Syllabus

Course Meeting Times

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

Prerequisite

One philosophy subject is the only prerequisite.

Assignments and Grading

Assessment will be by means of two papers, each of which should be around ten pages long (i.e. 3,000 - 4,000 words long). Each paper counts for 50% of the course grade.

Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introductory Session
2 The Classical Compatibilist Account
3 Refining the Consequence Argument and "Could have done otherwise"
4 Denying Closure of Unavoidability
5 Lewis on Law Breaking
6 Modal Metaphysics
7 More Modal Metaphysics
8 Libertarianism I
9 Libertarianism II
10 Time Travel
11 Frankfurt on Alternate Possibilities
12 Reactions to Frankfurt
13 Strawson Assignment 1 due
14 Reactions to Strawson
15 Frankfurt's Higher Order Account
16 Reactions to Frankfurt
17 Reason Responsiveness; Wolf
18 Choosing; Intentions; Weakness of Will
19 Choice and Freedom
20 Choice and Knowledge
21 Empirical Work: Social Psychology I
22 Empirical Work: Social Psychology II
23 Addiction Assignment 2 due eight days after Lec #23