Two Brain Hemispheres

Required Readings

Writing Assignment

This week's writing assignment should be submitted through the course's blackboard page. To submit it, you should go to the Discussion Board section, then open this week's forum, which is called "Week 14 Assignment". You should begin a new thread in that forum and post your answer to the question there.

Your assignment this week is to summarize either (a) one of Paul Churchland's arguments for the conclusion that human minds, as traditionally conceived, do not exist, or (b) one of Daniel Dennett's arguments that the self is a kind of useful fiction.

My main grading criteria will be as follows. (a) Whichever philosopher you choose, you should show that you clearly understand the conclusion they are defending. (b) You should also clearly and accurately summarize their argument for this conclusion, while showing what is convincing about it. (c) Your response should be written in clear and concise, grammatical English, which means that you should spend time carefully editing and proofreading it.

Your answer should be no more than 300 words long. It is due no later than Friday, December 1st at 11:59pm.