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* [16 Jan 2009] You can get your essays back from Loletta now.
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* [9/12] I have added $40 to the $10 mobile phone fine and donated the money to Fu Hong Society. Receipt [[media:200812-receipt.jpg|here]].
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* [30/10] Someone asked about mid-term grade distribution. Here it is:
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28+ (70%+) 12.5%
24-27 (60-69%) 21%
20-23 (50-59%) 12%
16-19 (40-49%) 37.5%
below 16 (<30%) 17%
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Note that the final grade will be scaled in accordance with Arts Faculty recommendations.
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* [30/10] Someone asked about mid-term grade distribution. Here it is: 28+ (70%+) 12.5%, 24-27 (60-69%) 21%, 20-23 (50-59%) 12%, 16-19 (40-49%) 37.5%, below 16 (<30%) 17%. Note that the final grade will be scaled in accordance with Arts Faculty recommendations.
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* [30/10] Someone asked about mid-term grade distribution. Here it is:
[=28+ (70%+) 12.5%
24-27 (60-69%) 21%
20-23 (50-59%) 12%
16-19 (40-49%) 37.5%
below 16 (<30%) 17%=]
Note that the final grade will be scaled in accordance with Arts Faculty recommendations.
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* [12 Oct] No lecture during reading week.
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* [26/10] Essay topics [[Courses.2008aPHIL2220 Essay|have been posted]].
* [12/10] No lecture during reading week.
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# [[(Main/)Freewill]] - What is freewill? Does [[Main/FreewillCrick|freewill]] exist?[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [[(Main/)Freewill]] - What is freewill? Does [[Main/FreewillCrick|freewill]] exist?
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# [[Main/Physicalism]] - Can a useful and coherent definition be given?[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [[Main/Physicalism]] - Can a useful and coherent definition be given?
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# [[(Main/)Freewill]] - What is freewill? Does [[Main/FreewillCrick|freewill]] exist?
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# [[(Main/)Freewill]] - What is freewill? Does [[Main/FreewillCrick|freewill]] exist?[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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* [12 Oct] No lecture during reading week.
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* [3/10] The quiz will be graded by Dr. Inglis and we hope to return your scripts after reading week.
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# [[Main / ConsciousnessLycan|Consciousness as internal monitoring]] - Can computers be conscious? + quiz[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [[Main / ConsciousnessLycan|Consciousness as internal monitoring]] - Can computers be conscious? + quiz
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# [[Main/Physicalism]] - Can a useful and coherent definition be given?
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# [[Main/Physicalism]] - Can a useful and coherent definition be given?[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [[Main/ConsciousnessDifferentConcepts|Various concepts of consciousness]] [[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [[Main/ConsciousnessDifferentConcepts|Various concepts of consciousness]]
# [[Main / ConsciousnessLycan|Consciousness as internal monitoring]] - Can computers be conscious? + quiz[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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* [26/9] [[Courses.2008aPHIL2220quiz|Here]] is the list of questions you should prepare for the coming quiz. You will be asked to write on about 4 of them. You will have 30 mins and you are expected to write ''at most'' two pages for each question. What is important is that you write clearly, accurately and precisely!
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* [12/9] The quiz will cover only these four ''required'' readings by Churchland, Ludlow, Block and Lycan.
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# [[Main/DualismSubstance|Substance dualism]] - Do we have a soul? [[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [[Main/DualismSubstance|Substance dualism]] - Do we have a soul?
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# [[Main/ConsciousnessDifferentConcepts|Various concepts of consciousness]]
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# [[Main/ConsciousnessDifferentConcepts|Various concepts of consciousness]] [[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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* Tutorial signup will begin Monday 8 Sept after 2pm. Please go to the department general office to sign up. [[2008aPHIL2220tutorial|tutorial schedule]]
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* Tutorial signup will begin Monday 8 Sept after 2pm. Please see Loletta in the department general office to sign up. [[2008aPHIL2220tutorial|tutorial schedule]]
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* Tutorial signup will begin Monday 8 Sept after 2pm. Please go to the department general office to sign up. [[2008aPHIL2220tutorial|schedule]]
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* Tutorial signup will begin Monday 8 Sept after 2pm. Please go to the department general office to sign up. [[2008aPHIL2220tutorial|tutorial schedule]]
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* Tutorial signup will begin Monday 8 Sept after noon. More details will be posted here later. Tutorials will commence the week after.
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* Tutorial signup will begin Monday 8 Sept after 2pm. Please go to the department general office to sign up. [[2008aPHIL2220tutorial|schedule]]
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem
# [[Main/DualismSubstance|Substance dualism]] - Do we have a soul? [[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem[[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.\\
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem\\The lecture notes below are being updated.\\
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem[[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.\\
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem\\The lecture notes below are being updated.\\
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem\\The lecture notes below are being updated. \\
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* Tutorial signup will begin Monday 8 Sept after noon. More details will be posted here later. Tutorials will commence the week after.
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* You must sign up with a tutorial group, each group meeting three times over the semester. More details later.
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* You must sign up with a tutorial group, each group meeting three times over the semester.
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* Course tutor: Dr. Kelly Inglis. Contact her if you have any questions - kellyinglis media:em.gif yahoo.com
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* Course tutor: Dr. Kelly Inglis. Contact her if you have any questions - kellyinglis@yahoo.com
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* Course tutor: Dr. Kelly Inglis. Contact her if you have any questions - kellyinglis media:em.gif yahoo.com
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* You need to sign up with a tutorial group, each group meeting three times over the semester. More details later.
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* You must sign up with a tutorial group, each group meeting three times over the semester. More details later.
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* 100% coursework = 25% quiz + 75% [[Courses.2008aPHIL2220 Essay|final essay]] + bonus points for class participation.
* The quiz (about 30 mins) will be given during lecture #5. It will be about a list of assigned readings for lectures 1 to 5. A list of questions will be given to you beforehand, and the quiz will contain questions chosen from the pre-seen list and some unseen questions.
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* 100% coursework = 25% quiz + 65% [[Courses.2008aPHIL2220 Essay|final essay]] + 10% tutorial participation.
* The quiz (about 30 mins) will be given during lecture #5. It will be about a list of assigned readings for lectures 1 to 5. A list of questions will be given to you beforehand, and the quiz will contain questions chosen from the pre-seen list and some unseen questions.
* You need to sign up with a tutorial group, each group meeting three times over the semester. More details later.
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2008-9 Semester 1 (Thursdays 8:30 - 10:20 am)
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2008-9 Semester 1 (Thursdays 8:30 - 10:20 am) Room M167
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* 100% coursework = 25% quiz + 75% [[Courses.2008aPHIL2220 Essay|final essay]] + bonus points for class participation.
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# [[Main/NagelOnSplitBrain]] - What do split-brain cases tell us about the self?
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# [[Main/NagelOnSplitBrain|Splitbrain]] - Two minds in one body?
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# [[Main/ConsciousnessDifferentConcepts|Various concepts of consciousness]] + quiz
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# [[Main/ConsciousnessDifferentConcepts|Various concepts of consciousness]]
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* The quiz (about 30 mins) will be given during lecture #4. It will be about a list of assigned readings for lectures 1 to 5. A list of questions will be given to you beforehand, and the quiz will contain questions chosen from the pre-seen list and some unseen questions.
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* The quiz (about 30 mins) will be given during lecture #5. It will be about a list of assigned readings for lectures 1 to 5. A list of questions will be given to you beforehand, and the quiz will contain questions chosen from the pre-seen list and some unseen questions.
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# [[ConsciousnessKnowledgeArgument|The knowledge argument 1]] - Can there be a physical explanation of consciousness?
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# [[ConsciousnessKnowledgeArgument|The knowledge argument]] - Can there be a physical explanation of consciousness?
# [[Main/Physicalism]] - Can a useful and coherent definition be given?
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* 100% coursework = 25% quiz + 75% final essay + bonus points for class participation.
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* 100% coursework = 25% quiz + 75% final essay
* The quiz (about 30 mins) will be given during lecture #4. It will be about a list of assigned readings for lectures 1 to 5. A list of questions will be given to you beforehand, and the quiz will contain questions chosen from the pre-seen list and some unseen questions.
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# The HOT theory of consciousness - Do pains go away when you don't think about them?
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# [[(Main)Freewill]] - What is freewill? Does [[Main/FreewillCrick|freewill]] exist?
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# [[(Main/)Freewill]] - What is freewill? Does [[Main/FreewillCrick|freewill]] exist?
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# [[(Main)Freewill]] - What is freewill? Does [[Main/FreewillCrick|freewill]] exist?
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# [[Main/FreewillCrick|Freewill]] - What is freewill? Does freewill exist?
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# Emotions - What are they?
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# [[Main/NussbaumOnEmotions|Emotions]] - What are they?
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# Physicalism and functionalism - Are mental states brain states or functional states?
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# [[Main/NagelOnSplitBrain]] - What do split-brain cases tell us about the self?
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# [[ConsciousnessKnowledgeArgument|The knowledge argument 1]] - Can there be a physical explanation of consciousness?
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# [[Main / LOTAndNaturalLanguage|The medium of thought]] - Do we think with language or pictures?
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Dualism|Substance dualism]] - Do we have a soul?
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# [[Main/DualismSubstance|Substance dualism]] - Do we have a soul?
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* Please read: ContactInfo [[General information]] [[Assignment guidelines]]
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* Please read: [[General information]]
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!Announcements
* Please read: ContactInfo [[General information]] [[Assignment guidelines]]
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# Active externalism - Does the mind extend beyond the body?
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# [[Main/Active externalism]] - Does the mind extend beyond the body?
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# Introduction - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem
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# [[2008aPHIL2220Intro|Introduction]] - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem
# [[2008aPHIL2220Dualism|Substance dualism]] - Do we have a soul?
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# The psychology of religious experience
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2008-9 Semester 1 (Thursdays 8:30 - 10:20 am)
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# Cognitive enhancement - What are the limits?
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# Mid-term
# The knowledge argument 1 - Can there be a physical explanation of consciousness?
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# Emotions - What are they?
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# The medium of thought - Do we think with language or pictures?
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# The HOT theory of consciousness - Do pains go away when you don't think about them?
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# The Knowledge argument 2 - Replies to Jackson
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This page is under revision.
2008-9 Semester 1
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2008-9 Semester 1.
!Course schedule
# Introduction - The varieties of mental states and the mind-body problem
# Substance dualism - Do we have a soul?
# Physicalism and functionalism - Are mental states brain states or functional states?
# Consciousness as internal monitoring - Can computers be conscious?
# The Knowledge argument - Can there be a physical explanation of consciousness?
# Emotions - What are they?
# Active externalism - Does the mind extend beyond the body?
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![=PHIL2220 The Mind=]
2008-9 Semester 1.