TU-E6010 - Philosophy D, Lecture, 7.9.2022-2.12.2022
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Översikt
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Readings for Lecture 1: What Is Philosophy?
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Plato: The Apology of Socrates FilPDF-dokument
The classic Plato essay on the apology of Socrates. The essay is a great primer to the basic ideas of practicing philosophical thought.
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Pre-Reading Reflection: Plato: The Apology of Socrates Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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Slides and Literature for Lectures 1 & 2
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Lecture 1 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 2 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 1 & 2 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Readings for Lecture 3
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Jonathan Evans: In two minds: dual-processing accounts of reasoning FilPDF-dokument
A great introduction to the dual processing theories of cognition by one of the leading theorists in the field.
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Andy Clark & David Chalmers: The Extended Mind FilPDF-dokument
One of the more debated and contested arguments in the philosophy of the mind by two prominent present day philosophers.
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Pre-reading Reflection: Jonathan Evans: In two minds: dual-processing accounts of reasoning AND Andy Clark & David Chalmers: The Extended Mind Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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Readings for Lecture 4
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Tractatus logico-philosophicus 5.6–7 FilPDF-dokument
Younger Wittgenstein's main work on language, logic and how to practice philosophy.
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Pre-reading Reflection: Ludwig Wittgenstein: Tractatus logico-philosophicus 5.6–7 Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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Slides and Literature for Lecture 3 & 4
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Lecture 3 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Lecture 3 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 4 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 4 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Readings for Lectures 5 & 6
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Lewis - A Pragmatic Conception of the A Priori FilPDF-dokument
A ground-shaking paper from the lesser known Harvard pragmatist C.I. Lewis.
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Pre-Reading Reflection: Lewis - A Pragmatic Conception of the A Priori Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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James - Pragmatism (ch. 2) FilPDF-dokument
One of the "big three" in American pragmatism, William James outlines here the cornerstones of the philosophical school of thought.
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Pre-Reading Reflection: James - Pragmatism (ch.2) Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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(optional) Kant - Prolegomena (in part) FilPDF-dokument
Kant's preamble to his main work, Critique of Pure Reason, the latter which single-handedly redefined the Western tradition of philosophical thinking.
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(optional) Aristotle: Categories FilPDF-dokument
Aristotle's classic text that is the foundation of much of later epistemological and metaphysical thinking.
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Slides and Literature for Lecture 5
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Lecture 5 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 5 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Slides and Literature for Lecture 6
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Lecture 6 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 6 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Readings for Lecture 7: Question everything?
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Davidson – On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme FilPDF-dokument
Donald Davidson's insightful paper challenging some of the ideas concerning conceptual schemes and introducing his important principle of charity.
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Pre-Reading Reflection (for Wed): Davidson - On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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Kuhn – The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (ch. 1) FilPDF-dokument
First chapter of Thomas Kuhn's classic and groundbreaking analysis of scientific progress.
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Pre-Reading Reflection (for Fri): Kuhn – The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (ch. 1) Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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(optional) Doyle – Copper Beeches FilPDF-dokument
A classic Sherlock Holmes short story. Holmes is a great archetype of the scientific method in how he employs logic and empirical evidence to draw very powerful inferences.
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Lecture 7 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 7 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Lecture 8 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 8 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Hannah Arendt: Eichmann in Jerusalem (Epilogue) FilPDF-dokument
The epilogue to Arendt's famous work, subtitled "A Report on the Banality of Evil", discussing morality, ethics and law.
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Pre-Reading Reflection (for Wed): Hannah Arendt: Eichmann in Jerusalem (Epilogue) Kunskapstest
Exception: Please finish this reflection before the lecture on 5.10.2022 to participate in the lecture discussions.
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(optional) Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Book II FilPDF-dokument
The second chapter from Aristotle's classic work on ethics where he defines virtue.
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John Dewey – Art as Experience (ch. 1) FilPDF-dokument
The first chapter of Dewey's seminal pragmatic approach to art and aesthetics.
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Pre-Reading Reflection (for Fri): John Dewey – Art as Experience (ch. 1) Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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(optional) Aristotle – Poetics (I–XI) FilPDF-dokument
The beginning of Aristotle's classic work on poetics.
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Lecture 9 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 9 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Lecture 10 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 10 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Brickman, Coates & Janoff-Bulman - Lottery Winners and Accident Victims - Is Happiness Relative? FilPDF-dokument
An intriguing and often-cited study on the effect of strong positive or negative life events on happiness.
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Pre-Reading Reflection: Brickman et al. Is Happiness Relative? Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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Niemiec, Ryan & Deci 2008 FilPDF-dokument
An important empirical research on the connection of well-being to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, with some quite ground-shaking results.
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Pre-Reading Reflection: Niemiec, Ryan & Deci 2008 Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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Lecture 11 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 12 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lectures 11 & 12 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Value Exploration Exercise FilPDF-dokument
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Heskett et al. – Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work FilPDF-dokument
An insightful piece on the relationship between well-being and productivity.
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Pre-Reading Reflection: Heskett et al. (for the 26.10. session) Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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Lecture 13 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 13 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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Suzuki – Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (in part) FilPDF-dokument
An excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki's seminal book on zen.
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Pre-Reading Reflection: Suzuki (for the 4.11. session) Kunskapstest
Recommend completing this reflection before the lecture.
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Lecture 14 – Slides FilPDF-dokument
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Lecture 14 – Literature FilRTF-dokument
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