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==Main Links==
 
==Main Links==
  
*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Class Notesb | Class Notes2]].  Starting with Oct 12 - Existentialism
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*[[2011 Fall Proseminar Class Notes A | Class Notes A]].   
*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Class Notes | Class Notes1]]. Covering up to Oct 5.
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*[[2011 Fall Proseminar Student Research | Student Research Pages]]
*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Student Research | Student Research Pages]]
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*[[2011 Fall Proseminar Student Work | Student Work]].  Samples of student work.
*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Student Work | Student Work]].  Samples of student work.
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*[[2011 Fall Proseminar Collaborative Research Exercise | Collaborative Research Exercise]]
*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Collaborative Research Exercise | Collaborative Research Exercise]]
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*[[2011 Fall Proseminar Student Statements | End of Semester Student Statements and Work]]
*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Student Statements | End of Semester Student Statements and Work]]
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*[[2011 Fall Proseminar Professor Blog | Professor's Weekly Blog for the course]]
*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Professor Blog | Professor's Weekly Blog for the course]]
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*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Study Guide for Philosophical Method Test | Study Guide for Philosophical Methods Test]] - We'll develop this one further this semester.
*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Study Guide for Philosophical Method Test | Study Guide for Philosophical Methods Test]]
 
*[[Rukavina Lecture Fall 2010]]
 
  
 
==Documents, Readings, and Miscellaneous things==
 
==Documents, Readings, and Miscellaneous things==
 
===Fair Trade===
 
 
:*[[Media:Rice_Fair_Trade_Coffee.pdf | Rice, Robert "Noble Goals and Challenging Terrain: Organic and Fair Trade Coffee Movements in the Global Marketplace"]]
 
:*[[Media:Moore,_Geoff_Fair_Trade.pdf | Moore, Geoff, "The Fair Trade Movement: Parameters, Issues and Future Research"]]
 
 
Here is a statement from the founder of a fair-trade endorsing company. No doubt there is bias, but it seems like he has some good things to say- check it out if you want. [http://omanhenecocoa.com/?page_id=378
 
--[[User:Jlacasse|Jlacasse]] 00:02, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 
 
===Anthropology and Cognitive Science of Religion===
 
 
:*Justin Barrett, What is Cognitive Science of Religion and Why is it? [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~theo0038/pdf%20files/Religion%20Compass_Barrett%202007.pdf] (please print)
 
:*Pascal Boyer, Chapter 1, "What is the Origin?" Religion Explained (handed out in class) [[Media:Religion Explained What is the Origin.pdf]]
 
:*Scott Atran, Chapter 2, "Mindless Agents" In Gods We Trust (handed out in class)
 
:Some bibliographic references on [[science of religion]]
 
 
===Physicalism & Transhumanism===
 
 
:*David Papineau [http://philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=242858]
 
:*Transhumanism video.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj_-sBNQKcQ]
 
:*Check out Nick Bostrom's site and the Transhumanism FAQ
 
Here is another video that I found helpful and interesting. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd9cf_vLviI] --[[User:Jjohnson9|Jjohnson9]] 17:50, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 
 
===Environmental Philosophy Readings===
 
 
:*[[Media:LightKatzEnvPrag.pdf | Light and Katz, "Environmental Pragmatism"]]
 
:*[[Media:A_Sand_County_Almanac_The_Land_Ethic.pdf | Leopold, Sand County Almanac (excerpt)]]
 
:*[[Media:Henning-TrustingInTheEfficacyofBeauty_Ethics&Env.pdf | Henning, "Trusting in the Efficacy of Beauty]]
 
:*[[Media:Norton-Environmental_Pragmatism_Ch6_pgs_105-138.pdf | Norton, "Environmental Pragmatism"]]
 
 
 
 
:*Richard Rorty, [[Media:Rorty_Ch2_Contingencyofself.pdf | "The Contingency of Self"]]
 
:*Jonathan Culler, [[Media:CullerWritingAndLogocentrism.pdf | "Writing and Logocentrism"]]
 
 
===Resources for Naturalism / Phenomenology Seminar===
 
 
====Naturalism====
 
 
:*Quine, [[Media:QuineEpistemologyNaturalized.pdf | Epistemology Naturalized]]
 
:*Jagwon Kim, [[Media:KimWhatisNaturalizedEpistemology.pdf | What is "Epistemology Naturalized"]]?
 
:*Rebecca Saxe, "How we Read Each Other's Minds" [http://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_saxe_how_brains_make_moral_judgments.html]
 
:*Daniel Dennett, Chapter 17 of Darwin's Dangerous Idea, "[[Media:DennettCh17NatMorality.pdf | Redesigning Morality]]"
 
 
====Phenomenology====
 
 
:*W. T. Jones, "[[Media:JonesWTonPhenomenology.pdf | Phenomenology]]" from a History of Philosophy
 
 
===Resources for Existentialism Seminar===
 
 
*Sartre, Existentialism and Human Emotions (Let's make this a baseline text for everyone.)
 
*Nietzsche, especially Thus Spake Zarathustra.  Scan of chapter on Nietzsche from Kaufman, [[Media:Kaufman_Nietzsche_Live_Dangerously.pdf | "Nietzsche"]]
 
*Camus, stories.
 
*Usually reference and secondary sources.  Good oppotunity to "shelf browse" existentialism: B819 in Foley, but then figures may be in other places.
 
  
 
===Resources on Method===
 
===Resources on Method===
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*Randy Mayes has collected some great short philosophy video to go along with his intro class.  I recommend sampling some of these for topics and position papers.  [http://sites.google.com/site/grandolphmayes/schedule-philosophy-006]
 
*Randy Mayes has collected some great short philosophy video to go along with his intro class.  I recommend sampling some of these for topics and position papers.  [http://sites.google.com/site/grandolphmayes/schedule-philosophy-006]
*Draft of paper with some research from Fall 2009 class [[Media:Philosophies_of_Intellectual_Freedom_V2.pdf | Philosophies of Intellectual Freedom]]
 
*Dennett, "[[Media:DennettNagel.pdf | 2. What is it Like to Be a Bat?]]"
 
*Crawford, "The Case for Working with your Hands" [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html]
 
*[[Philosophy Proseminar Basic Course Information]] -- 2 min video on [http://screenjel.ly/FgkKqvnr0ak Course Website] and [http://screenjel.ly/Gx_RrSxAPOg Course Wiki]
 
*[[2010 Fall Proseminar Professor Blog | Professor's Weekly Blog for the course]].
 
*[[General Philosophy Paper Rubric]]
 
*[[Philosophical Methods]]
 
*[[Philosophical Methods for Philosophy Majors]]
 
*[[Some Course Outlining]]
 
*[[2009 Fall Proseminar Wiki Root Page]]
 
  
 
==Book Group==
 
==Book Group==
*[[Discussion]]
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==Old Links==
 
==Old Links==
  
 
[[Fall 2010 Proseminar Links]]
 
[[Fall 2010 Proseminar Links]]

Revision as of 23:52, 25 August 2011

Main Links

Documents, Readings, and Miscellaneous things

Resources on Method

Other Docs/Links

  • Randy Mayes has collected some great short philosophy video to go along with his intro class. I recommend sampling some of these for topics and position papers. [1]

Book Group

Old Links

Fall 2010 Proseminar Links