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| PHIL0214-2 | Questions of phenomenological psychology
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Arnaud Dewalque |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| Why do we need today a phenomenological approach in the philosophy of mind? Facing this question, the course is devoted to the examination of a current controversy. In 2011-2012 we will study some issues related to the analysis of perception. We will especially focus on the debate which opposes for several years the so-called conceptualists (John McDowell, Bill Brewer, Bengson et alii) to the non-conceptualists (Fred Dretske, Gareth Evans, Christopher Peacocke, Michael Tye, Tim Crane, José Luis Bermúdez, Adina Roskies et d'autres). The question we will address is the following: is the possession and mastering of concepts required to enjoy a perceptual experience? |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of the course, students are supposed to understand what is at stake in the current controversy on perception. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Bachelor in Philosophy. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures based on the main texts which have contributed to the development of the studied controversy. It is expected that students take part actively to the study of the texts. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course takes place during the whole year. See: http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Complete bibliography will be made available during the course. Set books will include:
- Fred Dretske, Seeing and Knowing, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969.
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Id., Knowledge and the Flow of Information, Oxford, Blackwell, 1981 (cote: 78DRE).
- Gareth Evans, The Varieties of Reference, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1982 (cote: 74EVA30).
- Christopher Peacocke, A Study of Concepts, Cambridge-London, MIT Press, 1992 (cote: 49PIE).
- John McDowell, Mind and World, Cambridge-London, Harvard University Press, 1994, rééd. 1996 (cote: 78MCD).
- Austen Clark, A Theory of Sentience, Oxford, OUP, 2000.
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Participants are expected to provide a personal work. The work will consist either in presenting the argumentation-line of one of the main protagonists of the debate or in reexamining a classical author of the phenomenological tradition from issues discussed during the course. The examination will be made on the basis of:
- oral presentation of the work (50%)
- written revised version of the work (50%)
Schedule will be determined with participants in the first lesson. |
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Contacts :
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| Teacher
Arnaud Dewalque
Dpt of Philosophy
7, Place du 20-août, Building A1/2nd floor
B-4000 Liège
Phone 0032 (4) 366 55 92
E-mail a.dewalque@ulg.ac.be |
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| Items online : |
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| Recent paper on this issue |
| Paper in French involving a state of the art (by A. Dewalque). |
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