For every class period in which a reading is due you are required to submit at least one question regarding the reading. Vague, general, or trivial questions are unacceptable, as are questions which can easily be answered by looking in a reference source such as a dictionary, a philosophical dictionary or a philosophical encyclopedia.

Examples of unacceptable questions [these are questions I might ask you and expect you to be able to answer]:

• What does 'logically impossible' mean?
• What is Aquinas saying in this article?
• What is Hanley's argument in Chapter 3?
• What's the point of the first paragraph of this article?
• What does LePoidevin mean by 'time travel'?

Examples of acceptable questions:

• According to Lacey's A Dictionary of Philosophy, to say that P supervenes on Q is just to say that there can be no difference in P without a difference in Q. According to Davidson, mental phenomena supervenes on physical phenomena--but is this really true? What physical phenomena exactly does mental phenomena allegedly supervene on?
• Dennett seems to be using his notion of an intentional system to explain what consciousness is, but isn't it better to use his notion of intentional systems as part of a test for discovering whether something is conscious rather than an explanation for what consciousness is? ([Because ...] would be even better!)
• Hanley seems to argue that information only transport is adequate for survival. But since a full blueprint of me could be shipped from say the US to Japan and Japanese scientists could use the blueprint to creat another version of me, does Hanley have any way of distinguishing survival from copying (or even merely shipping a blueprint?)

Questions are due via email, ggoddu @ richmond . edu by 7 am prior to class. A set of questions, at least one of which is acceptable, will receive one point. A set of questions with no acceptable questions will receive no points. Late questions will not be accepted.