意識哲學是涉及哲學、認知科學與腦神經科學，並且常常由哲學家與科學家共同研究的一門前衛的學問。

本課程是意識哲學的導論，分為前後兩部份。前半部份由課程導師主講，後半部份則由課程導師及意識研究中不同領域的專家共同授課。

前半部份將探討有關「第一人稱觀點」的問題，例如「甚麼是第一人稱觀點？」、「第一人稱觀點可以被科學解釋嗎？」、「如可以，那解釋會是怎樣的？」等等。

後半部份將於各週簡介不同的意識哲學專題，例如「高階意識理論」、「能力假說」、「意識的統一」、「心理表徵」、「研究意識的方法」、「時間意識」、「意識的等級與計量」、「思考語言」、「顏色的本質」等等，並由課程導師及意識研究中不同領域的專家共同授課。已受邀請的專家包括John Bigelow教授（澳洲國家院士、澳亞哲學學會前主席、Monash University哲學系）、鄭會穎教授（政治大學哲學系）、謝昭銳教授（政治大學哲學系）、林映彤教授（陽明大學心智哲學研究所），詳細名單將於稍後公佈。

The philosophy of consciousness is a branch of philosophy that involves philosophy, cognitive science, and neuroscience, and in addition, is contributed by both philosophers and scientists. This course is an introduction to the philosophy of consciousness, and it will be divided into two parts.

The first part is taught by the course coordinator. The second part is co-taught by the course coordinator and specialists in different areas.

The first part concerns the first-person perspective. Questions covered include: ‘What is the first-person perspective?’, ‘Can the first-person perspective be scientifically explained?’, ‘If possible, what would be the explanation?’, etc.

The second part of concerns special topics in the philosophy of consciousness. Such topics include: ‘the ability and acquaintance hypotheses’, 'higher order theories of consciousness', 'the unity of consciousness', 'mental representation ', ‘temporal consciousness’, ‘consciousness levels and meters’, ‘the language of thought’, ‘the nature of colour’, etc. Some of these topics will be taught by invited specialists. Confirmed speakers include Prof. John Bigelow (Monash University, Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Past President of the Australasian Association of Philosophy), Prof. Tony Cheng (Chengchi University), and Prof. Ying-tung Lin (Yang Ming University). The complete list of speakers is to be announced.