PHILOSOPHY 736-232 Sec. 001
PERSONAL IDENTITY
Instructor: Luca
Ferrero
Curtin
Hall 625
tel.
229-5903
ferrero@fas.harvard.edu
Schedule: T R 4:30-5:45
Location: Bolton Hall B79
Office hours: T 2:00-4:00
A. Required Texts
1) Perry, John (ed.). Personal Identity. University
of California Press.
2) Kolak & Martin (eds.) Self and Identity.
MacMillan.
3) Dennett, Daniel. Elbow Room. MIT Press.
·
These books
are available at the UWM Bookstore
·
Starred
readings are on Reserve at the Golda Meir Library
B.
You are required to read the assigned texts before
attending the lecture
C. Assignments
1) Test
in class on: 2/11/99
2) Two short papers
·
First paper due on: 3/11/99
·
Second paper due on: 4/15/99
·
Papers topics
will be given a week in advance
·
Papers will
be collected in class
·
Papers should
be of 1-1/2 2 standard pages (300 words
per page)
3) No
late paper will be accepted
4) Attendance is mandatory
5) Final Exam : Thursday 5/13/99 4:30-6:30
Bolton Hall B79
D. Grading Policy
Test
10%
Class
Participation 10%
Short
Papers 20% each
Final
Exam 40%
E. Schedule of Topics and Readings
1/21/99 Introductory meeting
Presentation of the
Course, Assignments, Grading policy
1/26/99 Locke I
Perry,
pp. 33-52
1/28/99 Locke II
Perry,
pp. 33-52
2/2/99 Butler and Reid
Perry,
pp. 99-118
2/4/99 Hume I
Perry, pp. 159-178
2/9/99 Hume II + Review
Perry,
pp. 159-178
2/11/99 TEST IN CLASS
2/16/99 Where Am I?
+Dennett,
D. “Where Am I?” in Hofstadter, Dennett. The Mind’s I, pp. 217-231. (On
Reserve)
2/18/99 Self and the Future
Williams
in Perry, pp. 179-198
2/23/99 The Psychological View
Parfit
in Kolak & Martin, pp. 227-248
2/25/99
Memory
Shoemaker
in Perry, pp. 119-134
3/2/99 Does Identity Matter?
Parfit in Kolak & Martin, pp. 248-265
3/4/99 The Importance of Being Identical
+Perry,
J. in Rorty, A. (Ed.), The Identities of Persons, pp. 67-90 (On Reserve)
3/9/99 Personal Identity, Rationality and
Morality I
Parfit
in Kolak & Martin, pp. 301-5, 309-322
3/11/99 Personal Identity, Rationality and
Morality II
Parfit
in Kolak & Martin, pp. 301-5, 309-322
+FIRST
PAPER DUE+
Spring
recess: 3/14-3/21
3/23/99 The Unity of Agency
Korsgaard
in Kolak & Martin, pp. 323-338
3/25/99 Split Brains
Kolak
& Martin, pp. 55-81
3/30/99 Multiple Personalities I
Kolak
& Martin, pp. 89-133
4/1/99 Multiple Personalities II
Kolak & Martin, pp.
134-162
4/6/99 Self-Deception I
+Davidson
in R. Wollheim & J. Hopkins (eds.) Philosophical Essays on Freud.
(On Reserve)
4/8/99 Self-Deception II
Johnston
in Kolak & Martin, pp. 422-435
4/13/99 Conditions of Personhood
+Dennett,
D. “Conditions of Personhood” in Dennett, Brainstorms. (On Reserve)
4/15/99 Group Persons
+Rovane,
C. The Bounds of Agency, pp. 136-166 (On Reserve)
+SECOND
PAPER DUE+
4/20/99 Person and Agency
+Taylor,
C. Human Agency and Language, pp. 97-114. (On Reserve)
4/22/99 Persons and Personae
+Rorty,
A. Mind in Action, pp. 27-46. (On Reserve)
4/27/99 Dennett I
Dennett in Kolak &
Martin, pp. 355-364
Dennett, Elbow Room,
Ch. 2
4/29/99 Dennett II
Dennett,
Elbow Room, Ch. 3
5/4/99 Dennett III
Dennett,
Elbow Room, Ch. 4
5/6/99 Review
Drop/Audit Policy: Students will be allowed to drop the course up through the last day permitted by the Registrar. Likewise, students may elect to audit the course up through the last day permitted by the Registrar.
Grievance and Appeals Policy: The Department of Philosophy has procedures for handling student grievance
and grade-appeals. Information is available in the Department office, 612 Curtin Hall.
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PHILOSOPHY 736-232 Sec. 001
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND THE SELF
Revised Syllabus - 2/25/99
2/25/99 Does Identity Matter?
Parfit in Kolak & Martin, pp. 248-265
3/2/99 Personal Identity, Rationality and
Morality I
Parfit
in Kolak & Martin, pp. 301-5, 309-322
3/4/99 The Unity of Agency
Korsgaard
in Kolak & Martin, pp. 323-338
3/9/99 Personal Identity, Rationality and
Morality II
Parfit
in Kolak & Martin, pp. 301-5, 309-322
(Suggested: The
Importance of Being Identical
+Perry,
J. in Rorty, A. (Ed.), The Identities of Persons, pp. 67-90 (On
Reserve), sec. I,IV,V,VI)
3/11/99 Origins of Consciousness
Jaynes in Kolak &Martin, pp. 16-39
Suggested:
Kolak & Martin, pp. 40-54
+FIRST
PAPER DUE+
Spring
recess: 3/14-3/21
3/23/99 Split Brains
Kolak
& Martin, pp. 55-81
3/25/99 Multiple Personalities I
Kolak
& Martin, pp. 89-133
3/30/99 Multiple Personalities II
Kolak & Martin, pp.
134-162
4/1/99 Self-Deception I
+Davidson
in R. Wollheim & J. Hopkins (eds.) Philosophical Essays on Freud.
(On Reserve)
4/6/99 Self-Deception II
Johnston
in Kolak & Martin, pp. 422-435
4/8/99 Conditions of Personhood
+Dennett,
D. “Conditions of Personhood” in Dennett, Brainstorms. (On Reserve)
4/13/99 Group Persons
+Rovane,
C. The Bounds of Agency, pp. 136-166 (On Reserve)
4/18/99 Person and Agency
+Taylor,
C. Human Agency and Language, pp. 97-114. (On Reserve)
+SECOND PAPER DUE+
4/20/99 Persons and Personae
+Rorty,
A. Mind in Action, pp. 27-46. (On Reserve)
4/25/99 Dennett I
Dennett in Kolak &
Martin, pp. 355-364
Dennett, Elbow Room,
Ch. 2
4/27/99 Dennett II
Dennett,
Elbow Room, Ch. 3
4/30/99 Dennett III
Dennett,
Elbow Room, Ch. 4
5/4/99 Review
5/6/99 TBA