The aim of this Topics Seminar is for the participating student (1) to gain a thorough understanding of the primary texts for the course and a familiarity with the current debates in the philosophical literature on this topic; (2) to appreciate the arguments for and against the positions; and (3) to develop an independent judgment about the most promising approach in this area.
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This “Topics Seminar” explores in depth issues and texts in Philosophy of the mind. The topic of 2017-2018 is:
In this course we’ll be reading John McDowell’s seminal book
Mind & World, along with some articles dealing with themes from the book. Philosopher’s have long struggled to give a satisfactory picture of the place of minds in the world.
n this important book McDowell diagnoses why this problem is so persistent for (contemporary) philosophy and points the way to a cure.
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