Philosophy of Human Person (Grad Level)

Syllabus: Philosophy of the Human Person

Additional Reading Assignments:

            #1: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/

NB:  The Correct Book will be in the Bookstore by Thursday. 

                #2.  "Human Beings are Animals," by P. Lee: Human Beings Are Animals

                            #3. "Conceptual Thought" by P. Lee: Difference in Kind Between Human

                            #4. on 4-dimensionalism:  (just pp. 1-5) Patrick Lee on NRO Books

                            #5. more on 4-dimensionalism: (just sections 1-3, that is, pp. 1-5)  Temporal Parts (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

                             #6. on constitutionalism:  VIII

                             #7. on free will: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/dfwVariousKane.html

                            #8. on the basis of human dignity:  Human Dignity

                            #9. Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper: Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper

An Example of a Summary-Outline:  of Stewart Goetz's article on the Modal Argument:  Stewart Goetz

Directions to Some Readings for Summary-Outline:

            #1. James Ross's "Immaterial Aspects of Thought,: (originally appeared in Journal of Philosophy, 1992):  http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jross/zchap6.htm

                          #2. Peter Geach's "What Do We Think With" in his God and the Soul.

                #3. John Haldane's “The Source and Destination of Thought,” in Referring to God:  Jewish and Christian Philosophical and Theological Perspectives.

                #4. Christopher Tollefsen, "Experience Machines, Dreams, and What Matters," Journal of Value Inquiry 37 (2003):  at the library, click on "title of journal" and go from there

                #5. David Widerker, "Frankfurt's Attack on the Principle of Alternative Possibilities:  A Further Look, Philosophical Perspectives:  at the library, click on "title of journal" and go from there

                #6. Michael Burke, "Persons and Bodies:  How to Avoid the New Dualism," American Philosophical Quarterly 34 (1997), 457-467:  Upstairs in the Periodicals (will have to photocopy it).

                #7. Eric Olson, "Material Coincidence and the Indiscernibility Problem," Philosophical Quarterly 51 (2001): at the library, click on "title of journal" and go from there.

     Other possibilities are indicated in class.