This schedule is subject to change; you should be in class each week to keep on top of what we are doing.
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Lecture Topics - Tuesday at 12:30 in E 345 |
Readings and study materials |
MARKS |
1. Sept 5 |
Plato, The Allegory of the Cave |
5 |
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2. Sept 12 |
Ethics of Belief |
[Reading] Clifford, The Ethics of Belief [Reading with some explanation and modern paraphrase] The Ethics of Belief [Review] Nathan's Notes |
5 |
3. Sept 19 |
Religious Responses |
[Reading] Fisher, Religious Responses [Review] Josh's Notes |
5 |
4. Sept 26 |
The Evolution of Life |
[Reading] Hewitt, The Evolution of Life [Review] Nathan's Notes |
5 |
5. Oct 3 |
Anxiety |
[Reading] Freeman and Freeman, Theories of Anxiety (The Dr Jim Remix) | 5 |
6. Oct 10 |
The Complexity of Identity |
[Reading] Tatum, The Complexity of Identity [Review] Josh's Notes |
5 |
7. Oct 17 |
TEST ONE |
20 |
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READING WEEK |
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8. Oct 31 |
The Question |
[Reading] Hill, The Question [Review] Josh's Notes |
5 |
9. Nov 7 |
Climate Change |
[Reading] Davidson, Climate Change [Review] Nathan's notes |
5 |
10. Nov 14 |
Economic Paradigm |
[Reading] Suzuki & Moola, It's Time for a New Economic Paradigm [Jim's written version of the lesson] A New Economic Paradigm |
5 |
11. Nov 21 |
Two Historical Views of the Media |
[Reading] O'Shaunessy and Stadler, Two Historical Views of the Media [Review] Josh's Notes |
5 |
12. Nov 28 |
Only the Fair Deserve the Grape |
[Reading] Kaplan & Kaplan, Only the Fair Deserve the Grape [Review] Nathan's notes |
5 |
13. Dec 5 |
Biotechnology |
[Reading] Dyson, Our Biotech Future [Jim's written version of the lesson] The Future of Life on Earth |
5 |
14. Dec 12 |
TEST TWO |
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20 |