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161-043 Philosophical Psychology I | |
Note | Formerly available as 161-440. Students who have completed 161-440 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof G Marshall |
Prerequisites | Entry to fourth year Honours in Philosophy |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour lecture/seminar per week |
Subject Description | A discussion of traditional Action Theory culminating in Davidson's contemporary theory and taking up the current debate about mental causation. Objections from the nature of agency as, for example, illuminated by Kant and Wittgenstein, will be considered and consequences drawn for a viable concept of the agent or self. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
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