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Hi all

Please check your emails this afternoon and get back to me about the following:
1. Who is not available (i.e. is not in town) on Thursday?
2. Who (in addition to Christine K and Matthew) is graduating tomorrow afternoon?

All is explained in the email.

Thanks
Michael P

Additional (Recommended) Dennett Reading for Seminar 8

As discussed in class, there is an additional, short recommended reading by Dennett from the journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. The relevant issue (4 of 1993) should be accessible via the link below:

http://0-www.jstor.org.innopac.wits.ac.za/stable/i336950

The relevant article is the Precis of Consciousness Explained, beginning on p889.

Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 8

As discussed in class, the thought paper topic for Seminar 8 on Tuesday 12 April is as follows:

How important are qualia to the study of consciousness?

Extended Deadline for Paper 1

As per the email sent on Wednesday 6 April, the deadline for submission of Paper 1 has been extended to Monday 18 April.

Please note that papers should be submitted to the Main Office before 12h00. Please make sure to submit two copies of your paper, with a signed plagiarism declaration cover sheet on each copy.

Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 7

The thought paper topic for Seminar 7 on Tuesday 5 April is as follows:


Explain the sense in which soft assembled solutions to developmental challenges represent embodied solutions to these challenges.


(Reminder: the readings for Seminar 7 on the Embodied Mind were handed out in class on 22 March.)

Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 6

The thought paper topic for Seminar 6 on Wednesday 30 March is:

What is the significance of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) to the case for the Somatic Marker Hypothesis (SMH)?

Thought Paper Topic - Seminar 5

The thought paper topic for Seminar 5 on Tuesday 22 March is as follows:

What, according to Damasio (1994), is involved in feeling an emotion? In what sense is this an embodied account of emotion and feeling?