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 schedule below are links to New York Times or Washington Post articles, to which you can gain access at no additional charge because our library has worked out a deal with the NYT and with the Washington Post. That is, all SMCM students, faculty, and staff have a subscription to these newspapers; they just have to activate it, at no additional charge. (Your tuition $$ at work.)

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