HD. PHL131 Notes

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*I received 91 in this course. I have chosen a low price so as to make my notes accessible to persons of all incomes. Notes are still thorough and inclusive of all lectures and most all readings.* Included Lectures: Week 1 - What Is Philosophy? Week 2 - Persons and Minds Week 3 - Are We Machines? Week 4 - Free Will and Determinism Week 5 - Philosophical Essay Writings Week 6 - Evolution Week 7 - Natural Selection Week 8 - Animal Minds Week 9 - Uniqueness of Humans Week 10 - Human Nature Extended Week 11 - Rationality and The Internet Week 12 - The Future of Human Nature Included Readings: What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction To Philosophy – Nagel (1987) What Does It All Mean. Free Will – Nagel The Disembodiment Argument (Descartes) - Brie Gertler Freedom and Necessity – Ayer Sex and Death: an intro to philosophy of biology Evolution – Stanford Encyclopedia In Defence of The Selfish Gene – Richard Dawkins AEON Article The Conversation Article Politics or metaphysics? On attributing psychological properties to animals Animal Cognition What Made Us Unique – Kevin Laland (2018) The Moral Status of Animals - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2017) Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence – Andy Clark () Chapter 7: Bad Borgs (Pp. 129-140) AEON Article: Are ‘you’ just inside your skin or is your smartphone a part of you?- Karina Vold PIGHEADED, in A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives – Cordelia Fine Nudges in a post-truth world – Neil Levy