Academic Year/course:
2017/18
269 - Degree in Philosophy
25544 - Philosophy of the mind
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
25544 - Philosophy of the mind
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
269 - Degree in Philosophy
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
587 - Degree in Philosophy: 3
587 - Degree in Philosophy: 2
269 - Degree in Philosophy: 3
587 - Degree in Philosophy: 4
269 - Degree in Philosophy: 4
269 - Degree in Philosophy: 2
Semester:
Second semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview
See "Learning activities " and "Program".
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.2. Learning tasks
- Theoretical lectures.
- Practical lectures.
- Individual work.
- Personal study.
- Assessment activities.
5.3. Syllabus
WEEK 1: Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
1. The Mind-Body Problem.
2. What is the mind? A first approximation.
WEEKS 2-7: The Philosophical study of the Mind.
3. Dualism.
4. Conductism.
5. Identity Theories.
6. Eliminativism.
7. Functionalism and the Computational Theory of Mind
WEEK 8-9: Problems with Functionalism.
8. Against the Mind-Computer metaphor.
WEEK 10: Embodied and extended Mind.
9. Enactivism.
WEEKS 11-14: Consciousness and its place in Nature.
10. Definition of Consciousness.
11. Qualia and consciousness.
5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources
- Bechtel, William. Filosofía de la mente : una panorámica para la ciencia cognitiva / William Bechtel ; versión castellana de Luis Ml. Valdés Villanueva . Madrid : Tecnos, D.L. 1991
- Churchland, Paul M.. Materia y conciencia : introducción contemporánea a la filosofía de la mente / por Paul M. Churchland . 2a. ed. Barcelona : Gedisa, 1999
- Hierro S. Pescador, José. Filosofía de la mente y de la ciencia cognitiva / José Hierro-Pescador . Madrid : Akal, D.L. 2005
- Moya Espí, Carlos. Filosofía de la mente / Carlos J. Moya . València : Universitat de València, 2006
- Pineda, David. La mente humana : introducción a la filosofía de la psicología / David Pineda . 1ª ed. Madrid : Cátedra, 2012
- Priest, Stephen. Teorías y filosofías de la mente / Stephen Priest ; [traducción Carmen García Trevijano y Susana Nuccetelli] . Madrid : Cátedra, D.L. 1994
- Searle, John R.. El misterio de la conciencia : intercambios con Daniel C. Dennett y David J. Chalmers / John R. Searle ; traducción de Antoni Domènech Figueras . Barcelona : Paidós, D.L. 2000