Consciousness Lectures

For the greatest part of the 20th century it was considered very bad taste to raise the subject of consciousness in academic circles. But now its study has become acceptable and it has become an active multidisciplinary research area. We will begin by examining why talk of consciousness used to bring about expressions of mild disgust in intelligent people, and proceed by looking at how we have progressed to its study being one of the most exciting and productive areas for research and discovery in the whole of the academy. So, why be interested in consciousness? Possibly because of the academic and interdisciplinary challenges, possibly because of an interest in animal sentience and welfare, but possibly also because of our own personal experience - you have consciousness, you experience consciousness, perhaps you even think that you 'are' your consciousness. The only way to make progress in studying consciousness is to think about it very clearly, and engage in serious constructive interdisciplinary dialogue. In this course we will hope to provoke lively discussion of the nature of consciousness from the domains of philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and biology. The class meet for lectures in room 106 of the Rankine Building(Main Campus) every Monday at 1pm. The class meet on a Thursday at 1pm for seminars in either room 1101(T401)/1102(T402) in the Adam Smith Building(Main Campus). For more information about podlearning on the Consciousness course please visit: http://podlearn.arts.gla.ac.uk/ 2006© Joseph Maguire & 2006℗ Dr Susan Stuart, Dr Stephen Bostock

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