Seminar Materials
Philosophy 383—From Neurons to Selves
Michael Taber
Spring 2026

These are the books we will use, in the order in which we will use them.

1. What Is Consciousness: A Debate, by Amy Kind and Daniel Stoljar (Routledge Publishing, 2023), ISBN 9780367332426

2. Being You: A New Science of Consciousness, by Anil Seth), ISBN 978524742874 (This is for the hardback version; oddly, the paperback edition shows up as a dollar more expensive.)

Other readings will be distributed to you in class.

Also, there is a Google folder in which live such items as sign-up sheets for Back-up Buddies, tutorials, and some supplementary readings.

Some of the readings in the semester schedule (as well as some that I’ll send you throughout the semester) are links to articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, or The Economist. Believe it or not, each of you already has a subscription to all three, thanks to our library having a site license for all SMCM students, faculty, and staff. (Your tuition $$ at work!)

You just need to activate your subscription (free!), using your smcm.edu account. Here are our library’s instructions for each of the three: the Washington Post, the New York Times, and The Economist.

(Don’t try to do it from within any other account. And be sure that when you go to activate, you don't have an already existing tab open to any of these three websites, as you might if you tried to open a link without first having gone through your activation.)

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