PHL430: Theories of Mind

The first half of this unit gives an historical overview of some of the principal theories about mind and soul: Plato's immortal ecstatic soul, Aristotle's form-matter account, Epicurus' materialist thesis, Descartes' substance dualist account, and arguments against dualism. The second half focuses on contemporary theories and includes topics such as functionalism, computation, intentionality, the new empiricism, and global-holism theory. As examples, we will consider such puzzling test cases as android dreams, blind-sight, qualia, twin-earth, zombies and zimboes.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in Honours or Postgraduate-level courses. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Paul McDonald Position: Senior Lecturer - Philosophy E-mail: P.McDonald@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 4.046 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2992
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Paul McDonald Senior Lecturer - Philosophy (P.McDonald@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2992 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 4.046 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)