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Course title |
Topics in Philosophy of Mind：self-consciousness |
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Semester |
109-1 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY |
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Instructor |
YI-YU LIANG |
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Curriculum Number |
Phl7737 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
124 M4340 |
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Class |
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Credits |
3.0 |
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Full/Half
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Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Thursday 2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
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Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 10. |
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Ceiba Web Server |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1091Phl7737_self |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
課程大綱及授課單元：
This course is an advanced discussion on the nature of self-consciousness. What is a self? What is the relationship between consciousness and self? What is it like to have an experience of being a self? We will investigate these issues from the interdisciplinary perspective. More specifically, we will discuss the following topics:
1. Self-Awareness and Phenomenal Consciousness
2. The Concepts of Consciousness in Early Phenomenology
3. The Structure of Time-Consciousness
4. Reflection and Attention
5. Consciousness and Self
6. Self and Other
7. Theory of Mind, Autism and Embodiment
We will discuss different philosophical standpoints on these topics and will consider some empirical cases to examine their philosophical implications. |
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Course Objective |
There are three goals in this course: first, we aim to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of self-consciousness. Second, students learn how to read philosophical texts carefully and write clearly. Third, students try to develop their own thoughts on some of the important issues. |
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Course Requirement |
待補 |
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
Appointment required. Note: 另約時間 |
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Designated reading |
1. Zahavi, D. (2005). Subjectivity and Selfhood. MIT Press. |
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References |
1. Metzinger, T. (2009) The Ego Tunnel: the Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self, Published by Basic Books.
2. Metzinger, T. (2008) Empirical perspectives from the self-model theory of subjectivity: A brief summary with examples. In Rahul Banerjee and Bikas K. Chakrabarti (eds.), Progress in Brain Research, 168: 215-246. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
3. Metzinger, T. (2003) Phenomenal transparency and cognitive self-reference, in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 2, 353-393.
4. Metzinger, T. (2005) Précis: Being No One, in PSYCHE 11 (5).
5. Zahavi, D. (2014). Self and Other: Exploring Subjectivity, Empathy and Shame. Oxford University Press.
6. Lenggenhager B, Tadi T, Metzinger T, Blanke O (2007) Video Ergo Sum: Manipulating Bodily Self-Consciousness. Science, 317:1096.
7. Blanke O, Arzy S, Landis T (2008). Illusory perception of body and self. In: Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Ed. G. Goldenberg) 88:429-458.
8. Blanke O, Metzinger T, Lenggenhager B (2008). Multimodal perspectives and locations for the self. Science E-letter.
9. Lenggenhager B, Mouthon M, Blanke O (2009). Spatial aspects of bodily self-consciousness. Conscious Cogn. 18(1):110-7.
10. Blanke O, Metzinger T (2009). Full-body illusions and minimal phenomenal selfhood. Trends Cogn Sci. 13(1):7-13.
11. Petkova, V., and H. Ehrsson. If I were You: Perceptual Illusion of Body Swapping, PlOS One 3 (2008): 1-9.
12. Petkova V & Ehrsson H. When right feels left: referral of touch and ownership between the hands. PLOS One (2009), 4(9): e6933, Epub 2009 Sep8.
13. Ehrsson H. How many arms make a pair? Perceptual illusion of having an additional limb. Perception (2009) 38, 310-312.
14. Ehrsson H and Petkova VI. E-letters. Science (2008) 19 June.
15. Ehrsson H. The experimental induction of out-of-body experiences. Science (2007), 317:1048.
16. de Vignemont, Frederique. Body schema and body image—Pros and cons, Neuropsychologia (2009).
17. Shoemaker, Sydney. “Self-Reference and Self-Awareness,” The Journal of Philosophy 65 (1968): 555-567. |
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Grading |
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No. |
Item |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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1. |
discussion |
10% |
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2. |
presentations |
40% |
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3. |
Final Paper |
50% |
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