| Instructor: Luca FERRERO |
Schedule:
TTh 3:15-4:30pm
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| Office: 100-102A |
Lecture
Room: 100-101k
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| tel. (650) 723-9196 |
Office
hour: T 4:30-5:30pm
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email: |
and by appointment |
| homepage: http://www.stanford.edu/~ferrero |
REQUIRED TEXTS
| FW G. Watson (ed.) Free Will. Oxford University Press, 2003, 2nd edition |
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See Syllabus for extra required readings |
Supplementary Readings will be made available through Coursework
N.B. You are required to read the assigned texts before the lecture
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ON LINE RESOURCES |
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| Date | Lecture | Topic | Readings and Assignments |
| 09/26 | I | Introduction | Watson, Introduction to FW |
| 09/28 | II | Classic Compatibilism | Ayer "Freedom and Necessity" (available on Courseweb) |
| 10/03 | III | Incompatibilsm - The Consequence Argument | van Inwagen, FW
2 (from section 3.4) Kane "Incompatibilism" FIRST OUTLINE DUE |
| 10/05 | IV | Libertarianism and Agent Causation | Chisholm, FW 1 |
| 10/10 | V | Clarke, FW 14 | |
| 10/12 | VI | Free Will and
Indeterminism |
Kane, FW
15 SECOND OUTLINE DUE |
| 10/17 | VII | TBA | |
| 10/19 | VIII | Reactive Attitudes | P. Strawson, FW 4 |
| 10/24 | IX | Skepticism | G. Strawson, FW 11 THIRD OUTLINE DUE Topics of first paper distributed |
| 10/26 | X | Revisionism | Nagel, FW 12 |
| 10/31 | XI | Review | FIRST PAPER DUE |
| 11/02 | XII | Freedom and Practical Reason |
Bok, FW 7 |
| 11/07 | XIII | Freedom and Alternate Possibilities | Frankfurt, FW 8 |
| 11/09 | XIV | Widerker, FW
9 Fischer FW
10 FOURTH OUTLINE DUE |
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| 11/14 | XV | Hierarchical Theories | Frankfurt, FW 16 |
| 11/16 | XVI | Watson, FW 17 | |
| 11/21 | --- Happy Thanksgiving --- | ||
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| 11/28 | XVII | Freedom and Sanity | Wolf, FW 19 FIFTH OUTLINE DUE Topics of second paper distributed |
| 11/30 | XVIII | Freedom and Addiction | Wallace, FW 22 |
| 12/5 | XIX | Freedom in Belief and Desire |
Pettit Smith, FW 20 |
| 12/7 | XX | Conclusion | Albritton, FW 21 SECOND PAPER DUE |
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ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING POLICY
UNDERGRADUATES
| 5 Outlines (300-500 words each) |
15% |
| First Paper (1500-2100 words / approximately 5-7 pages) |
35% |
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Second Paper (1800-2400 words / approximately 6-8 pages) |
40% |
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Class participation |
10% |
No incompletes will be granted, but for documented medical or family emergencies
GRADUATE
STUDENTS
[additional reading requirements and writing assignments to
be announced in class]
Attendance
to lectures and sections is expected
Papers and
outlines MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS BY THE DEADLINES
indicated above.
No late papers or outlines will be accepted, but for documented medical
or family emergencies.
In order to pass this course you MUST COMPLETE ALL assignments.
click here to see the GRADING GUIDELINES
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