) John Perry, A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality, First Night and Second Night (E-Reserve) Feb. 25 Bernard Williams, The Self and the Future (E-Reserve) Perry, A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality, Third Night (E-Reserve) Feb. 27 Derek Parfit, selections from Reasons and Persons (E-Reserve) III. Questioning Substance Dualism: Is a Physicalist Theory of the Mind Possible? A. Logical Behaviorism March 4 Kim, Chapter 3 (Mind and Behavior: Behaviorism) **FIRST PAPER DUE MONDAY MARCH 4th** B. The Psychoneural Identity Theory March 6 Kim, Chapter 4 (Mind as the Brain: The Psychoneural Identity Theory) C. Functionalism March 11 Jerry Fodor, The Mind-Body Problem (Heil) March 13 Kim, Chapter 5 (Mind as a Computing Machine: Machine Functionalism), pp. 129-151 only Also read Chapter 6 (Mind as a Causal System: Causal-Theoretical Functionalism), pp. 179-89 D. Eliminativism and Computational Neuroscience March 18 Kim, Chapter 6, pp. 172-77 Patricia Smith Churchland and Terence Sejnowski, Neural Representation and Neural Computation (E-Reserve) E. Computational Accounts of the Mind: Could Computers Ever Think? March 20 John Searle, Minds, Brains, and Programs (Heil) SPRING BREAK April 1 Paul Churchland, selections from The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul (E-Reserve) IV. The Problem of Consciousness April 3 Frank Jackson, Epiphenomenal Qualia (Heil) David Lewis, What Experience Teaches (E-Reserve) Kim, Chapter 9 (What Is Consciousness?), pp. 271-80 only **TAKE-HOME MIDTERM DUE FRIDAY APRIL 5TH** April 8 David Chalmers, Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness (E-Reserve) Kim, Chapter 10 (Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem) April 10 David Papineau, selection from Thinking About Consciousness (Conceptual Dualism) (E-Reserve) April 15 Evan Thompson, Life Beyond the Gap, from Mind in Life (E-Reserve) V. Mind, Body, and World: Embodied Cognition and Externalism April 17 Alva No, The Dynamics of Consciousness (Chapter 3 of No, Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness) (E-Reserve) April 22 David Chalmers and Andy Clark, The Extended Mind (E-Reserve) Note: No discussion sections on Friday due to Student Research Symposium April 24 Kim, Chapter 9 (Mental Content), pp. 241-58 only VI. Neuroethics and the Ethics of Consciousness April 29 Thomas Metzinger, A New Kind of Ethics, selection from The Ego Tunnel (E-Resserve) VII. Animal Cognition: Do Non-human Animals Have Conscious Thought? 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