PHIL 298/PSYC 298

BUDDHA'S BRAIN

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

FALL 2007

09-06 Practical matters/Overview

09-11 Consciousness—Blackmore Ch. 1-2
09-13 Consciousness—Blackmore Ch. 3-4

09-18 Consciousness—Blackmore Ch. 5-6
09-20 Consciousness—Blackmore Ch. 7-8

09-25 Test #1 on Consciousness
09-27 Buddhism—Book Chapter

10-02 Buddhism—World of Tibetan Buddhism—Ch. 1-5
10-04 Buddhism—World of Tibetan Buddhism—Ch. 6-9

10-09 Buddhism—World of Tibetan Buddhism—Ch. 10-14
10-11 Buddhism—World of Tibetan Buddhism—Ch. 15-20

10-16 Buddhism—Miracle of Mindfulness
10-18 Buddhism—Miracle of Mindfulness

10-23 Test #2 on Buddhism
10-25 Guest Lecture—Dr. Peter Hershock

10-30 Dalai Lama @ MIT Ch. 3
11-01 Dalai Lama @ MIT Ch. 4 & Dialogue

11-06 Dalai Lama @ MIT Ch. 5
11-08 Dalai Lama @ MIT Ch. 6 & Dialogue

11-13 Dalai Lama @ MIT Ch. 7
11-15 Dalai Lama @ MIT Ch. 8 & Dialogue

11-20 Dalai Lama @ MIT Ch. 9 & Dialogue
11-22 THANKSGIVING—NO CLASS

11-27 Wallace—Ch. 1
11-29 Wallace—Ch. 2

12-04 Wallace—Ch. 3
12-06 Wallace—Ch. 4

12-11 Wallace—Ch. 7
12-13 Wallace—Ch. 8

12-17 Final Paper Due