PHL347: Philosophy of Mind: Syllabus: Spring 2001 "Know thyself" (Inscription over the door of the Temple at Delphi) PHL347 The Philosophy of Mind INSTRUCTOR: Larry Hauser email:  hauser@alma.edu Office:  SAC B-28: Phone: 7308 Office Hours: M-TH 12:00-12:50 or by appointment LH's Virtual Office: http://www.wutsamada.com/aol/lshauser/virtoff.html

REQUIRED TEXT: Philosophy of Mind by Jaegwon Kim
RECOMMENDED (ON RESERVE):  A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind, ed. Samuel Guttenplan; The Place of Mind, ed. Brian Cooney

DESCRIPTION: What are minds or mental properties and what has them?  After a brief survey of the historical, religious, and practical background of our concern, the issues raised by our leading questions will be pursued from an analytic philosophical perspective with an eye to the place of mental phenomena in the world of material particles and physical forces science reveals.   Views on the nature of mind to be canvassed include dualism, behaviorism, mind-brain identity theory, functionalism, and eliminativism.  Topics include, mind & behavior, mind & brain, thought & computation, mental causation, consciousness, and meaning or mental content.

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