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*In the Structure of Knowledge
 
*In the Structure of Knowledge
  
Class,
 
  
Thanks for a good first class.  Please go through your "to do" list from class and let me know if you have any difficulties.
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===Logos, Mythos, and Theos===
  
Also, here's your first journal assignment: For Thursday: After reading the excerpt from the Apology, summarize in one or two paragraphs the main charges against Socrates and his defense.  Select a detail or two that you find particularly interesting.  Then make a brief (one paragraph) assessment of Socrates defense.  End with one or two questions you still have after reading the passage.  1 - 1.5 pages, typed, double spaced.
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===What is Real? (1st Exercise)===
  
See you Thursday.
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===Note to Class===
  
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Thanks for a good first class.  Please go through your "to do" list from class and let me know if you have any difficulties.
  
===Logos, Mythos, and Theos===
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Also, here's your first journal assignment:  For Thursday: After reading the excerpt from the Apology, summarize in one or two paragraphs the main charges against Socrates and his defense. Select a detail or two that you find particularly interesting.  Then make a brief (one paragraph) assessment of Socrates defense.  End with one or two questions you still have after reading the passage.  1 - 1.5 pages, typed, double spaced.
 
 
===What is Real? (1st Exercise)===
 
  
 
==1/15/2009==
 
==1/15/2009==

Revision as of 05:37, 14 January 2009

Return to Human Nature main page.

We'll use this page to post supplemental material to our class sessions. - Alfino


1/13/2009: Course Intro

  1. Course Goals
  2. Roll Call
  3. Schedule, Grading Schemes, Wiki, Journals, Study Questions
  4. Philosophy

Identifying the Philosophical

  • Turn toward basic questions
  • Meta-level cognition in general - theorizing
  • In the Structure of Knowledge


Logos, Mythos, and Theos

What is Real? (1st Exercise)

Note to Class

Thanks for a good first class. Please go through your "to do" list from class and let me know if you have any difficulties.

Also, here's your first journal assignment: For Thursday: After reading the excerpt from the Apology, summarize in one or two paragraphs the main charges against Socrates and his defense. Select a detail or two that you find particularly interesting. Then make a brief (one paragraph) assessment of Socrates defense. End with one or two questions you still have after reading the passage. 1 - 1.5 pages, typed, double spaced.

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