This schedule of readings will be filled in as the semester progresses. All information is tentative until the class prior to the due date.
| Date | Topic | Assignment |
| Mon, Aug 31 | Introduction | Kim, chapter 1 |
| Wed, Sept 2 | Substance Dualism | Kim, chapter 2 recommended: Lycan, Giving Dualism Its Due |
| Mon, Sept 7 |
No Class - Labor Day |
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| Wed, Sept 9 | Behaviorism | Kim, chapter 3 |
| Mon, Sept 14 | The Identity Theory | Kim, chapter 4 literature review topic should be selected |
| Wed, Sept 16 | Functionalism I: Mind as Computer | Kim, chapter 5 |
| Mon, Sept 21 | Functionalism II: Mind as Causal System | Kim, chapter 6 lit review: encyclopedia articles |
| Wed, Sept 23 | Mental Causation | Kim, chapter 7 |
| Mon, Sept 28 | Mental Causation, continued; Consciousness | Kim, chapters 7-8 lit review: Philosophers' Index search |
| Wed, Sept 30 | Consciousness, continued | Kim, chapter 8 recommended: Putnam, "The Meaning of 'Meaning'" |
| Mon, Oct 5 | Content | Kim, chapter 9 |
| Wed, Oct 7 | Reduction, Reductive Explanation, Physicalism | Kim, chapter 10 recommended: Fodor, "Special Sciences" (1974) Fodor, "Special Sciences: Still Autonomous" (1997) lit review: PhilPapers search |
| Mon, Oct 12 |
Searle I: Review, mostly |
Searle, chapters 1-3 |
| Wed, Oct 14 |
Mid-Term Examination |
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| Mon, Oct 19 | Searle II: Consciousness | Searle, chapters 4-5 |
| Wed, Oct 21 | Searle III: Intentionality and Mental Causation | Searle, chapters 6-7 |
| Mon, Oct 26 | Searle IV: Free Will and the Unconscious | Searle, chapters 8-9 literature review due |
| Wed, Oct 28 | Searle V: Perception and the Self | Searle, chapter 10-11 and Epilogue |
| Mon, Nov 2 | Perry I | Perry, chapters 1-2 |
| Wed, Nov 4 | Perry II | Perry, chapters 3-4 |
| Mon, Nov 9 | Dennett I | Dennett, chapters 1-2 |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Dennett II | Dennett, chapters 3-4 |
| Mon, Nov 16 | Dennett III | Dennett, chapters 5-6 recommended: turn in draft of paper (new date: moved from Nov. 9) |
| Wed, Nov 18 | Dennett IV | Dennett, chapters 7-8 Hakwan Lau, "Are We Studying Consciousness Yet?" (see TLEARN) |
| Mon, Nov 23 | TBA | TBA |
| Wed, Nov 25 | TBA | TBA |
| Mon, Nov 30 | TBA | TBA paper due (new date: moved from Nov 25) |
| Wed, Dec 2 | TBA | TBA |
| Mon, Dec 7 | review for final exam | No new reading |
| Sat, Dec 12 | FINAL EXAMINATION (8:30 AM) |