Yippee new academic year
Professor tells us to stay healthy I guess.
“You know where to find health if you need it” this is a strong start for the course
“Obviously have to focus on what the mind really is”
1. Some practicalities
Split into lectures and seminars. Seminars are with Agne (!).
Lectures are ex cathedra, mostly the professor talking so I need to shut the fuck up
Though he does say he doesn’t mind questions
14 on Tuesday every week. Exam is 60% of the grade. Seminar bi-weekly, 40% of grade.
MUST READ THE SEMINAR TEXTS
racial profiling on the first lecture already
- The textbook on toledo
- The slides on toledo
- Course notes!
Written exam
Mock early november
30 multiple choice questions + 1 essay question
2. Table of Contents
12 topics total, starting from what is the mind.
3. A psychological safari
- Experiences
- Propositional attitudes
- Mental actions
(intentionality)
(accessibility)
(observability)
Three main categories of what the mind does:
Intentionality
Basically Husserl
Accessibility
The access to what goes on in your mind. Viz. Freud i guess
Observability
mental states are observable in so far as you see mind in others (e.g. being in love, I guess?)
Experiences:
Moods don’t have the same intentionality that emotions do (i.e. I’m angry at something, but just generally anxious). Pain has a direct intentionality towards something.
Pain is not an intentional state. (though there is debate)
very accessible, somewhat observable, and rarely intentional.
Propositional attitudes:
dreaming, thinking, intuiting - all pertain to a proposition.
Highly intentional, somewhat observable and accessible
Mental Actions:
Highly accessible and intentional, not really observable
stuff like planning and decision-making.