Dear all,
Tomorrow (Thursday Nov 5) at the Serious Metaphysics Group, Tim Crane will be speaking on The Significance of Behaviourism (abstract below). The talk will be at 1.00-2.30pm, at the Philosophy Faculty Board Room. You are welcome to bring along your lunch, if you are arriving from another talk/lecture beforehand. For the rest of the Michaelmas term card, please do have a look here: http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/seminars-phil/SMG [1] Best wishes, Li Li --- Abstract In standard summaries of the history of the metaphysics of mind, behaviourism is often introduced as a the stepping stone between dualism and the mind-brain identity theory, and it is quickly dismissed with some effective objections. The plausibility of these objections raises the question of why (or indeed whether) anyone really believed these views in the first place. A distinction is sometimes made between 'analytic' and 'methodological' behaviourism. In this talk I argue that the existence of analytic behaviourism is a myth, and that the significance of methodological behaviourism lies not in its role as a precursor to the identity theory but in the conception of phenomenal consciousness that it bequeathed to the post-behaviourist tradition. -- Li Li Tan PhD (Probationary) in Philosophy St Catharine's College Links: ------ [1] http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/seminars-phil/SMG _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
