PHIL 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Empiricism, Gettier Problem, Gilbert Ryle
14 Feb 2017
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Examining nature of beliefs, desires, consciousness and interaction with physical world: epistemology study of knowledge (how do we know things; do we ever know anything) Meditations of first philosophies rene descartes (will be covering most of these) Papers are about taking a position on a big issue. Reading: jim pryor, philosophical terms and methods (2006) Ca(cid:374)(cid:859)t use o(cid:374)ly traditio(cid:374)al s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) (cid:373)ethods to look at issues (su(cid:272)h as happi(cid:374)ess, consciousness, etc. ) What makes a good argument, how to critique an argument. Some basic fallacies (that may be broken, followed) Reading: rene descartes, meditations 1, 2 (watch the matrix!!) Reading: descartes, meditation 6 and passions of the soul (1649) Reading: gilbert ryle - des(cid:272)artes(cid:859) myth, jjc smart sensations. Reading: nagel (1974), jackson (1986), chalmers (2010), churchland (1996) Conscious experience (what is it like to be a bat, to see red?) Too subjective to be explained by science. Reading: clark and chalmers (1998), gertler (2007), fodor (2009), chalmers (2008)
