FF:PH0227 Intro. to Philosophy of Mind - Course Information

PH0227 Introduction to Philosophy of Mind

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová

Timetable

Tue 13:20–14:55 A11 stara

Prerequisites

SOUHLAS
(a) critical (b) mind (c) ability to read

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Philosophy (programme FF, B-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH) (3)
• Philosophy (programme FF, M-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, M-PH)
• Philosophy (programme FF, N-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, N-PH) (3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-HS3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS3)

Course objectives

The course is focused on basic problems of analytical philosophy of mind: students become acquainted with dominant psycho-physical conceptions and with some other relevant topics.

Syllabus

• [1] properties of mental states
• [2] dualism
• [3] behaviorism
• [4] mind/brain identity theory
• [5] functionalism
• [6] supervenience
• [7] Chinese room experiment
• [8] Knowledge & Zombie Argument

Literature

• NOSEK, Jiří. Mysl a tělo v analytické filosofii :úvod do teorií psychofyzického problému. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1997, 202 s. ISBN 80-7007-091-9. info
• GÁLIKOVÁ, Silvia. Úvod do filozofie mysle :prípad psychofyzického problému. 1. vyd. Martin: Vydavateľstvo Honner, 2001, 138 s. ISBN 80-968399-3-4. info
• SEARLE, John R. Mysl, mozek a věda. Edited by Marek Nekula. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 129 s. ISBN 8020405097. info
• LODGE, David. Profesorské hrátky. Translated by Eva Kondrysová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2002, 357 s. ISBN 8020010386. info
• PICHA, Marek. Chybějící qualia: strukturní analýza (Missing Qualia: the structural analysis). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 105 pp. Katedra filozofie FF MU, svazek 1. ISBN 80-210-3890-X. info
• DAWKINS, R. Mysel'/telo/stroj. Edited by Egon Gál - Jozef Kelemen, Translated by Peter Bugár. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Bradlo, 1992, 218 s. ISBN 80-7127-032-6. info
• THAGARD, Paul. Úvod do kognitivní vědy :mysl a myšlení. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2001, 231 s. ISBN 80-7178-445-1. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

HODNOCENÍ: domácí úlohy (až 40%), smysluplná aktivita na semináři (až 30%) + závěrečný test (až 60%). Podmínkou zápočtu je získání alespoň 70%.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/~picha

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