PHIL 505
Philosophy of Mind
Fall 2026 · Topics in Philosophy of Mind
Topics
- Alva Noe, “Is the visual world a grand illusion?” Keith Frankish, “Quiet Qualia”
- Arguments
- Phenomenology The Meta- Problem Implications
- The Self Non-Western
- Perspectives
- Review Component Short Paper Term Paper Class Participation
Readings
- Chalmers, D. J. (1995). Facing up to the problem of consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2, 200–219
- Chalmers, D. J. (2018). The meta-problem of consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 25(9–10), 6–61
- Chalmers, D. J. (2020). Debunking arguments for illusionism about consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 27(5–6), 258–281
- Chaturvedi, A. (2024). Is the mind a magic trick? Illusionism about consciousness in the “consciousness-only” theory of Vasubandhu and Sthiramati. Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy, 10
- Churchland, P. S. (1996). The hornswoggle problem. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 3, 402–408
- Dennett, D. C. (1988). Quining qualia. In A. J. Marcel & E. Bisiach (Eds.), Consciousness in modern science (pp. 42–77). Oxford University Press
- Dennett, D. C. (1991). The reality of selves. In Consciousness explained (pp. 412–
- Little, Brown
- Dennett, D. C. (1998). The practical requirements for making a conscious robot. In Brainchildren: Essays on designing minds (pp. 151–170). Penguin
- Dennett, D. C. (2005). The magic of consciousness. In Sweet dreams: Philosophical obstacles to a science of consciousness. MIT Press
- ISBN 9783958570245
- Frankish, K. (2016). Illusionism as a theory of consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 23(11–12), 11–39
- Garfield, J. (2017). Illusionism and givenness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 23(11–12), 73–82
- Kammerer, F. (2018b). How rich is the illusion of consciousness? Erkenntnis, 87(2), 499–515
- Kammerer, F. (2021). The illusion of conscious experience. Synthese, 198, 845–
- Nagel, T. (1974). What is it like to be a bat? The Philosophical Review, 83, 435–
- Noë, A. (2002). Is the visual world a grand illusion? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 9(5–6)
- Peebles, G. (2024). Eliminativism about phenomenology. Synthese, 484, 275–
- Pereboom, D. (2019). Russellian monism, introspective opacity, and the illusion meta-problem of consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 26(9–10), 182–193
- Schriner, R. C. (2018). Sceptical alternatives: Strong illusionism versus modest realism. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 25(9–10), 209–227
Winter 2026 · Topics in Philosophy of Mind
Topics
- Intentionality I
- Intentionality II
- Consciousness I
- Consciousness II
- Consciousness III
- Consciousness IV
- Kinds of Minds I
- Kinds of Minds II
- Free Will I
- Free Will II
- Free Will III
- Course Conclusion Component
- Apr. 5 Apr. 20 Apr. 9 F 0-49
Fall 2020 · Topics in Philosophy of Mind / Philosophy of Mind
Topics
- Philosophical intuitions
- Conceptual engineering
- Experimental philosophy
- Conceptual analysis
- Philosophical methods
Readings
- Bealer, George (1996) “A priori knowledge and the scope of philosophy.” Philosophical Studies 81: 121–142.
- Brigandt, Ingo (2013) “A critique of David Chalmers’ and Frank Jackson’s account of concepts.” ProtoSociology 30: 63–88.
- Buckwalter, Wesley and Stephen Stich (2014) “Gender and philosophical intuition.” In J. Knobe and S. Nichols (eds.), Experimental Philosophy, Volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 307–346.
- Burgess, Alexis, and David Plunkett (2013) “Conceptual ethics I.” Philosophy Compass 8: 1091– 1101.
- Burgess, Alexis, and David Plunkett (2013) “Conceptual ethics II.” Philosophy Compass 8: 1092– 1110.
- Chalmers, David J. (1996) The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Chalmers, David J (2002) “The components of content.” In D. Chalmers (ed.), Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 608–633.
- Gettier, Edmund L. (1963) “Is justified true belief knowledge?” Analysis 23: 121–123
- Haslanger, Sally (2000) “Gender and race: (What) Are they? (What) Do we want them to be?” Noûs 34: 31–55.
- Hintikka, Jaakko (1999) “The emperor’s new intuitions.” The Journal of Philosophy 96: 127–147.
- Jackson, Frank (1998) From Metaphysics to Ethics: A Defense of Conceptual Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Jenkins, Katharine (2016) “Amelioration and inclusion: gender identity and the concept of woman.” Ethics 126: 394–421.
- Kauppinen, Antti (2007) “The rise and fall of experimental philosophy.” Philosophical Explorations 10: 95–118.
- Knobe, Joshua (2007) “Experimental philosophy and philosophical significance.” Philosophical Explorations 10: 119–121.
- Knobe, Joshua, and Shaun Nichols (2008) “An experimental philosophy manifesto.” In J. Knobe and S. Nichols (eds.), Experimental Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3–14.
- Livengood, Jonathan, and Edouard Machery (2007) “The folk probably don’t think what you think they think: experiments on causation by absence.” Midwest Studies in Philosophy 31: 107–127.
- Ludlow, Peter (2014) “Norms of word meaning litigation.” Protosociology 31: 88–112.
- Machery, Edouard (2008) “The folk concept of intentional action: philosophical and experimental issues.” Mind and Language 23: 165–189.
- Mallon, Ron (2006) “ ‘Race’: normative, not metaphysical or semantic.” Ethics 116: 525–551.
- Mallon, Ron, Edouard Machery, Shaun Nichols, and Stephen Stich (2009) “Against arguments from reference.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 79: 332–356.
- Nadelhoffer, Thomas (2006) “Bad acts, blameworthy agents, and intentional actions.” Philosophical Explorations 9: 203–219.
- Nado, Jennifer (2014) “Philosophical expertise.” Philosophy Compass 9: 631–641.
- Nado, Jennifer (2014) “The role of intuition.” In J. Sytsma (ed.), Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Mind, London: Bloomsbury, 11–43.
- Nado, Jennifer (2019) “Conceptual engineering, truth, and efficacy.” Synthese. doi:10.1007/s11229-019- 02096-x
- Plunkett, David, and Tim Sundell (2013) “Disagreement and the semantics of normative and evaluative terms.” Philosophers’ Imprint 13: 23.
- Putnam, Hilary (1975) “The meaning of ‘meaning’.” In H. Putnam, Mind, Language and Reality: Philosophical Papers, Vol. 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 215–271.
- Quine, Willard Van Orman (1953) “Two dogmas of empiricism.” Philosophical Review 60: 20– 43.
- Ritchie, Katherine (in review) “Essentializing language and the prospects for ameliorative projects.”
- Sarkissian, Hagop, John Park, David Tien, Jennifer Cole Wright and Joshua Knobe (2011) “Folk moral relativism.” Mind & Language 26: 482–505.
- Saul, Jennifer (2006) “Gender and race.” Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 80: 119–143.
- Sosa, Ernest (2005) “A defense of the use of intuitions in philosophy.” In D. Murphy and M. Bishop (eds.), Stich and His Critics, Malden: Blackwell, 101–112.
- Stich, Stephen (2005) “Reply to Sosa.” In D. Murphy and M. Bishop (eds.), Stich and His Critics, Malden: Blackwell, 228–237.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
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