Prerequisite
One philosophy subject is the only prerequisite.
Assignments and Grading
Assessment will be by means of two papers, each of which should be around ten pages long (i.e. 3,000 - 4,000 words long). Each paper counts for 50% of the course grade.
Calendar
Course schedule.| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|
| 1 | Introductory Session | |
| 2 | The Classical Compatibilist Account | |
| 3 | Refining the Consequence Argument and "Could have done otherwise" | |
| 4 | Denying Closure of Unavoidability | |
| 5 | Lewis on Law Breaking | |
| 6 | Modal Metaphysics | |
| 7 | More Modal Metaphysics | |
| 8 | Libertarianism I | |
| 9 | Libertarianism II | |
| 10 | Time Travel | |
| 11 | Frankfurt on Alternate Possibilities | |
| 12 | Reactions to Frankfurt | |
| 13 | Strawson | Assignment 1 due |
| 14 | Reactions to Strawson | |
| 15 | Frankfurt's Higher Order Account | |
| 16 | Reactions to Frankfurt | |
| 17 | Reason Responsiveness; Wolf | |
| 18 | Choosing; Intentions; Weakness of Will | |
| 19 | Choice and Freedom | |
| 20 | Choice and Knowledge | |
| 21 | Empirical Work: Social Psychology I | |
| 22 | Empirical Work: Social Psychology II | |
| 23 | Addiction | Assignment 2 due eight days after Lec #23 |