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Lecture Notes

SES # TOPICS
1 Introduction and warm-up: Searle against artificial intelligence (AI) (PDF - 1.3 MB)
2 Searle (cont.) (PDF)
3 Searle (cont.) (PDF)
4 Dualism (PDF)
5 Dualism (cont.) (PDF)
6 Behaviorism (PDF)
7 Behaviorism (cont.) / The identity theory (PDF)
8 The identity theory (cont.) (PDF)
9 The identity theory (cont.) (PDF)
10 Functionalism (PDF)
11 Functionalism (cont.) (PDF)
12 Functionalism (cont.) (PDF)
13 Functionalism (cont.) / Intentionality and externalism (PDF - 1.6 MB)
14 Intentionality and externalism (cont.) (PDF - 1.6 MB)
15 Externalism (cont.) (PDF)
16 Externalism and self-knowledge (PDF)
17 Nagel on bats (PDF - 1.9 MB)
18 Jackson's knowledge argument (PDF - 1.4 MB)
19 The knowledge argument (cont.) / Chalmers' dualism (PDF)
20 Chalmers' dualism (cont.) (PDF)
21 Chalmers' dualism (cont.) (PDF)
22 Panprotopsychism (PDF)
23 Panprotopsychism (cont.) (PDF)
24 Mysterianism (PDF)
25 Consciousness and intentionality (PDF)
26 Conclusion: Final lecture (PDF)