Philosophy of Wittgenstein

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: Students will get acquainted with topics and issues of what is classified as wittgensteinian philosophy of mind, as well as with differences in their treatment compared to the traditional philosophy

Course description: After a brief review of topics and issues that are classified as the philosophy of mind, the course will focus, in a specialized way, on some of them. Because of the complexity in the area, it is impossible, in a way that would be appropriate for PhD studies, to deal with all of the issues of philosophy of mind, but it is possible to select one of the central issues and failrly extensively analyze different aspects of the selected problem. Thus, for example, it is possible to start with problems of so-called qualia and than consider in detail the ways in which the question, which arises because of the existence of qualia, is dealt with in identity theory, functionalism, supervenience theory, emergency theory, etc.

Learning Outcomes: Student will be prepared to deal with the main problems of contemporary philosophy of mind which was developed under the influence of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Literature/Reading:

• B. Stanković (pr.), Psihofizički identitet ili saznajno povlašćeni položaj?, Pančevo 2004.
• T. Crane and S. Paterson (eds.), History of the Mind-Body Problem, Routlidge, 2002., Q. Smith and A. Jokić (eds.), Consciousness, New Philosophical Perspectives, Oxford Universitz Press, 2003.
• A. Beckermann, H. Flohr and J. Kim (eds.), Emergence or Reduction?, New York, 1992.
• N. Grahek, Ogled o bolu, Otkrovenje, 2002.
• N. Grahek, Materija, svest i saznanje, Beograd, 1990., M. Govedarica, Filozofska analiza iracionalnosti, Mali Nemo, Pančevo, 2006.
• G. Graham / G. L. Stephens (eds.), Philosophical Psychopathology, Cambridge / London, 1994.
• D. Davidson, Essays on Actions and Events, Oxford, 1980.
• F.H.,Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person,Journal of Philosophy,Vol. LXVIII, No.1,1971;Levin,M.,A Compatibilist Defense of Moral Responsibility,in:Introduction to Philosophy,Oxford 2004;