Euthyphro (PDF in Canvas files) Plato’s Louise Antony, (*p. 139-151) For Love of Reason Sep 13 David Hume, (PDF of under Files. Of Miracles Enquiry Hume’s Read Section 10) Thought Experiment Friday (3) Sep 15 Paper 1 due by 11:59pm Week 5 Knowledge and Reality Sep 18 How Do We Know We Exist? Rene Descartes, (*p. 157-181) Meditations on First Philosophy Christopher Grau, (*p. 181-188) Bad Dreams, Evil Demons… Sep 20 Sensation David Hume, (*p.197-211) Of Scepticism with Regard… John Locke, (PDF) Enquiry, Book II, chapter i-xii Sep 22 Thought Experiment Friday (4) Week 6 Minds, Bodies, and Persons Bertrand Russell, (*p. 269-271) Sep 25 The Argument for Analogy… David Armstrong, (*p. 279-286) Sep 27 The Nature of Mind Sep 29 Thought Experiment Friday (5) Week 7 Minds, Bodies, and Persons Oct 2 Can A Machine Think? A. M. Turing, (*p. 295) Computing Machinery and Intelligence John Searle, (*p. 308-320) Minds, Brains, and Programs
Sep 13 Sep 15 Plato’s Euthyphro (PDF in Canvas files) Louise Antony, For Love of Reason (*p. 139-151) David Hume, Of Miracles (PDF of Hume’s Enquiry under Files. Read Section 10) Thought Experiment Friday (3) Paper 1 due by 11:59pm Week 5 Sep 18 Sep 20 Sep 22 Knowledge and Reality How Do We Know We Exist? Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy (*p. 157-181) Christopher Grau, Bad Dreams, Evil Demons… (*p. 181-188) Sensation David Hume, Of Scepticism with Regard… (*p.197-211) John Locke, Enquiry, Book II, chapter i-xii (PDF) Thought Experiment Friday (4) Week 6 Sep 25 Sep 27 Sep 29 Minds, Bodies, and Persons Bertrand Russell, The Argument for Analogy… (*p. 269-271) David Armstrong, The Nature of Mind (*p. 279-286) Thought Experiment Friday (5) Week 7 Oct 2 Minds, Bodies, and Persons Can A Machine Think? A. M. Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence (*p. 295) John Searle, Minds, Brains, and Programs (*p. 308-320)
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