Syllabus & Readings
# |
DATE |
NAME | TOPIC | READINGS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
5/9 |
Akins | Introduction | SEP: Philosophy of Neuroscience |
2 |
10/9 |
Akins | Mental Representation | |
3Chur |
12/9 |
Akins | Topics chosen/groups formed; Mental representation cont'd. | Cancelled due to illness |
4 |
17/9 |
Akins | Mental Representation | How to Research a Neurophilosophy Project |
5 |
19/9 |
Akins | Mental Rep & Project Prep | Akins Reading |
6 |
24/9 |
Akins | Mental Rep & Project Prep | Mandik Reading |
7 |
26/9 |
Mental Rep | ||
8 |
1/10 |
Mental Rep & Project Prep | Rick Grush Reading | |
9 |
3/10 |
Mental Rep | ||
8/10 |
THANKSGIVING | |||
10 |
10/10 |
Akins | Neonatal Imitation: Exp. Method. | Meltzoff and Moore 1977;M&M 1983 |
11 |
15/10 |
Akins | Neonatal Imitation: Groups | |
12 |
17/10 |
Akins | Neonatal Imitation: Putting it Together: 10 min. pres. | |
13 |
22/10 |
Akins | Tongue Protrusion | |
14 |
24/10 |
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15 |
29/10 |
Group #1 | Social Cognition | Both of Us Disgusted; Hume's Theory ; Moral Disengagement ; Singer Literature Review ; Churchland & Casebeer. REFERENCE LIST |
16 |
31/10 |
Group #2 | Perception of Time | Grush Synthese 2006; Stanford Encyclopedia; Morrone 2005; Distinct Systems. NOTE: Skip Grush Sec. 3. TIME REFERENCE LIST |
17 |
5/11 |
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18 |
7/11 |
TSSU STRIKE | ||
12/11 |
REMEMBRANCE DAY | |||
19 |
14/11 |
Creativity | Harnad on Creativity; Uncorking the Muse; Philosophy of Creativity; Studying Insight. Cognitive Mechanisms CREATIVITY REFERENCE LIST | |
20 |
19/11 |
Group #4 |
The Emotions PLUS
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Jesse Prinz; William James; Damasio (Fundamental Feelings); Lindquist et al.(The Brain Basis of Emotion). NOTE: Emphasis is on the Prinz and James readings for those students short on time.
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21 |
21/11 |
Group #5 | Sensory Modalities | Perception with Comp. Devices; Shimojo; Sensory Substitutions:Limits and Perspectives (Sections 2 &3); Ward&Wright (SEC 4 ONLY); Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Syn (ONLY: Intro; Test-Retest; Neural Models of Syn; Functional Imaging Studies; Common or Special Mechanisms); MacPherson: Individuating the Senses |
22 |
26/11 |
Group #6 | FREE WILL | Nietzsche's Philosophy of Action; Towards a Neuroscience of Will; Annual Review of Neuroscience.REFERENCE LIST |
23 |
28/11 |
Group 2 & 3 | ||
24 |
3/12 |
Group 1 & 4 | ||
25 |
5/12 |
Group 5 & 6 |