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MINDFULNESS

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

SPRING 2010

2-2 PRACTICAL MATTERS/OVERVIEW

2-9 WHAT IS MIND? Western Approaches to Consciousness Blackmore, Ch. 2 of Consciousness (posted on Blackboard) Rosch, What Buddhism has to tell Psychology… (posted on Blackboard) Wallace & Shapiro

2-16 WHY MINDFULNESS? Eastern Approaches to Consciousness

2-23 EASTERN VIEWS I Thich Nhat Hanh, pp. 1-44

3-2 EASTERN VIEWS I Thich Nhat Hanh, pp. 45-98

3-9 EASTERN VIEWS II Wallace, Intro, Stages 1-2, pp. 1-42

3-16 EASTERN VIEWS II Wallace, Stages 3-4, pp. 43-76

3-23 WESTERN VIEWS I Langer, Ch. 1-4, pp. 1-57

3-30 NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK!

4-6 WESTERN VIEWS I Langer, Ch. 5-7, pp. 61-132

4-13 WESTERN VIEWS I Langer, Ch. 8-10, EPILOGUE, pp. 133-204

4-20 WESTERN VIEWS II Siegel, Ch. 1-4, pp. 3-86

4-27 WESTERN VIEWS II Siegel, Ch. 5-8, pp. 89-188

5-4 WESTERN VIEWS II Siegel, Ch. 9-11, pp. 189-256

5-11 WESTERN VIEWS II Siegel, Ch. 12-14, pp. 259-328