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BUDDHA'S BRAIN

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

FALL 2006

9-7 PRACTICAL MATTERS/OVERVIEW

9-14 WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS?—"EASY" AND "HARD" PROBLEMS

9-21 CONSCIOUSNESS—3RD PERSON APPROACH (COGNITIVE SCIENCE)

9-28 CONSCIOUSNESS—1ST PERSON APPROACH (INTROSPECTION)

10-5 BUDDHISM (WOTB, #1-4 & Chapter 3)

10-12 BUDDHISM (WOTB, #5-8)

10-19 CONSCIOUSNESS @ CROSSROADS (#1-3) & UNIVERSE (#6-7)

10-26 CONSCIOUSNESS @ CROSSROADS (#4) & UNIVERSE (#8)

11-2 CONSCIOUSNESS @ CROSSROADS (#5-7)

11-9 CONSCIOUSNESS @ CROSSROADS (#8)

11-16 CONSCIOUSNESS @ CROSSROADS (#9-10)

11-23 THANKSGIVING—NO CLASS!!

11-30 CONSCIOUSNESS @ CROSSROADS (#11-12; WOTB, #9-13)

12-7 CONSCIOUSNESS @ CROSSROADS—LAST CLASS!! (#13-15)