Course Information Course Structure There are two 50-minute lectures and one 50-minute workshop (tutorial) per week in PHIL101. Assessment External assessment – one examination, 70% Internal assessment – two essays worth 15% each Workshops (i) Workshops (tutorials) are supervised sessions designed to take topics to greater depth and to develop the skills of philosophical argument and writing. (ii) Each workshop is run by a tutor, who is usually a postgraduate student. Your tutor will also help you with any individual difficulties you may have. Tutors are available in their consultation times in the philosophy department seminar room at 117 Union St East. (iii) Workshops start in the second week of the semester. Workshop lists will be posted during the first week of the semester on PIMS and on the ground floor notice board, Arts (Burns) Building. You may change to another workshop at the Department Administrator’s Office, 117 Union St East, but please do not do so unless absolutely necessary. Student Consultation Times You will be notified of the times when lecturers are available in their offices. These times give you a rare opportunity in these days of increased student numbers to discuss any aspect of your work or the course content. Workload The course is worth 18 points. Each point represents 10 hours work, for the ‘average’ student, giving a total of 180 hours. Here the work includes all work – attendance at lectures and workshops, time spent reading, preparing for and writing essays, and revising for and sitting the final examination. Thus PHIL.101 involves roughly 12 hours a week spread over 15 weeks (13 teaching weeks, a 1-week study break, and 1 examination week). Topics covered This is an introductory course designed to teach you to tackle philosophical problems. It teaches reasoning skills and you will have plenty of opportunity to practise those skills. The course is split into five sections Mind and Body Determinism and Freewill The Existence of God Identity, Time, and Meaning Each of these topics is separately assessed in the final exam. You should attend all the lectures and workshops. Reading for this Paper Readings for each lecture will be posted in advance on blackboard. Sometimes the reading itself will be posted. For others, a reference will be given. Books and articles will be held at the Reserve Desk in the Central Library, Information Services Building. Some of the books will also be available on the open shelves or may be purchased at the University Book Shop. Should you wish to purchase a good general introduction to most of the topics we cover (plus many others), we recommend: Sober, E. Core Questions in Philosophy: A Text with Readings (5th ed. 2008). Submitting Essays (i) (ii) Essays must be handed in by 5 pm on the due date. Staple your Plagiarism Declaration to the front of your essay (provided next to the Essay Box in the Department). Place your essay in the ESSAY BOX next to the Department Administrator’s Office, 117 Union St East. When marked, the essay will be given back to you in your workshop. Essays not collected at these workshops will be retained by the department for collection, but the department takes no responsibility for their safe-keeping. (iii) (iv) Essay Topics Essay topics will be posted in advance on Blackboard. Essay Deadlines and Penalties Policy: Unless the circumstances are exceptional, any student enrolled in any Philosophy course who does not submit a piece of internal assessment by the due date will have 5% deducted from that work’s mark, for each day it is overdue. (For example, a student who would otherwise have got 75% for an essay will get only 50% if the essay is handed in five days late). Lecture date 1 Mon 24 Feb Lecture topic Philosophy – why and how? Notes ZW Minds and Bodies 2 Thu 27 Feb The Concept of Mind AM 3 Mon 3 Mar Mind/Body Dualism AM Workshops Begin 4 Thu 6 Mar Materialism AM 5 Mon 10 Mar Can Machines Think? AM 6 Thu 13 Mar The Problem of Qualia AM 7 Mon 17 Mar The Problem of Consciousness AM 8 Thu 20 Mar Is Reality Merely Virtual? AM Freedom and Determinism 9 Mon 24 Mar The Problem of Free Will AM 10 Thu 27 Mar Hard Determinism AM 11 Mon 31 Mar Libertarianism AM Essay Due Mon 31 Mar 5pm 12 Thu 3 Apr Compatibilism AM God 13 Mon 7 Apr Existence of God (West) ZW 14 Thu 10 Apr Non-Existence of God (West) ZW 15 Mon 14 Apr Existence of God (East) ZW 16 Thur 17 April Non-Existence of God (East) ZW MIDSEMESTER BREAK Identity, Time, and Meaning 17 Mon 28 April Identity ZW 18 Thur 1 May Memory ZW 19 Mon 5 May Time and Space ZW 20 Thur 8 May Time Travel ZW 21 Mon 12 May Permanence and Change ZW 22 Thur 15 May Immortality ZW Essay Due Thur 15 May 5pm 23 Mon 19 May Meaning ZW
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