Philosophy of Mind

Stanford Bing Overseas Program, Oxford OSPOXFRD 33 Professor: Paul Skokowski Winter / Hilary Term, 2017 Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 PM Office Hours: TBA Texts:

Chalmers, Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings (Chapter references below are to Chalmers unless otherwise noted.)

This is a preliminary schedule and will change. Introduction, Dualism and Epiphenomenalism Week 1

Overview of Course Content, Schedule, Assignments and Grading Descartes, Meditations, Ch. 1 Descartes, Passions of the Soul, Ch. 2 Skokowski, One Philosopher is Correct (Maybe). Australasian Journal of Logic, 2010, 9(1).

Week 2

Malebranche, The Search for Truth Leibniz, The Nature and Communication of Substances (from: New System, and Explanation of the New System) Huxley, On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, Ch. 3 Smullyan, The Unfortunate Dualist, Ch. 4

Logical Positivism and Behaviorism

Week 3

Schlick, Positivism and Realism Ryle, Descartes' Myth, Ch. 5 Carnap, Psychology in Physical Language, Ch. 6 Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, Sec. 293

Mind-Brain Identity Theories

Week 4

Putnam, Brains and Behavior, Ch. 7 Place, Is Consciousness a Brain Process?, Ch. 8 Smart, Sensations and Brain Processes, Ch. 9 Feigl, The Mental and the Physical, Ch. 10

Functionalism

Week 5

Putnam, The Nature of Mental States, Ch. 11 Armstrong, The Causal Theory of the Mind, Ch. 12

Week 6

Block, Troubles with Functionalism, Ch. 14 Searle, Minds, Brains, and Programs

Mental Content, Intentionality and Propositional Attitudes

Week 7

Brentano, The Distinction between Mental and Physical Phenomena, Ch. 44 Dretske, A Recipe for Thought, Ch. 46 Dennett, True Believers, Ch. 52

Consciousness

Week 8

Nagel, What is it Like to be a Bat?, Ch. 25 Jackson, Epiphenomenal Qualia, Ch. 28 Block, Concepts of Consciousness, Ch. 24

Week 9

Chalmers, Facing up to the Hard Problem of Consciousness, Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2(3): 35-40, 1995. Tye, M., Colors and other "Secondary Qualities" Skokowski, I, Zombie

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