Philosophy of Mind

This page contains some links to internet philosophy of mind resources, and to some materials for my Philosophy of Mind class.

Materials for Philosophy 3331, Philosophy of Mind

Syllabus
Reading Assignments

Midterm Review
Midterm Questions

Topics for the Literature Review
Description of the Literature Review Assignment

Paper Handout

notes on Kim, Philosophy of Mind

chapter 1
chapter 4
chapters 5-6
chapter 7
chapter 8
chapter 9
chapter 10

some notes on Perry, Knowledge, Possibility, and Consciousness

chapters 1-2
chapters 3-4

notes on Dennett, Sweet Dreams

chapters 1-4

The materials below are from previous offerings of the course. They will be somewhat different this time around, but you may still find them of interest.

Starting Points for Research

Midterm Review
Midterm Questions

Paper Information
Possible Paper Topics

Final Exam Review
Final Exam Questions

Dualism
Churchland on dualism
Behaviorism Handout
Functionalism Handout
Putnam, Block, and Nida-Rümelin on Functionalism
Mental Causation: Notes on Kim and Yablo
Daniel Dennett: Three Theses from Consciousness Explained
Dennett, "Quining Qualia"
Fodor and Kim on Multiple Realizability
Putnam on the Meaning of 'Meaning'
Tye on Visual Qualia and Visual Content

some notes on John Searle, The Rediscovery of the Mind

chapter 1 
chapter 2 
chapter 3 
chapter 4 
chapter 5
chapter 7 
chapter 9

some notes on Andy Clark, Mindware

chapters 1-2
chapters 3-4
chapters 5-6

also see these related handouts from my intro class:

behaviorism overview
identity theory overview

Other Internet Resources

• The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. An excellent internet-based encyclopedia. Many articles are by well-known experts. Has now grown into a remarkably rich resource. Among many relevant articles, see those on dualism, behaviorism, the identity theory, functionalism, mental causation, mental representation, narrow mental content, consciousness, the computational theory of mind, cognitive science, connectionism, mental imagery, and qualia.