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The sciences of the mind have grown rapidly since the mid-twentieth century. There is now a vast body of empirical knowledge concerning the structures and processes in the human brain which underpin, e.g., thought, sensation, and emotion. More generally, the interdisciplinary field of congitive science is prospering on several fronts. Contemporary philosophical reflection about the mind has been influenced by this empirical inquiry, to the extent that the boundary lines between them are blurred in places. Nonetheless, philosophers of mind continue to debate foundational issues in terms not radically different from those in vogue in previous eras.
The present seminar gathers together some of the recent writing on such issues. The seminar is intented for mid-level undergraduate in the philosophy of mind, with selected reading that should be accessible to undergraduates who have taken only one or two courses in philosophy. |
