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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