PHIL 336 PART 3
· One (1) "Original Post" addressing one of the three question choices. Minimum of 250 words. Due Sunday at 11:59PM ET. Your Original Post must answer the question fully in all its parts and address possible objections to your reasoning. You must also connect your Original Post to the course by having at least one full sentence quote and citation from one of the Required Readings of the week. The quote should be word for word and contained inside quotation marks and then followed by an inline citation. Once you quote something or even reword something you did not originally write then you need to have it in a reference section at the end of the post (again in MLA format). Please refer to the following resources for help on MLA citation.
· MLA Citation: http://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_tutorial.cfm
· MLA Citation Examples: http://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm
· Two (2) "Response Posts" to classmates who answered the other two questions (one each). Minimum of 100 words. Due Monday at 11:59PM ET. Your Response Post needs to analyze and consider the ethical reasoning of two of your classmate's Original Posts. In addition to your reaction to your classmate's Original Post, your Response Post must ask one or two questions of your classmate's Original Post. Consider how you might disagree with your classmate's Original Post or ask your classmate to clarify some part of their Original Post that you didn't understand.
· Two (2) "Reply Posts" answering the questions of two classmates who asked questions in their Response Posts to your Original Post. Minimum of 50 words. Due Tuesday at 11:59PM ET. In your Reply Posts, answer as best you can the questions raised by your classmates. It is in the interactions of Original, Response and Reply posts that you will achieve the learning goals of the week.
Notes:
· Please refer to the Discussion Guidelines and Grading Rubric for further guidance on how your discussions will be graded (70% of your Discussion Grade is in the quality of your Original Post, 30% in your Response and Reply Posts)
· Do not cite or use internet sources other than those provided under the Readings and Learning Materials. In other words, use only the learning materials and links provided in this course.
· No one can get full credit unless all three questions have an Original Post; since everyone is required to make one Original Post to answer one question and two Response Posts to the other two questions they did not answer, but that their classmates did. Thus, it is a group effort to make sure that all three questions have Original Posts, so please help us achieve this goal each week.
DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #1: How plausible do you think Substance Dualism is compared to Property Dualism and Parallelism? (Reading 3.2 pp. 25-32) Briefly explain your understanding of the solution to the mind-body problem called Substance Dualism and argue why or why not it seems like a plausible explanation. Use your knowledge of the readings, your own experiences and judgments to support your argument.
DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #2: How plausible do you think Property Dualism is compared to Substance Dualism and Parallelism? (Reading 3.2 pp. 32-34) Briefly explain your understanding of the solution to the mind-body problem called Property Dualism and argue why or why not it seems like a plausible explanation. Use your knowledge of the readings, your own experiences and judgments to support your argument.
DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #3: How plausible do you think Parallelism is compared to Substance Dualism and Property Dualism? (Reading 3.2 pp. 34-41) Briefly explain your understanding of the solution to the mind-body problem called Parallelism and argue why or why not it seems like a plausible explanation. Use your knowledge of the readings, your own experiences and judgments to support your argument..
(1) Robinson, Howard, "Dualism." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2020)
A short but informative introduction to the mind-body problem, the history of dualism, and the arguments for dualism including substance dualism property dualism, and parallelism, among others.
Supplemental Online Audio/Video
(1) “Where Does Your Mind Reside?: Crash Course Philosophy #22.” YouTube, uploaded by CrashCourse, Aug. 1, 2016. [9:06] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SJROTXnmus&t=4s&ab_channel=CrashCourse
Hank Green’s informative video discussing the mind-body problem in philosophy, including Cartesian dualism as well as some modern physicalist theories.
(2) "PHILOSOPHY - Mind: Mind-Body Dualism [HD]." YouTube, uploaded by Wireless Philosophy, Sep. 19, 2014. [8:24] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMTMtWHclKo&ab_channel=WirelessPhilosophy
(3) "Daniel Dennett - What is the Mind-Body Problem?" YouTube, uploaded by Closer to Truth, Jun 30, 2014. [3:13]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDUVCcknlJY&ab_channel=CloserToTruth
John Locke (d. 1704)
(1) Uzgalis, William, "Some Issues in Locke's Philosophy of Mind." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. plato.stanford.edu (2018)
Locke developed a Philosophy of Mind similar to substance dualism.
Locke also developed a philosophy of personal identity and of persons that was the foundation of much of his political philosophy.
(3) "PHILOSOPHY - History: Locke on Personal Identity #1." YouTube, uploaded by Wireless Philosophy, Aug. 29, 2014 [11:30] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=462Y898PVn8&ab_channel=WirelessPhilosophy
Dr Della Rocca of Yale discusses the Personal Identity Theory of John Locke.