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