Philosophy 132 Professor John R.

Searle Philosophy of Mind January 22, 2012

Announcements

Time: Tues,Thurs. 9:30-11:00am

Room: 277 Cory

Eligibility for enrollment in this course

You should have at least junior status order to take this course. Otherwise, admission to this course is by permission of the instructor .

Readings The reader is available at Copy Central on Bancroft. There are three required books which are available at the ASUC bookstore.

Required Reader (Copy Central, Bancroft Way) Searle, J.R.: Intentionality 1983, Cambridge University Press Searle, J.R.: Mind: A Brief Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2004. Searle, J.R.: The Rediscovery of the Mind, 1992, MIT Press Suggested

Lyons, W., Matters of the Mind, Routledge, 2001. Searle, J.R.: The Mystery of Consciousness, 1998, A NYRB.

Discussion Sections

Fill out a section preference card and hand it in today or Thursday. You will be notified by email by Friday, January 25th. Sections begin next week, January 29th. Section and lecture attendance is required to pass this course. Lecture and section attendance will be taken. Your GSI is not required to grade your papers if you miss more than three lectures or discussions. More than six absences results in an automatic failure.

Requirements There will be four short papers of approximately 2-3 pages in length for each paper. There is also a final exam. To pass this course, you must write all the papers and pass the final. The papers count for 60% of your grade; the final counts for 40% of your grade.

There are no incompletes given in this class. No late papers will be accepted.