Philosophy of Mind---PHIL 3230
Dr. Ron Barnette

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PHIL 3230 Cybernauts in front of West Hall

This course in Philosophy of Mind is largely experimental, in that the themes of the class will be accompanied intensively by Internet technology, essential to the research and teaching of the course. Moreover, there will be no paper given by the professor; all assignments, handouts, and materials will be issued through our Philosophy Website, and made available through this homepage. In short, this will be a 'paperless' class.

On the class assignment page, you will find your weekly topic, for discussion and debate. This will be accompanied by references to the on-line readings and accessible materials, which will serve as our class resources. Members of the class will be responsible for additional WWW links to pertinent materials, as we explore collaboratively the web in our virtual classroom without walls..

Initially, class meetings, as a group, will be in West Hall 140 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1p to 1:50p; any deviation from this schedule will be emailed to the class list, which is named "PHIMIND." You need to subscribe to this classroom forum by sending an email message to:

listproc@catfish.valdosta.edu

Message:

subscribe phimind <your real name>

This class list will serve as our cyber-communication network to reach all members of the class on a daily basis, for information, questions, and helpful suggestions in our on-line dialogue; all classroom attendance and ongoing class participation will be conducted through PHIMIND.  It is thus imperative that all participants have e-mail accounts, and that each student notify me of your presence in the class by sending an initial message to me here:
Dr. Ron Barnette
This will serve to confirm your existence!

Regarding course requirements, you will be responsible for:

• Regular class attendance on PHIMIND and class preparation for discussion.
• Routine e-mail PHIMIND dialogue and responses to assigned questions.
• World Wide Web research, as assigned.
• The completion of a written research project, through one of three forms:
  

1. A personal homepage, architectually created around an approved theme (preferred). On your website, I want you to develop your thoughts and position on a topic of your choice. Your website text, links to sites, graphics, and all you choose to include on the website should represent your personal viewpoint on the topic. This project will become your own web-presence on the topic for the Internet community. (I will assist you in your website construction--please contact me)

2. A research paper, topic to be approved and developed.

3. Weekly researched essays (3-4 pages), based on the weekly assigned discussion topics, submitted as a semester journal project.

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My office hours will be from 8-9a, and 10-11a, MWF, and from 2-3p, T, Th, in Campbell Hall, just across Patterson St. from the main campus of Valdosta State University. I look forward to meeting you there, and we have computers in the Philosophy Department to help further your coursework through innovative technology.

Let us all have an engaging and stimulating fall semester together...
Dr. Barnette, PHIMIND Guide

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