Philosophy of Mind

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Course ID:	3800-FU22-M-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Philosophy of Mind
Name in Polish:	Filozofia umysłu
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Philosophy
Course groups:	General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective monographs general courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Student powinien znać podstawy logiki i semiotyki, powinien znać angielski, przynajmniej biernie, w stopniu umożliwiającym lekturę filozoficznych tekstów anglojęzycznych
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The aim of the class is to familiarize participants with the most important concepts, issues and theories of contemporary philosophy of mind and philosophy of psychology.
Full description:	The aim of the class is to familiarize participants with the most important concepts, issues and theories of contemporary philosophy of mind and philosophy of psychology. During the course of the class the following problem blocks will be discussed (among others): 1] Concepts of everyday psychology and eliminativism, 2] The question of mental causality, 3] The issue of intentionality [criteria of distinguishing intentional states, the issue of content, concepts of intentionality]. 4] Internalism and externalism in the philosophy of mind 5] The question of phenomenal consciousness [argument from knowledge, modal arguments]. 6] Metaphysics of mind: selected issues
Bibliography:	Eliminatywizm i psychologia potoczna/Eliminativism and Folk Psychology Fodor, J. (1992), Fodor’s Guide to Mental Representation: The Intelligent Auntie’s Vade-Mecum, w: A Theory of Content and Other Essays (przekład polski: Jak grać w reprezentacje umysłowe, w: Modele umysłu, Z. Chlewiński (red.)) Lewis, D. K. (1972), Psychophysical and Theoretical Identifications, “Australasian Journal of Philosophy”, Vol. 50, No. 3. Churchland, P. M. (1981), Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes, “The Journal of Philosophy”, Vol. 78, No. 2. Stich, S. (1983), rozdz. 5. A Content Theory of Belief, rozdz. 10 Will the Concepts of Folk Psychology Find a Place in Cognitive Science?, w: From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science. A Case Against Belief. Stich. S. (1996), Deconstructing the Mind, w: Deconstructing the Mind. Przyczynowość umysłowa/Mental causation Kim, J. (2002), Problemy przyczynowania mentalnego, w: Umysł w świecie fizycznym, R. Poczobut (tłum.). Davidson, D. (1993), Thinking Causes, w: Mental Causation, J. Heil, A. Mele (red.). Fodor, J. (1987), Making Mind Matter More, “Journal of Philosophy”, Vol. 84, No. 11. Chalmers, D. (1995), Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness, “Journal of Consciousness Studies”, Vol. 2, No. 3. Intencjonalność/Intentionality Searle, J. (1983), rozdz. 1 The Nature of Intentional States, w: Intentionality. An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind. Dennett, D. (1971), Intentional Systems, “The Journal of Philosophy”, Vol. 68, No. 4. Stich, S.; Laurence, S (1994), Intentionality and Naturalism, “Midwest Studies in Philosophy”, Vol. 19. Argument z wiedzy/Knowledge argument Jackson F. (1982) Epiphenomenal qualia, Philosophical Quarterly 32: 127–136. Jackson F. (1986) What Mary didn't know? Journal of Philosophy 83: 291–295. Stoljar D. & Nagasawa Y. (2004) Introduction (w: There is something about Mary: essays on phenomenal consciousness and Frank Jackson's knowledge argument, 2004) Treść, eksternalizam, internalizm/Content, externalism, internalism Burge Individualism and the Mental Stalnaker On What's in the Head Dennett Evolution, Error and Intentionality (chap. 8: Evolution, Error, and Intentionality) Grabarczyk Directival Theory of Meaning Resurrected Żegleń Treść i reprezentacje umysłowe, [w:] Przewodnik po filozofii umysłu (red. Miłkowski, Poczobut) Clark Magic Words. How Language Augments Human Computation Clark, Chalmers The Extended Mind Metafizyka umysłu/Metaphysics of mind Poczobut Relacje psychofizyczne, [w:] Przewodnik po filozofii umysłu (red. Miłkowski, Poczobut) Kripke Identyczność a konieczność, przeł. T. Szubka, [w:] T. SZUBKA (red.), Metafizyka w filozofii analitycznej, Lublin: TN KUL 1995, s. 95-126 Chalmers, D (2008) „Świadomość i jej miejsce w naturze”, [w:] M. Miłkowski, R. Poczobut (red.), Analityczna metafizyka umysłu, s. 442–494 Iwanicki M. (2012) Dualizm psychofizyczny, w: Miłkowski, Poczobut (red.) Przewodnik po filozofii umysłu, Wydawnictwo WAM Benovsky Dual-aspect monism
Learning outcomes:	Acquired knowledge: - has a structured and detailed knowledge of contemporary philosophy of mind - knows basic research methods and argumentative strategies appropriate for contemporary philosophy of mind Acquired skills: - can recognize the relationship of the philosophy of mind with other fields of philosophy: ontology, epistemology, philosophy of language - can briefly present a written problem together with an argumentation for its solution - can cite the main theses of read texts and critically comment on their arguments - can read and interpret philosophical texts Acquired social competences: - can present their views to a group in a clear and understandable way - is able to listen to a person of a different opinion and explain his/her views in a substantiated way.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	final written test Acceptable number of missed classes without formal explanation: 2 in a semester

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