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| − | <H2>Wikipedia for Dr. Mark Alfino, Department of Philosophy Gonzaga University</H2>
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| | + | ==Fall 2024 Courses== |
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| − | <h2>Happiness Wiki</h2>
| + | :*[[Ethics]] |
| − | Click [[Happiness]] for the Wiki resources of my Happiness Class.
| + | :*[[Happiness and Wisdom]] |
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| − | <h2>Critical Thinking Wiki</h2>
| + | ==Recent and Future Courses== |
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| | + | :*[[Philosophy of Food]] |
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| | + | ==Past Courses== |
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| − | <h2>Ze Frank</h2>
| + | :*[[PastCourses]] |
| | + | :*[[Moral Responsibility and Free Will]] |
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| − | Check out the Ze Frank show, one of my favorite video blogs. 
| + | ==Other Stuff== |
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| − | Interesting shows include the one on Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/09/092106.html on Happiness]and one on [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/12/122906.html Somalia], and on [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/01/010807.html Consciousness].
| + | :*[[Some Important Video for Evolutionary theory and psychology]] |
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| − | <h2>Noteable Reading from 2006</h2>
| + | :*[[Roll Call Questions | Roll Call Questions]] |
| − | <p>Here's a somewhat random, but oddly representative list of 10 things I found interesting to read last year:</p>
| + | :*[https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9989-timeline-human-evolution/ Human evolution timeline] |
| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   </span>1. <span style="">  </span>Bartsch, Shadi. <u>The Mirror of the Self: Sexuality, Self-Knowledge, and the Gaze in the Roman Empire</u>. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006</p>
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| + | :*[[Selected Favorite Links]] -- [[Less Recent Stuff]] |
| − | <p>Abstract: An excellent scholarly study of the emergence of the self in Hellenistic thought, particularly in relation to the emergence and use of the mirror, contrasting cultural meanings of the gaze, and the understanding of self and sexuality.<span style="">  </span></p>
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| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   </span>2. <span style="">  </span>Bloom, Paul. "Is God an Accident?" <u>The Atlantic Monthly</u><span style="">  </span>(2005): 105-12.</p>
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| − | <p>Abstract: A challenging account of the psychological evidence of the centrality of the concept of a transcendent self.</p>
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| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   </span>3. <span style="">  </span>Dworkin, Ronald. "Three Questions for America."Vol. 53. New York, 2006.</p>
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| − | <p>Abstract: Close argumentation on three issues of the day: the teaching of evolution schools, gay rights, and the pledge of allegiance.</p>
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| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   </span>4. <span style="">  </span>Gaca, Kathy L. <u>The Making of Fornication: Eros, Ethics, and Political Reform in Greek Philosophy and Early Chritianity</u>. Los Angeles: UCLA, 2003.</p>
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| − | <p>Abstract: <font size="3">A sustained analysis of the classical sources and influences on the Christian conception of sexuality. Really brilliant.</font></p>
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| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   </span>5. <span style="">  </span>Gawande, Atul . "The Malpractice Mess." <u>The New Yorker</u><span style="">  </span>(2005): 63-71.</p>
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| − | <p>Abstract: An insightful discussion of medical malpractice.</p>
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| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   </span>6. <span style="">  </span>Hansson, Sven Ove. "The False Promises of Risk Analysis." <u>Ratio</u><span style="">  </span>(1993).</p>
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| − | <p>Abstract: A good discussion of the limits of risk analysis.</p>
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| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   </span>7. <span style="">  </span>Menand, Louis . "Everybody's an Expert." <u>The New Yorker</u><span style="">  </span>(2005).</p>
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| − | <p>Abstract: A good discussion of the idea of the "expert" in contemporary culture.</p>
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| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   </span>8. <span style="">  </span>Paul, Gregory . "Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health With Popular Religiosity and Seuclarism in the Prosperous Democracies." <u>Journal of Religion and Society</u> 7 (2005): 1-17.</p>
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| − | <p>Abstract: Discusses evidence of mass secularization and the correlations between religious culture and social disfunction.</p>
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| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   </span>9. <span style="">  </span>Pope Benedict XVI. "Faith, Reason and the University: Memories and Reflections." <u>(Public Speech)</u><span style="">  </span>(2006): 7.</p>
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| − | <p>Abstract: The controversial anti-islamic speech given by Pope Benedict this year, on the eve of his trip to Turkey.</p>
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| − | <p style="margin: 0in 0in 24pt 63pt; text-indent: -63pt;" class="MsoNormal">10. <span style="">  </span>The Economist. "Economics Discovers Its Feelings."London, 2006. 33-35.</p>
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| − | <p>Abstract: A round-up of recent work in economics and well-being.</p>
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