PHIL 483: Philosophy of Neuroscience
Syllabus
Ken Aizawa
Office: 201A Smith
Office Hours: by appointment.
Phone: x-5698.
e-mail: kaizawa@centenary.edu
Date
Reading
I. Explaining the Brain
1.13.09
1.15.09
Craver, Chapters 1-2
1.20.09
1.22.09
Craver, Chapter 2
Craver, Chapter 2
1.27.09
1.29.09
Craver, Chapter 3
Craver, Chapter 3
2.03.09
2.05.09
Craver, Chapter 4
Craver, Chapter 4
2.10.09
2.12.09
Craver, Chapter 5
Craver, Chapter 5
II. Free Will and Neuroscience
2.17.09
Libet, “Unconscious cerebral initiative and the role of conscious will …”
2.19.09
Libet, “Unconscious cerebral initiative and the role of conscious will …”
2.24.09
2.26.09
No class – Mardi Gras break
No class – Mardi Gras break
3.03.09
3.05.09
Libet, “Do we have free will?”
Mele, “Free Will and Neuroscience”
3.10.09
3.12.09
Mele, “Free Will and Neuroscience”
Mele, “Free Will and Neuroscience”
3.17.09
3.19.09
Mele, “Testing free will”
Mele, “Testing free will”
III. Neuroscience & Philosophy
3.24.09
Bennett & Hacker, “Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience,” pp. 3-48
3.27.09
Bennett & Hacker, “Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience,” pp. 3-48
3.31.09
4.02.09
Bennett, “Neuroscience and Philosophy,” pp. 49-69.
Bennett, “Neuroscience and Philosophy,” pp. 49-69.
4.07.09
4.09.09
Dennett, “Philosophy as Naïve Anthropology,” pp. 73-95.
Dennett, “Philosophy as Naïve Anthropology,” pp. 73-95.
4.14.09
4.16.09
Searle, “Putting Consciousness Back in the Brain,” pp. 97-124.
Searle, “Putting Consciousness Back in the Brain,” pp. 97-124.
4.21.09
4.23.09
Bennett & Hacker, “The Conceptual Presuppositions…,” pp. 127-162.
Bennett & Hacker, “The Conceptual Presuppositions…,” pp. 127-162.
4.28.09
4.30.09
Bennett & Hacker, “The Conceptual Presuppositions…,” pp. 127-162.
Bennett, “Epilogue”, pp.163-170,