The Analytic Philosophy Club - November/2

The plan for the second half of November:

16 November – the discussion on Searle’s Chinese Room Argument. We read his initial article presenting the argument: Searle, John. R. (1980) Minds, brains, and programs. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 3 (3): 417-457 http://ifile.it/1c6ts8f/Minds%2C%20Brains%20and%20Programs.doc and Paul and Patricia Curchlands’ answer to it: Paul M. Churchland, Patricia M. Churchland, "Could a Machine Think?", On the Contrary. Critical Essays 1987-1997 (1998): 47-63.http://ifile.it/zd501oi/On%20the%20Contrary%20-%20Critical%20Essays%20%5BPaul%26amp%3BPatricia%5D.djvu

23 November – John Searle Mind: A brief introduction – p. 107-132 (Chapter 4. Consciousness Part I: Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem). http://ifile.it/uyohvt5/Searle%202004%20-%20Mind%20-%20A%20Brief%20Introduction.pdf

30 November – Michael Loux Metaphysics: A contemporary introduction – p. 91-129 (Chapter 3: Concrete particulars I—Substrata, bundles, and substances). http://ifile.it/0734x5y/Loux%201998%20-%20Metaphysics%20-%20A%20Contemporary%20Int...