Week 1:
Tuesday 7/6: Course Introduction: The Mind-Body Problem.
Thursday 7/8: Dennett Consciousness Explained (CE), Ch. 1,2.
Denent and Hofstadter, The Mind’s I (MI), Zuboff, Ch. 12, p. 202.
Week 2:
Tuesday 7/13 CE, Ch 3, 4.
Thursday 7/15 CE, Ch 5.
MI Smullyan Ch. 25, p. 415.
Week 3:
Tuesday 7/20: CE, Ch 6.
MI, Dennett, Ch. 13, p 217.
Thursday 7/22: CE, Ch 7
MI Dawkins, Ch. 10, p. 124.
Stephen Pinker, The Brain’s Versatile Toolbox
Week 4:
Tuesday 7/27: 1. MidTerm Exam.
2. CE, Ch. 8.
Thursday 7/29: Dennett CE , Ch. 9
MI, Turing, Ch 4. Hofstadter Ch5. pp. 53-96
Week 5:
Tuesday 8/3: CE , Ch. 10, Ch. 11.
Thursday 8/5: CE , Ch 12. Ch. 14-Section 2, p. 441.
MI , Nagel, Ch. 24, p. 391. and Smullyan, Ch. 23, p. 383.
Week 6:
Tuesday 8/10: CE , Ch 14, Section 1, p. 431
MI, Searle, Ch. 22, p. 353. Cherniak, Ch. 17, p. 269.
"Minds, Machines and Gödel" by J.R. Lucas.
Thursday 8/12: Final Exam.