PHIL 525

Spring 2013 All Classes

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Seminar Philosophy of Mind

Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

Selected topics from major writings in the philosophy of mind.

Approved for letter grading when offered for 4 hours; approved for S/U grading when offered for 2 hours - only available for Stage 3 Philosophy PhD students. May be repeated in the same or separate terms. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor for non-philosophy graduate students.

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PHIL 525 class schedule data for spring 2013
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	56601	Lecture-Discussion	1JW	4:00PM -5:50PM	T	402 Gregory Hall	Waskan, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Info: TOPIC: Cognitive and Science. In this course, we will investigate whether or not a naturalistic understanding of minds (and society) might enrich philosophical theorizing about what science is and why, epistemically speaking, it is so exemplary. We will consider evaluate naturalistic approaches to understanding scientific inference, theory testing, theory change, scientific realism, and the normative aspects of science. We will first study some classic or otherwise well-known works in the philosophy of science ? for instance, writings from Popper, Hempel, Quine, Sellars, Kuhn, Lakatos, Kitcher, and Kim. In addition, we will probably read the bulk of two books which propose naturalistic (viz., cognitive scientific) answers to traditional problems in the philosophy of science ? namely, Ron Giere?s Explaining Science and Paul Thagard?s The Cognitive Science of Science. Along the way, we will read a number of articles, including some from the anthologies The Cognitive Basis of Science, The Psychology of Science and Scientific Understanding. We will also read selections from my (Waskan?s) own work in the area. No prior familiarity with these topics is required. Students taking the course for full credit may be expected to give at least a couple of presentations and to complete at least one brief presentation and one full-length essay.
	56600	Lecture-Discussion	JW	4:00PM -5:50PM	T	402 Gregory Hall	Waskan, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Seminar Phil of Cognitive Sci Section Info: TOPIC: Cognitive and Science. In this course, we will investigate whether or not a naturalistic understanding of minds (and society) might enrich philosophical theorizing about what science is and why, epistemically speaking, it is so exemplary. We will consider evaluate naturalistic approaches to understanding scientific inference, theory testing, theory change, scientific realism, and the normative aspects of science. We will first study some classic or otherwise well-known works in the philosophy of science ? for instance, writings from Popper, Hempel, Quine, Sellars, Kuhn, Lakatos, Kitcher, and Kim. In addition, we will probably read the bulk of two books which propose naturalistic (viz., cognitive scientific) answers to traditional problems in the philosophy of science ? namely, Ron Giere?s Explaining Science and Paul Thagard?s The Cognitive Science of Science. Along the way, we will read a number of articles, including some from the anthologies The Cognitive Basis of Science, The Psychology of Science and Scientific Understanding. We will also read selections from my (Waskan?s) own work in the area. No prior familiarity with these topics is required. Students taking the course for full credit may be expected to give at least a couple of presentations and to complete at least one brief presentation and one full-length essay.