THE ‘# Great Courses on ‘Lape’ Teaching that engages the mind” The Philosophy of Mind John R. Searle, D.Phil. 1-800-TEACH-12 1-800-832-2412 COURSE GUIDE The Teaching Company” 7405 Alban Station Court, A106 Springleld, VA 22150.2318 THE TEACHING CoMPANY®John R. Searle, D. Phil. University of California, Berkeley John R. Seale is one of America's leading philosophers. Heis the Mills Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1959. He attended the University of Wisconsin, where le was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford in his junior ‘year. He received his B.A, (1955), M.A., and D. Phil. (1950) degrees From ‘Oxford, He was a lecturer in Oxford from 1956 to 1959, prior to accepting his appointinent in Berkeley; and he has held visiting professorships in the United States, Frnglard, Canada, Norway. Germany, Italy, France, and Brazil. Professor ‘Searle's books include Speech Acts, Expression and Meaning, Inientionatity, Minds, Brains and Science, The Rediscovery of the Mind, and The Construction of Social Reality. In 1984, he was the Reith Lecturer on the BBC. and he has ‘appeared frequently on U.S. public tle i Fellow and twice won a Fulbright Award. In 1990 he was President of the American Philosophical Association. He has been a member of the American ‘Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1977. He is currently acouncil member of the Nasional Endowment for the Humanities. His works have been translated into ‘twenty languages, 101098 The "Teaching Company Liited Parsenip ’The Philosophy of Mind Table of Contents Professor Biography. Course Scope. Lecture One: Dus Lecture Two: Alternatives to Dualisin; Materialism and Its Discontents. lism: Descartes’ Legacy... Lecture Three: Strong Arificial Intelligence... Lecture Four: The Chinese Room Argument and Its Critics. Lecture Fiver Can a Machine Think?. Lecture Six: Is the Brain « Digital Computer? Lecture Seven: Some Solutioas to Descartes’ Probl Lecture Kight: ‘The Structure of Consciousness, Lecture Nine: How to Study Consciousness Scientifically Lecture Te Lecture Blevei Lecture Twelve: Thc Coruuciion of Social Reality. Bibliography... How the Mind Works: An Introduction to Intentionaity......25 ‘The Structure of Action and Perception. 2 (©1998 The Tesching Company Limited Patneship The Philosophy of Mind Course Scope: many inca era there are certain overscng problems nt frm the horizon ot intlletal Hf. In oar ea the leading problem show to account for our commonsense eanception of ourssves as conscious, re, minal, alionl agens ina word consang ently of ladles, mangle, lind, purpscless piace pares in fds of phyiealforce, ‘This problem is manifest in countless ways. How ¢o the social sciences relate to the natural sciences? What is the nature of mental illness and how does it relate to physical illiess? Can we really discover laws of human behtvier analogous to the laws of physies? ‘The central problem area, however, lies inthe philosophy ‘of mind. What is the natue and stmeture of the haman mind znd how does it relate 10 the rest of reality? The aim of this eourse is to inuoduce the student to some of the leading issves in the philosophy of mind and above all to enable the student to think about these problems for himself or herself. (©1998 The Teaching Company Linited Paruestip 3