Lecture Notes

UNIT ONE: METAPHYSICS & EPISTEMOLOGY

Week 1

Arguments

Defining 'Technology'

Week 2

Cartesian Skepticism

External World Skepticism

Moore's Refutation of Skepticism

Week 3

The Simulation Argument

Chalmers' Refutation of Skepticism

The Ship of Theseus

Week 4

Personal Identity

Uploading, part 1

Substance Dualism

Week 5

Functionalism and A.I.

Property Dualism

Uploading, part 2

Week 6

The Extended Mind

UNIT TWO: ETHICS

Week 7

Omelas

The Experience Machine

A World Without Work

Week 8

A.I.-Generated Art

Life Extension

The Goodness of Immortality

Week 9

Against Animal Rights (Cohen)

Against Factory-Farming (Norcross)

Cultivated (Lab-Grown) Meat

Week 10

Human Cloning

Vaccine Mandates

Week 11

Video Games

Sex Robots

Autonomous Weapons

Week 13

Geoengineering

The Singularity & Existential Risk

Week 14

The Trolley Problem

Driverless Cars

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