Philosophy of Mind

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: The goal of the course is to introduce PhD students to topics and issues of what is called philosophy of mind in contemporary philosophy, as well as to the differences in their treatment compared to the traditional philosophy

Course description: After a brief review of topics and issues that are classified as the philosophy of mind, the course will focus, in a specialized way, on some of them. Because of the complexity in the area, it is impossible, in a way that would be appropriate for PhD studies, to deal with all of the issues of philosophy of mind, but it is possible to select one of the central issues and failrly extensively analyze different aspects of the selected problem. Thus, for example, it is possible to start with problems of so-called qualia and than consider in detail the ways in which the question, which arises because of the existence of qualia, is dealt with in identity theory, functionalism, supervenience theory, emergency theory, etc.

Learning Outcomes: Student will be able to follow the latest trends in philosophical psychology and neuro-sciences.

Literature/Reading:

• N. Grahek, Materija, svest i saznanje, Beograd, 1990.
• Q. Smith and A. Jokić (eds.), Consciousness, New Philosophical Perspectives, Oxford Universitz Press, 2003.
• A. Beckermann, H. Flohr and J. Kim (eds.), Emergence or Reduction?, New York, 1992.
• N. Grahek, Ogled o bolu, Otkrovenje, 2002.
• M. Govedarica, Filozofska analiza iracionalnosti, Mali Nemo, Pančevo, 2006.
• G. Graham / G. L. Stephens (eds.), Philosophical Psychopathology, Cambridge / London, 1994.
• D. Davidson, Essays on Actions and Events, Oxford, 1980.
• Aristotel, Nikomahova etika.
• Vernan, Ž.-P., ’Nagoveštaji volje u grčkoj tragediji’, u: Vernan, Ž.-P./Vidal-Nake, P., Mit i tragedija u antičkoj grčkoj I, S. Karlovci/N. Sad 1993.
• Hjum, D., Istraživanje o ljudskom razumu, Zagreb, 1988, Hjum, D., Rasprava o ljudskoj prirodi, Sarajevo 1983,Kant,I. Kritika čistog uma i Zasnivanje metafizike morala, Guyer, P., Kant’s System of Nature a
• Habermas, J., Freiheit und Determinismus, Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Philosophie, 6/2004; Detel, W., Forschungen uber Hirn und Geist, Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Philosophie, 6/2004;Singer, W., Selbsterfah
• F.H.,Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person,Journal of Philosophy,Vol. LXVIII, No.1,1971;Levin,M.,A Compatibilist Defense of Moral Responsibility,in:Introduction to Philosophy,Oxford 2004;