課程大綱:
This course introduces and studies a central topic in the philosophy of mind: consciousness. More specifically, we investigate the nature of phenomenal conscious states such as perceptual experiences, bodily sensations, feelings, etc. Several questions about phenomenal consciousness have been puzzling philosophers. For example, why can＊t you feel my pains or itches? If the world is physical and objective, how can there be such thing as subjectivity? Why is it that the objective, neurophysiological changes in the brain can somehow generate subjective feelings? Is representational content all there is to conscious states of mind? What is the relation between consciousness and cognition? More specifically, what is the relation between consciousness, attention and reference? And what is the relation between consciousness and action? Depending on the limit of time, we will read several papers and portions of various books that address these philosophical issues. Since this is an introductory course, the main goal is not to let the students struggle with the textual details of difficult readings, but to help them begin to think about these important and interesting questions about consciousness.
成績評量:
1. Attendances and Participation: 10%
2. Quizzes and Assignments: 60%
3. Final Exam: 30%

進行方式: Lectures and discussions.
授課順序:(以每三週為一單元，共六單元)
1. Subjectivity and Explanatory Gap
2. The Knowledge Argument
3. Metaphysics of Consciousness
4. Qualia
5. Consciousness and Content
6. Higher-Order Conception of Consciousness

指定用書:
1.The Nature of Consciousness, edited by Ned Block, Owen Flanagan, and Guzeldere, The MIT Press, 1997.
參考用書:
2.Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings, edited by David Chalmers, 2002.
3.Elements of Mind, by Tim Crane, Oxford University Press, 2001.
4.The Conscious Mind, by David Chalmers, Oxford University Press, 1996.
5.Consciousness in Action, by Susan Hurley, Harvard University Press, 1998.
6.Perception, Knowledge and Belief, by Fred Dretske, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
7.Reference and Consciousness, by John Campbell, Oxford University Press, 2002.