Course Meeting Times
Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session
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
| 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 |