Philosophy 1320: Theories of the Mind, §D1
Russell Marcus, Instructor. Email me.
Stern College, Spring 2007
Information
Regarding the Final Examination
The final exam will consist of two parts.
In each part, there will be nine questions, and you will be asked to answer five of them.
In total you will answer ten questions.
The questions in the first part of the exam will be culled from the following questions on Reading Guides #1-3 (Plato - Hobbes).
The questions in the second part of the exam will be culled from the following questions on Reading Guides #4-8 (Behaviorism - Consciousness).
RG#1:
Plato: 12, 14
Aristotle: 2, 3, 7
RG#2:
Descartes, Second and Third Meditations: 3, 8, 12
Galileo: 4, 5
Descartes, The World: 1, 3
Descartes, Sixth Meditation: 9, 11, 16, 21
Descartes, Discourse: 1, 2
Arnauld: 2, 3, 4
Descartes, Reply to Arnauld: 6, 8, 11
Descartes, Principles: 2, 3
Locke: 4, 6
RG#3:
Hobbes: 2, 4, 5
Locke: 2, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14
Berkeley: 6, 7, 11, 13, 15
RG#4:
Skinner: 3, 6
Hempel: 6, 7, 8, 11
Ryle: 2, 4, 9, 18
RG#5:
Armstrong: 4, 5
Smart: 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18
Kripke: 1, 7, 8
RG#6:
Turing: 3
Putnam: 7, 8, 10, 12, 16
Fodor: 5, 7, 8
Fodor and Block: 1
Searle: 3, 17
RG#7:
Rorty: 5, 6, 7, 9
Churchland: 1, 2, 10, 18, 19
RG#8:
Nagel: 1, 3, 4
Jackson: 2, 3, 4, 7
Dennett: 1, 3, 8, 13, 17
Neither notes nor texts will be allowed to be used during the exam.
Questions on the exam will appear almost exactly as they do on the reading guides.
Some questions will be adjusted for clarity, inserting, for example, the name of the author in question.
I may combine some related reading-guide questions into one exam question.
The questions listed above are the only ones which may appear on the exam. Other questions, not listed, may be very useful in preparing for the exam.
Focus your exam responses on the question asked.
Do not write, say, everything you know about Descartes.
On the other hand, you should relate your answers to relevant questions in the philosophy of mind.
Success in this exam depends on being able to discuss:
a) what the philosophers say;
b) why they say it; and
c) whether they are right or wrong (i.e. provide some considered critical comments).
I do not expect you to provide each of a, b, and c for each question on the exam.
But the best papers will include elements of critical analysis as well as explication of the readings.
Feel free to email me with any questions, or sample answers, for my feedback.