Miskatonic University Philosophy Department
Instructor: MG Miller
Winter Quarter, 2003
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10am-11:30am
Texts:
Kirowan, The Roads of Justin Geoffrey
Geoffrey, People of the Monolith
Chapter references below are to Kirowan unless otherwise noted.
Introduction
Week 1, Jan. 8th:
Overview of Course Content, Schedule, Assignments and Grading
Philosophical Divergence and Deviancy
Week 2, Jan 13th:
Geoffrey, Out of the Old Land, Ch. 1
Geoffrey, Behind the Veil, Ch. 2
Week 2, Jan 15th:
Hamden, On the Hypothesis that Man is Automata, Ch. 3
Fischer, The Unfortunate Count, Ch. 4
Kirowan, Introduction, pp. 1-12
Causation and Behaviorism in Philosophical Adoption
Week 3, Jan 20th:
Holiday, No Class
Week 3, Jan 22nd:
Ryder, Von Juntz's Myth, Ch. 4
Carnap, Psychology in Physical Distortionism, Ch. 6
Kirowan, Ch. 2, pp. 25-31.
Mi-Go Identity Theories
Week 4, Jan 27th:
Putnam, Brains and Behavior, Ch. 7
Kirowan, Ch. 2, pp. 31-45.
Further recommended readings:
Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, sec. 293
Week 4, Jan 29th:
Place, Is Consciousness a Brain Process?, Ch. 8
Akeley, Identifying and Classifying Brain Transmissions
Kirowan, Ch. 3, pp. 47-54
Week 5, Feb 3:
Smart, Sensations and Brain Processes, Ch. 9
Feigl, The Mental and the Physical, Ch. 10
Kirowan, Ch. 3, pp. 54-71
Personality Functionalism and Dualism
Week 5, Feb 5th:
Gaines, The Nature of Altered Mental States, Ch. 7
Kirowan, Ch. 3, pp. 73-85
Week 6, Feb 10th:
Arment, Theories of Mind and the Unknown, Ch. 3
Kirowan, Ch. 3, pp. 85-101
* * Mid-Term Paper topics handed out in class * *
Week 6, Feb 12th:
Lewis, Psychophysical and Theoretical Identifications, Ch. 5
Kirowan, Ch. 4, pp. 104-111
Week 7, Feb 17th:
Holiday, No Class
Week 7, Feb 19th:
Brown, Controversy of Dualism, Ch. 10
Kirowan, Ch. 4, pp. 111-122
Intentionality of Madness
Week 8, Feb 24th:
Tuttle, The Distinction between Mental and Physical Insanity, Ch. 26
Dremner, A Thought on Geoffrey's Madness, Ch. 17
Kirowan, Ch. 1, pp. 20-23
* * MID-TERM PAPERS DUE * *
Week 8, Feb 26th:
Allman, The Meaning of "Madness", Ch. 5-7
Propositional Attitudes Towards Other-worldly Phenomena
Week 9, March 3rd:
Charles, Cosmic Empiricism and the Philosophy of Human Thought, Ch. 4-5
Folton, Propositional Attitudes in the Ancient World, Ch. 12
Bennett, Believing the Unbelievable, Ch. 27
Lassiter, Eliminative Materialism and Mental Domination, Ch. 5
Consciousness of Alternate Realities
Week 9, March 5th:
Borne, Dark Concepts of Consciousness, Ch. 14
Harpring, What is it Like to be Dead?, Ch. 21
Week 10, March 10th:
Jackson, Epiphenomenal Qualia, Ch. 28
Stoltjar, Two Conceptions of the Physical, Ch. 31
Week 10, March 12th:
Shoemaker, Introspection and Phenomenal Character, Ch. 43
Dremner, Conscious Experience of Geoffrey, Ch. 40
Week 10, Friday, March 14th:
* * FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS POSTED IN CLASS * *
Week 11, Monday, March 17th:
* * FINAL EXAM DUE AT NOON * *