Lecture Notes
UNIT ONE: METAPHYSICS & EPISTEMOLOGY
Week 1
Arguments
Defining 'Technology'
Week 2
Descartes' Method of Doubt
External World Skepticism
Week 3
Moore's Refutation of Skepticism
The Simulation Argument (Bostrom)
Chalmers' Refutation of Skepticism
Week 4
Persistence of Material Identity (Theseus)
Persistence of Personal Identity
Uploading & Identity
Week 5
Cartesian (Substance) Dualism
Functionalism and A.I.
Against Physicalism
Week 6
Uploading, part 2
Extended Minds
UNIT TWO: ETHICS
Week 7
Hedonism & The Experience Machine
A World Without Work
Week 8
A.I.-Generated Art
Life Extension
Week 9
The Goodness of Immortality
Human Cloning
Week 10
Against Animal Rights
Against Factory-Farming
Cultured (Lab-Grown) Meat
Week 11
Autonomous Weapons
Week 12
Video Games
Sex Robots
Week 13
The Singularity & Existential Risk
Week 14
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