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| | + | ==Fall 2024 Courses== |
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| | + | :*[[Ethics]] |
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| − | ==Main Wiki Pages for Dr. Mark Alfino== | + | ==Recent and Future Courses== |
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| − | *[[Grad Seminar in Philosophy - Fall 2007]] | + | :*[[Philosophy of Food]] |
| − | *[[Critical Thinking]] wiki for my Philosophy 101 class at Gonzaga.
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| − | *[[Happiness]] wiki resources for Happiness Class.
| + | ==Past Courses== |
| − | *[[Ethics]] wiki resources for my Ethics Class.
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| − | *[[IDSG | International Development Study Group]] wiki pages.
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| | + | :*[[PastCourses]] |
| | + | :*[[Moral Responsibility and Free Will]] |
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| − | [http://alfino.org Dr. Alfino's main webpage]
| + | ==Other Stuff== |
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| − | ==Favorite Links==
| + | :*[[Some Important Video for Evolutionary theory and psychology]] |
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| − | *Mipham, What about Me? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDSAAlrqAHM]
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| − | *Regina Spektor, On the Radio. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSJQ1St1OnQ]
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| − | *Ze Frank: check out the Ze Frank show. Interesting shows include the one on [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/09/092106.html Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling 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]. Sadly, Ze Frank ended his one year project on Saturday, March 17th, 2007.
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| − | *You tube video on "Who Killed the Electric Car?" : [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSBykAngDpY], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHQ4cEr5Wao], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Mpe7XfODk] | |
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| − | *Electric car sites: [http://www.teslamotors.com/], [http://www.pluginamerica.com]
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| − | ==Noteable Reading from 2007==
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| − | Pierre Hadot, Philosophy as a Way of Life, Blackwell, 1995.
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| − | Bernard Lewis, The Muslim Discovery of Europe.
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| − | Jane Kramer’s, “[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/02/070402fa_fact_kramer The Pope and Islam]”. The New Yorker, April 2, 2007.
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| − | Emmons & McCullough, ''The Psychology of Gratitude''
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| − | Fred Bryant, ''Savoring''
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| − | ==Noteable Reading from 2006==
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| − | [[Image:thinker.gif|right|thumb|A Mechanical Thinker!]]
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| − | <p>Here's a somewhat random, but oddly representative list of 10 things I found interesting to read last year:</p>
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| − | <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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| − | <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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