想像與經驗:哲學探索
Imagination and Experience: Philosophical Explorations
| 節 | 週二 |
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5 13:20–14:10 | 想像與經驗:哲學探索 YX211 3 節連堂 |
6 14:20–15:10 | |
7 15:30–16:20 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
Experience is the best teacher. Indeed, for certain kinds of knowledge, experience might be the only teacher we have. Experience itself might be the only way of gaining certain epistemic insights. Some experiences are epistemically transformative, and no amount of imagining the experience beforehand will enable us to grasp it. Is this right? Is there not a sense in which we might be able to imagine certain experiences that we haven’t undergone, and so arrive at knowledge of what the experience would be like (Kind 2020)? Indeed, do we not often imagine in this way, attempting to obtain knowledge of experiences before we have had them? This course explores this tension between the unique character of having an experience and ideas about the nature and powers of imagination. New arguments in various philosophical debates suggest that there is a need to examine how both areas of research interrelate and can enrich one another. This course looks at recent papers in an edited volume that explore the connections, relations, and divergences between experience and imagination. Objectives The goal of the course is to further students’ familiarity with some of the fundamental issues in philosophy of mind and cognition with a focus on the relation between experience and imagination. By the end of the course students should be comfortable discussing some of the central problems in this field, offering critical responses to proposed solutions to these problems, and using their understanding to engage critically with the theories. Specifically, students should will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an awareness of some of the central problems in philosophy of mind related to the relation between imagination and experience. 2. Understand and analyse arguments in the relevant literature. 3. Critically evaluate these theories and arguments. 4. Develop their own views or perspectives through consideration and analysis of the views and arguments presented in the unit, and to present their own views with clarity and rigour. 5. Develop clarity of thought; clarity of verbal expression; clarity of written expression and exposition.
Undergraduate students: Weekly Discussion Questions and Comments 30% Term paper (1500 words) 60% Attendance 10% Graduate students: Weekly Discussion Questions and Comments 30% Term paper (3000 words) 60% Attendance 10%
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | Introduction |
| 第 2 週 | How Imagining an Experience can Deliver Information |
| 第 3 週 | Imagination, modal knowledge, and modal understanding |
| 第 4 週 | Self-knowledge of imagining and the transparency proposal |
| 第 5 週 | The unimaginability of experience |
| 第 6 週 | Imagination, belief, and regarding-as-true |
| 第 7 週 | Acquaintance Principle, imagination, and mental imagery |
| 第 8 週 | On Mary’s colour perception and soldiers at war – the knowledge we gain from complex experiences |
| 第 9 週 | Imagining novel colours |
| 第 10 週 | Identity of conscious subjects in thought and imagination |
| 第 11 週 | Imagining the first-personal in others |
| 第 12 週 | Imagination and its role in understanding the experiences of others |
| 第 13 週 | On empathy, morality, and transformative experiences |
| 第 14 週 | Imagination, society, and the self |
| 第 15 週 | Collective imagining |
| 第 16 週 | Final reflections and preparation for final essay |
Vendrell Ferran, Í., & Werner, C. (Eds.). (2024). Imagination and Experience: Philosophical Explorations. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003366898
- 時間
- By appointment
- 聯絡方式
- chrismccarroll@nycu.edu.tw