INSTRUCTORS: Mr. Steven Wu (MW) & Mr. Nathan Weaver (NEW)
Semester One
Core Readings: Coetzee, J.M. The Lives of Animals. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1999. Descartes, Rene Philosophical Works. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1981. Ludlow, Peter and Brian Beakley. The Philosophy of Mind Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992. Nagel, Thomas. What Does It All Mean? New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1987. Nussbaum, Martha. For Love of Country? Boston: Beacon Press, 2002. Scruton, Roger. A Short History of Modern Philosophy New York: Routledge, 1995. Supplementary Readings: Martinich, A.P. Philosophical Writing: An introduction. Malden, Mass: Blackwell, 2005. Franz Kafka, 'A Report to an Academy' Rainer Maria Rilke, 'The Panther' Ted Hughes, 'The Jaguar' & 'Second Glance at a Jaguar' Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travel (Part IV) John R. Searle, 'Is the Brain's Mind a Computer Program?' Paul and Patricia Churchland, 'Could a Machine Think?' Films: Alain Resnais Night and Fog (1955) Astra Taylor The Examined Life (2008) Recommended Reading: Philosophy and Animal Life. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.