2012 Fall Proseminar Class Notes A
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Contents
August 29, 2012
Alfino's Post
First Class Topics
- Course, Material, and Goals
- Course Methods and web sites
- Course website
- Course wiki
- Einstruction site - speech, surveymonkey.
- A typical prep cycle for the course: read, engage, review, prep SQs.
- 6 hours / week !
- Grading Schemes
- Ereserves - pdf print incentive day is coming - Sept 4th.
Philosophy Exercise
- We'll try an exercise to bring out some of your ideas about philosophy, and some issues in defining philosophy.
Student Posts
Daniel Bell-Garrison So far I've read through two of the week's readings, and thus far the most interesting point being raised is the distinction between philosophy as a way of life (as the ancient philosophers lived) and philosophy as a discourse. On one hand, I do try to use any lessons I've learned in class, whether that be English, history, psychology, or philosophy, in everyday situations instead of just learning the material to move on to the next class, as well as using lessons to make me a better person in general. I feel this is closer to the code of conduct way of thinking that the ancient philosophers lived by. However, I can also agree that much of contemporary learning is lessons in order to reach higher lessons. Anyway, I'm sure we'll mention this in class. I just wanted to write it all out to clear my own thoughts up. Maybe it's helpful for others too.
