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Search results - An Introduction to the Mind-Body Problem

Key facts

TypeDay and Weekend
LocationNewbury
AddressNewbury College
Monks Lane
Newbury
Berks RG14 7TD
Dates Sat 15 Jun 2013
Subject area(s)Philosophy
FeesFrom £55.00
Application statusCourse cancelled
Course codeE12P117PHJ
Course contactIf you have any questions about this course, please email s-hughes@newbury-college.ac.uk or telephone 01635 845000.

Overview

The Philosophical Mind-Body problem is concerned with whether and how mental states could be physical states. In Descartes’ day this seemed inconceivable. Descartes believed, and argued ver convincingly, for the idea that mental states and physical states differ in their essential properties and cannot therefore be identical. But we can’t believe mental states aren’t physical. It just seems obvious to us that the mind is the brain, and that mental states are physical states. Many think this is a question for science rather than philosophy. Is this true? In this day school we will discuss all these issues, and see why this questions remains a question for philosophy, despite the contributions that science can make.

PLEASE NOTE: THE VENUE FOR THIS COURSE IS NEWBURY COLLEGE, MONKS LANE, NEWBURY
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Programme details

PLEASE NOTE: THE VENUE FOR THIS COURSE IS NEWBURY COLLEGE, MONKS LANE, NEWBURY


SATURDAY 15 JUNE 2013

9.30am Registration

9.45am Setting up the problem

11.00am Coffee/tea

11.15am The idenity theory of mind: a supposed solution

12.30pm Lunch

1.45pm Complicating issues: non-reductive physicalism and its problems

3.00pm Tea/coffee

3.15pm Question and answer session

3.45pm Course disperses


No lunch is provided, but there is a shop on site where you can buy food and refreshments or bring your own.

There is also a large car park on site where you may park all day for no charge.




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Staff

Ms Marianne Talbot

Role: Tutor

BA BPhil has been Director of Studies in Philosophy at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education since 2001. Before that she was...more

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Recommended reading

Descartes, Rene., Meditations on First Philosophy
Heil, J., Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge 2004)

Useful websites:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physicalism
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Fee options

Programme Fee
Tuition only: £55.00
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Apply for this course

Please enrol directly with Newbury College, Monks Lane, Newbury, Berks RG14 7TD; Tel: 01635 845555 / 01635 845000 for an application form or enrol online at www.newbury-college.ac.uk using this course code: 97770 - please type this code into the search our courses box or Email: info@newbury-college.ac.uk No lunch is provided, but there is a shop on site where you can buy food and refreshments or bring your own. There is also a large car park on site where you may park all day for no charge.

Sorry, this course is not currently accepting applications. If you have any questions about this course, please use the course enquiry form.

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