Kurzus kódja: FLN-350.40	
Kurzus megnevezése: Philosophical psychology	
Kurzus előadója: Szalai Judit   (office hours: Fridays 2-4. p.m., Room 128)	
Kurzus helye és ideje: Room 221, Wednesday 	

Kurzus előfeltétele(i): -	
A jegyszerzés módja(i): in-class activity, short presentation, oral final	
Követelmények: in-class activity, short presentation, oral final	

Kurzus leírása, tematikája:

While the philosophy of mind tends to focus on more general issues about the nature of the mind (and its relationship to the body), philosophical psychology focuses more on specific mental capacities and activities. In this course we will study a variety of issues that pertain to familiar and unfamiliar mental phenomena: emotion and its relation to cognition, self-deception, the possibility of wilful belief, and addiction, among other topics. The course will be accessible to anyone capable of following a class in English, and does not require any previous knowledge of the topic. Required readings will be available for photocopying.

13. February: Introduction

20. February: Emotions I
Required: R. Solomon: "Emotion and Choice" in: Not Passion's Slave: Emotion and Choice
OUP, 2003.

27. February: Emotions II
Required: W. James: "What is an Emotion?" Mind Vol. 9, 3-4 (Apr., 1884), 188-205.

5. March: Cognition and emotion
Required: R. B. Zajonc: "Feeling and Thinking: Preferences need no inferences" American Psychologist Vol. 35 (1980), 151-175.

12. March: Self-deception I
Required: A. R. Mele: "Self-Deception" The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 33, 133 (Oct. 1983), 365-377.

26. March: Self-deception II
Required: A. Elga: "On Overrating Oneself…And Knowing It" Philosophical Studies Vol. 123, 1-2. (March 2005), 115-124.

2. April: Belief at will
Required: B. Williams: "Deciding to Believe" in Problems of the Self. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 

9. April: Addiction
Required: R. Jay Wallace: "Addiction as a Defect of the Will" Law and Philosophy 18 (1999), 621-654.

16. April: Folk psychology I: Eliminative Materialism
Required: Churchland, P. 1981. "Eliminative Materialism and Propositional Attitudes" The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 78, 2 (Feb. 1981), 67-90.

23. April: Folk psychology II:
Required:  Gordon. "Folk Psychology as Simulation" Mind and Language Vol.1, No. 2 (Summer 1986), 158-171.  Stich and Nichols. "Folk Psychology: Simulation or Tacit Theory?" Mind and Language Vol. 7, 1 and 2 (Spring/Summer 1992), 35-71.

30. April: Empathy
Required: Ravenscroft, "What is it like to be someone else?" Ratio (new series) XI 2 (September 1998), 170-185.

7. May: Review class

14. May: Oral final

Kurzushoz tartozó kötelező irodalom:

See the required readings above.

Kurzushoz tartozó ajánlott irodalom:

Recommended material, along with the literature for short presentations, will be discussed during the course of the semester.