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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind. Some of the questions we will discuss include the following. Can computers think? Is the mind an immaterial thing? Or is the mind the brain? Or does the mind stand to the brain as a computer program stands to the hardware? How c
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- linguistics and philosophy
- searle; ai
- dualism
- behaviorism
- identity theory
- functionalism
- intentionality
- externalism
- self-knowledge
- knowledge argument
- chalmer
- panprotopsychism
- mysterianism
- conciousness
- rene descartes
- mind
- brain
- causal theory
- pain
- relief
- meaning
- individualism
- qualia
- mind-body problem
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The seminar will be devoted to understanding what we're up to when we ascribe contents to a person's assertions and mental attitudes. We seek to make clear the rules of the game for the philosophy of language. We'll survey classic discussions of the issue by Field, Lewis and Stalnaker. But much of the emphasis of the class will be on gettin
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- linguistics and philosophy
- radical interpretation
- mathematical truth
- self-location
- degrees of belief
- incoherent belief
- language of thought
- representation system
- modeling representation
- intentionality
- philosophy of language
- putnam's paradox
- semantics
- logical omniscience
- epistemology
- knowledge argument
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