2009 Fall Proseminar Collaborative Research Exercise

Collaborative Research on Mill's "On Liberty"

We need to spend a little time experiencing and thinking about philosophical research. One of the best ways of doing this is from within an actual research exercise. This semester, I'd like to do this collectively on a question that happens to be pressing for something I'm working on related to Mill's On Liberty -- a grand text to be familiar with in any case.

Our research goals are:

1. To locate major commentators and "standard" interpretations of On Liberty, along with controversies of interpretation.

2. To sample the range of philosophical discussions relating specifically to "intellectual freedom" or "fredom of thought and discussion" within On Liberty

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We'll use a simple "findings" reporting system to facilitate the posting of research to this page.

Finding Title

(For example, "Harms of Global Warming" or "General Book on Global Warming". Consider subtitles to give your finding some specificity)

Finding and Link (Citation in MLA format, with enduring link if possible, at least with as much publication information as you have.)

Summary/Reconstruction (Identify key ideas, reconstruct arguments and explanations, indicate the type of information you found -- research, news, background, editorial, etc. Pay particular attention to the point of view of the source or publication.)

Your Name

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Major Critics

Karl Popper, Popper's 1957 work, The Poverty of Historicism, pp. 118-119

(For example, "Harms of Global Warming" or "General Book on Global Warming". Consider subtitles to give your finding some specificity)

Finding and Link http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Mill.htm#fn2

Summary/Reconstruction Probably ought to locate Popper criticism here.

Alfino 02:27, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

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