Syllabus

Course Code: PHI-SC-B-405    Course Name: Philosophy of Mind (Western)

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Nature of Western Philosophy of Mind; Nature of Consciousness: First Person Account & Third Person Account.
2 Cartesian Dualism: Meaning, Problems and its Modifications.
3 Behaviourism: Meaning; Psychological Behaviorism of B.F.Skinner; Philosophical Behaviourism of L. Wittgenstein & G.Ryle; Identity Theory of J.J.C. Smart.
4 A General Introduction of Functionalism; Representational Theory of Mind; Inter representational theories of Mind (Donald Davidson & Daniel C. Dennett) and Eliminativism (Paul Churchland).
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