Theories of Mind
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Theories of MindPHLB81F |
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Philosophy of Mind: A Beginner's Guide, Ian Ravenscroft |
My goal is to get through
all of Ravenscroft's book plus several additional readings which will be
specified below.
Evaluation:
The final grade will be based upon one paper (worth
30% of the final grade), a set of weekly exercises to be handed
in each week at class (worth altogether
5% of the final grade), a mid-term exam (worth 30% of the final grade)
and a final exam (worth 35% of the final grade).
The Mid-Term Quiz: this will be an in class test (length:
90 minutes) which will consist of a short answer question section
(the questions will be similar to
the kinds of questions found on the weekly assignments) plus
a short essay section in which you will write two short essays.
The Paper: this will be on topics to be provided on this
web page. The paper should be no more than 2000 words long and no less
than 1800 words long.
Philosophy demands hard and careful thought, and such thought deserves
clear and well organized writing for its expression. Some advice on writing philosophy
papers will of course be provided in class. The author of our textbook
also has some advice at the end of his book (see "Paper Writing Tips")
and here are a couple of links:
Peter Horban's
Writing a Philosophy Paper; James Pryor's
Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper.
Note also that late essays are not acceptable unless you have
a valid reason for not being able to produce the essay in a timely fashion. I *may*
accept late essays one week late with a one grade (10%) penalty. Please discuss
any problems with me.
The Weekly Exercises: these will be sets of questions about the
current readings. The questions will mostly be obvious and based
entirely on the readings. Your answers will not be graded - you
will receive credit for handing in your work ON TIME so long as a good
faith effort has been made. Altogether, they are worth 5% of
the final grade so you needn't feel devastated if you miss one.
But it's an easy 5% and will help you keep up with the reading.
The Final Exam: The exam will be 2 hrs long and will have two sections.
The first will be a short answer section with questions similar to
those found in the weekly exercises. The second section will require
you to write two short essays from a selection of topics.
R. Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy Find "Meditations on First Philosophy" in
Robarts Electronic Resources or online. (We'll read Med. 1 and 6).
A. Turing: "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" http://www.loebner.net/Prizef/TuringArticle.html