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Course title |
Philosophy of Mind |
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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 |
Lok-Chi Chan |
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Curriculum Number |
Phl7748 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
124 M7130 |
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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/
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Elective |
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Time |
Thursday A,B,C(18:25~21:05) |
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Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 15. |
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Ceiba Web Server |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1091Phl7748_ |
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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 |
What is mind? What is consciousness? There is a wide range of topics in the philosophy of mind. This course will focus on the basic theoretical frameworks of mind and consciousness: What is the nature of mind or consciousness? What is its place in the physical world? How to develop philosophical and scientific theories of mind and consciousness?
The course will examine the following theories of mind: the identity theory, the supervenience theory, dualism, behaviourism, and functionalism.
The course will examine the following theories of consciousness: representationalism, the higher-order theories, and the integrated information theory.
The course will also inquire into the qualia problem and its challenge to some theories of mind.
The textbook will be David Chalmer’s Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings, supplemented by Susan Schneider and Max Velmans’s The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, 2nd Edition. Students are typically required to read 2-3 classical texts (20-25 pages in total) per week. |
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Course Objective |
The aims of this course are as follows:
(1) Upon completing this course, students will have grasped different theories of mind and consciousness.
(2) Inspiring students to reflect on the contemporary scientific worldview, and thereby reconsider the place of oneself in the universe.
(3) Look closely at the exchange between philosophy and science. |
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Course Requirement |
每週將閱讀2-3篇心智哲學經典文章或文章摘錄，總頁數通常為20-25頁（約相當於排版較小之書籍之25-30頁）。
同學需完成指定閱讀，並於課堂中進行討論。
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
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References |
Braddon-Mitchell, David & Jackson, Frank 2007, Philosophy of mind and cognition, 2nd edn, Maiden: Blackwell.
Kim, Jaegwon 2011, Philosophy of mind, 3rd edn, Philadelphia: Westview Press.
Chalmers, David 1996, The conscious mind: in search of a fundamental theory, New York: Oxford University Press.
Heil, John 2004, Philosophy of mind, 2nd edn, New York: Routledge. |
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Designated reading |
Chalmers, David Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings.
Susan Schneider & Max Velmans, The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, 2nd Edn.
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Grading |
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Item |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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1. |
In class |
20% |
Participation, attendance, discussion |
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Homework |
30% |
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3. |
Oral presentation |
10% |
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4. |
Final essay |
40% |
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Week |
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Topic |
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Week 1 |
9/17 |
Introduction |
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Week 2 |
9/24 |
二元論（dualism）
Meditations on First Philosophy (II and VI), René Descartes
Passions of the Soul (Excerpt), René Descartes
On the Hypothesis That Animals Are Automata, and Its History (Excerpt), Thomas H. Huxley
An Unfortunate Dualist, Raymond M. Smullyan
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Week 3 |
10/01 |
行為主義（Behaviourism）
Descartes' Myth, Gilbert Ryle
Psychology in Physical Language (Excerpt), Rudolf Carnap
Brains and Behavior, Hilary Putnam
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Week 4 |
10/08 |
同一性理論（The identity theory）
Is Consciousness a Brain Process?, U. T. Place
Sensations and Brain Processes, J. J. C. Smart
The "Mental" and the "Physical" (Excerpt), Herbert Feigl
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Week 5 |
10/15 |
多重實現與隨附性（multiple realizability and supervenience）
Multiple Realization and the Metaphysics of Reduction, Jaegwon Kim
Finding the Mind in the Natural World, Frank Jackson
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Week 6 |
10/22 |
功能主義（Functionalism）
The Nature of Mental States, Hilary Putnam
The Causal Theory of the Mind, D. M. Armstrong
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Week 7 |
10/29 |
功能主義的問題（Problems facing functionalism）
Troubles with Functionalism (Excerpt), Ned Block
Can Computers Think?, John R. Searle
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Week 8 |
11/05 |
心理因果（mental causation）
The Many Problems of Mental Causation (Excerpt), Jaegwon Kim
Mental Causation, Stephen Yablo
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Week 9 |
11/12 |
意識問題（The problem of consciousness）
Concepts of Consciousness, Ned Block
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?, Thomas Nagel
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Week 10 |
11/19 |
感質問題（1）：解釋的鴻溝（The qualia problem (I): The explanatory gap）
Materialism and Qualia: The Explanatory Gap, Joseph Levine
Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?, Colin McGinn
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Week 11 |
11/26 |
感質問題（2）：知識論證（The qualia problem (II): The knowledge argument）
Epiphenomenal Qualia, Frank Jackson
Phenomenal States (Second Version), Brian Loar
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Week 12 |
12/03 |
表徵主義（1）（representationalism (I)）
Representationalism about Consciousness, William Seager and David Bourget
Visual Qualia and Visual Content Revisited, Michael Tye
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Week 13 |
12/10 |
表徵主義（2）（representationalism (II)）
Introspection and Phenomenal Character, Sydney Shoemaker
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Week 14 |
12/17 |
高階意識理論（1）（Higher-order Theories (I)）
Higher-order Theories of Consciousness, Peter Carruthers
The Intermediate level theory of Consciousness, Jesse Prinz
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Week 15 |
12/24 |
高階意識理論（2）（Higher-order Theories (II)）
Explaining Consciousness, David M. Rosenthal
Conscious Experience, Fred Dretske
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Week 16 |
12/31 |
整合訊息理論（The Integrated Information Theory）
The Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness: An Outline, Giulio Tononi
Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness: Some Ontological Considerations, Giulio Tononi
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Week 17 |
1/07 |
意識研究的方法論（Research methodologies in consciousness studies ）
An Epistemology for the Study of Consciousness, Max Velmans
Phenomenological approaches to consciousness, Shaun Gallagher
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Week 18 |
1/14 |
Oral presentation |
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