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Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (02.02.2018)
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Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (02.02.2018)
Overview, Philosophical methodology, historical, analytic, and pragmatic. What is Philosophy? Competing views - Sinnott-Armstrong, W. and Gert, B. Historical method in philosophy - Frost, S.E. How do we know stuff? The view of radical empiricism - James, W. How do we know stuff? Competing views - Sellars, W versus Chisolm, R. versus Gettier, E. Or do we just make it up? The problem of abductive inference - Peirce, C. and Wirth, U. Do we know stuff, or just think we do? The Chinese room - Searle, J. The problem of Zombies, competing views - Crick, F. and Koch, C. The problem of Zombies, What do zombies know? - Chalmers, D. Philosophy as a blood sport, and what that gets us - Pearce, K. The value of philosophy - Russell, B.
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Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (02.02.2018)
To earn credit for this course, a student must demonstrate his/her understanding of the subject matter through class participation and via examination, both written and oral. Attendance is mandatory: if a student misses a significant number of classes, he/she will be required to write an additional term paper. |
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Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (02.02.2018)
Chalmers, D (1993) “Self-Ascription Without Qualia: A Case-Study”, Behavioral and Brain Sciences 16:35-36, Chisolm, R. (1982) The Foundations of Knowing, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Crick, F. and Koch, C. (2003) A Framework for Consciousness, Nature Neuroscience 6, 119
Gert, B. (2004) Common Morality, Oxford: Oxford University Press Gettier, E. (1963) “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” Analysis, Vol. 23 Frost, S.E (1942/1989) Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers, NY: Anchor Books James, W. (1909) The Meaning of Truth, NY: Dover Pearce, K. (2008) The Adversarial Method in Philosophy online at: http://blog.kennypearce.net/archives/philosophy/metaphilosophy/the_adversarial_method_in_phil_1.html Queiroz, J and Merrell F. (2005) “Abduction: Between subjectivity and objectivity,” Semiotica vol. 153 - 1/4 Russell, B. (1912/1974) The Problems of Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2004) What is Philosophy, http://www.dartmouth.edu/~phil/whatis/wsa.html Sellars, W. (1963) Science, Perception and Reality, London: Routledge & Kegan Wirth, U. (1998) What is Abductive Inference, in Encyclopedia of Semiotics, ed. by Paul Bouissac, Oxford: Oxford University Press |