Week 9:

Monday, May 26

Essayists - post revision of Essay #2 by 9 am in the appropriate satellite writing forum. Your Satellite might have a different schedule; check your Satellite assignments at Drupal or with your instructor.

Tuesday, May 27

Tuesday paper #8 is your "ticket of admission" to Tuesday afternoon's session.

We will be discussing Einstein's Relativity: The Special and General Theory:

Part II - The General Theory of Relativity
• Sections 18 - 24: pp. 77 - 110;
• Sections 27 - 29: pp. 119 - 132;
• Commentary on Sections 19, 23, 27, 28: pp. 205-219;
Part III - Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
• Sections 30 - 32: pp. 133 - 145;
• Commentary on Section 32: pp. 220 -224

Friday, May 30

Writing workshops on Essay #2. Your Satellite might have a different schedule; check your Satellite assignments at Drupal or with your instructor.

Week 8:

Monday, May 19

• (default) Group A or B essayists - post first draft of Essay #2 by 9 am in the appropriate satellite writing forum.
• Your Satellite might have a different schedule; check your Satellite assignments at Drupal or with your instructor.

Tuesday, May 20

Tuesday paper #7 is your "ticket of admission" to seminar.

We will be discussing

• Albert Einstein and others, Relativity: The Special and General Theory

  Introduction (by Penrose): pp. ix - xxvi
  The Cultural Legacy of Relativity (by Cassidy): pp. 225 - 242
  Commentary - Preface: pp. 171 - 178
  Preface: pp. 3 - 4
  Sections 1 - 5: pp. 5 - 22
  Commentary - Section 5. The Principle of Relativity: pp. 179 - 182
  Sections 6 - 7: pp. 23 - 28
  Commentary - Section 7. The Propagation of Light: pp. 183 - 187
  Sections 8 - 10: pp. 29 - 39
  Commentary - Section 10. Relativity and Intuition: pp. 188 - 190
  Sections 11 - 12: pp. 40 - 50 (don't freak out about the equations, please)
  Commentary - Section 12. Length: pp. 191 - 194
  Sections 13 - 14: pp. 51 - 57
  Section 17: pp. 72 - 75
  Commentary - Section 17. Space-Time: pp. 201 - 204
  Section 26: pp. 116 - 118

Friday, May 23

• (default) Writing workshops on Essay #2.
• Your Satellite might have a different schedule; check you Satellite assignments at Drupal or with your instructor.

Week 7:

Monday, May 12

• (default) Group A or B essayists - post first draft of Essay #2 by 9 am in the appropriate satellite writing forum.
• Your Satellite might have a different schedule; check your Satellite assignments at Drupal or with your instructor.

   

• Tuesday, May 13

Tuesday Paper #6 is your "ticket of admission" to seminar.
We will be discussing:

• Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents, pp. 64 - 112;
• Nietzsche, The Dionysiac World View, click ( here) in Lectio and Seminar.

Friday, May 16

• (default) Writing workshops on Essay #2.
• Your Satellite might have a different schedule; check you Satellite assignments at Drupal or with your instructor.

  
  Week 6:

  Monday, May 5

  Group A and B essayists - post the "final" version of Essay #1 by 9 am in the appropriate satellite writing forum.

  Tuesday, May 6

  Tuesday Paper #5 is your "ticket of admission" to seminar. We will be discussing:

  Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents, pp. ix - 63 (Norton edition) in Lectio and Seminar

  Friday, May 9

  Field trip to Portland. Buses leave campus at 9 am from C lot. Bring lunch or money for lunch. Arrive back on campus between 8 and 9 pm. Make sure you fill out a field trip waiver and/or sign the transportation waiver as needed.

  Week 5:

  Monday, April 28

  Group A and B essayists - post the first rewrites of essay#1 by 9 am in the appropriate satellite writing forum.

  Tuesday, April 29

  Tuesday Paper #4 is your "ticket of admission" to seminar, where we will be discussing Darwin,

  Descent of Man (selections) , pp. 175 - 254 of Norton Critical Edition.

  Wednesday, April 30

  All DRs - post your critiques by 5 pm.

  Friday, April 25

  Writing workshops on rewrites of essay #1 for both A and B essayists.

  Week 4:

  Monday, April 21

  Group B essayists - post your first essays by 9 am in the appropriate satellite writing forum.

  Tuesday, April 22

  Tuesday Paper #3 is your "ticket of admission" to seminar, where we will be discussing Darwin, Origin of Species (selections) , pp. 95-175 of Norton Critical Edition.

  Wednesday, April 24

  Group A DRs - post your critiques by 5 pm as responses to the posted essay to which you have dedicated your time, thought, and respect.

  Friday, April 25

  Writing workshops on Group B essays #1.

  Week 3:

  Monday, April 14

  Group A essayists - post your first essays by 9 am in the appropriate satellite writing forum.

  Tuesday, April 15

  Tuesday Paper #2 is your "ticket of admission" to seminar, where we will be discussing Professor Eamon's essay (click here for essay).

  Note from Kathleen: Hi, all:  I want to say once again how grateful I am to all of you for reading this.   And in spite of my continual admonitions to students not to preface all of their work with apologies, I want to say that I have not had the chance to revise or even edit the third section contained in this chapter; if you notice things that seem entirely unconnected to what came before, or places where I claim to argue something of which you have no memory, I would love it if you would point these out to me.  Otherwise, I can use any help you can offer, and I'm really pleased to share this with you (if also slightly shy about it).  Enjoy having the tables turned for once!  Best, Kathleen

  (P.S.  I haven't yet put in my footnotes for secondary sources, and many page numbers are missing -- that is the meaning of the xxx you see whenever I write "cite xxx"... I will supply these, and an extensive bibliography, in the final version and am happy to share that without whomever is interested.)

  Wednesday, April 16

  Group B DRs - post your critiques by 5 pm as responses to the posted essay to which you have dedicated your time, thought, and respect.

  Friday, April 18

  Writing workshops on Group A essays #1.
  

  Week 2:

  Tuesday, April 8

  Tuesday Paper #1 is your "ticket of admission" to seminar, where we will be discussing all of Kant's Groundwork... Include Korsgaard's introduction in your reading.
  
  TPs are a page or so in length and are to raise important questions from one's reading, cite text that motivates each question, and offer commentary about a question in relation to the text. The test of success will be how useful the writing turns out to be in seminar.

  Week 1:

  Tuesday, April 1

  In Lectio (10 am, LH 3), we will make sure the satellites are organized and review what lies ahead for the quarter.

  We will begin our work in seminar with Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals , Kant's "Preface" and Sections I and II, pp. 1-51. (Next week we will read Section III and Korsgaard's Introduction.) Review the work we did on Kant last quarter. Bring questions on specific passages to seminar.

  Thursday, April 3

  Satellites to meet -- check times on Drupal satellite pages.

  Friday, April 4

  Writing tutorials at 9.

  Lectio at 2, for everyone. Bring copies of Groundwork.