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Philosophy 3: The Nature of Mind

Philosophy 3: The Nature of Mind (Fall 2012, UC Berkeley). This consists of 36 video lectures given by Professor John Joseph Campbell, looking at the relation of psychological states, such as desires or memories, to the physical world. The Nature of Mind - Introduction to the philosophy of mind. Topics to be considered may include the relation between mind and body; the structure of action; the nature of desires and beliefs; the role of the unconscious.

Introduction


Foundations
Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - Rene Descartes - Meditations
Lecture 03 - Gilbert Ryle - Descartes' Myth
Lecture 04 - Hilary Putnam - Brains and Behavior
Functionalism
Lecture 05 - Putnam - The Nature of Mental States
Lecture 06 - Ned Block - Troubles with Functionalism
Lecture 07 - Nida-Rumelin - Pseudonormal Vision
Lecture 08 - Nagel - Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness
Lecture 09 - Searle - Can Computers Think?
Lecture 10 - Review
Consciousness
Lecture 11 - Thomas Nagel - What is it Like to be a Bat?
Lecture 12 - Nagel - What is it Like to be a Bat?
Lecture 13 - Nagel - What is it Like to be a Bat?
Lecture 14 - Frank Jackson - Epiphenomenal Qualia
Lecture 15 - Jackson - Epiphenomenal Qualia
Lecture 16 - Huxley - On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and Its History
Lecture 17 - Huxley - On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and Its History
Lecture 18 - Schizophrenia
Lecture 19 - Schizophrenia
Personal Identity
Lecture 20 - John Locke - Of Identity and Diversity
Lecture 21 - Locke - Of Identity and Diversity
Lecture 22 - Bernard Williams - The Self and the Future
Lecture 23 - Williams - The Self and the Future
Lecture 24 - Williams - The Self and the Future
Lecture 25 - David Hume - Of Personal Identity
Lecture 26 - Derek Parfit - Personal Identity
Lecture 27 - Parfit - Personal Identity
Lecture 28 - Parfit - Personal Identity
Psychological Explanation
Lecture 29 - Churchland - Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes
Lecture 30 - Churchland - Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes
Lecture 31 - Churchland - Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes
Lecture 32 - Review
Lecture 33 - Dennett - True Believers
Lecture 34 - Dennett - True Believers
Lecture 35 - Clark and Chalmers - The Extended Mind
Lecture 36 - Review