Contemporary Philosophy-Phil 3701
Term: Fall '07
Class Meetings:
Individuals with
disabilities who need to request accommodations should contact the Disability
Services Coordinator, Student Center 214, 678/466-5445, disabilityservices@mail.clayton.edu.
Please
refer to the following for important information about the Regent’s Tests:
http://ctl.clayton.edu/Testing%20Center/Assmt_misc/Regents.htm
Course
Policies:
Students
must abide by policies in the Clayton
State University Student Handbook, and the Basic
Undergraduate Student Responsibilities.
Any type of
activity that is considered dishonest by reasonable standards may constitute
academic misconduct. The most common forms of academic misconduct are cheating
and plagiarism. All instances of
academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero for the work involved.
All instances of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Office of
Student Life/Judicial Affairs. Judicial
procedures are described at
http://adminservices.clayton.edu/studentlife/judicial_affairs.htm.
ITP
Choice Policy
(Each CCSU student is required to have ready access throughout the semester to a
notebook computer that meets faculty-approved hardware and software requirements
for the student's academic program. See http://itpchoice.clayton.edu for full
details of this policy.)
To
set up your computer to receive course email,
go to http://thehub.clayton.edu and select Personal Information, then select
Manage Email/Web Space, next select Setup your CCSU Email account, and follow
the instructions. Next you will need to configure your notebook to access your
CCSU email; select Email Setup and proceed as directed.
Direct any questions you may have to the HUB’s Software Support
Services, located downstairs in the Library.
The web address for accessing your CCSU email is http://www.claytonstate.net.
The Listserv for this class, by which you all will communicate with each other
and with me, is listed below.
Computer
Use in This Course:
Student notebook computers will not be
used in the classroom in this course. Computers will be required to access
course materials and to communicate with your instructor.
Learning
Outcomes:
Critical
Thinking:
http://a-s.clayton.edu/campbell/Outcomes/Core/CoreCriticalThinkingOutcomesAreaDMaster.htm
Communication:
http://a-s.clayton.edu/campbell/Outcomes/Core/CoreCommunicationsOutcomesAreaDMaster.htm
Mid-term
Progress Report
Mid
term grades will be issued after the first exam and journal collection and will
account for 35% of the final grade.
NOTE: Last Day to withdraw without academic accountability is
Instructor:
Dr.
Office: A&S-105 D
Phone: 678.4
Email:
toddjanke@clayton.edu
Webpage:
http://a-s.clayton.edu/tjanke
Class Listserv: phil3701-01Fall07@lists.clayton.edu
Course
Overview: The
primary objectives of this course are to acquaint students with foundational works
and important thinkers of 20th Century Philosophy, to foster individual
appropriation of philosophical insights and reasonings.
Success in this course will require a considerable commitment of your
time and energy. You will be doing a
lot of reading and writing and rereading. You will also need to take notes
on the readings to help you prepare for the exams.
The papers that you will write and the papers of other students that you
will read and comment on will provide immersion in the material that will aid
understanding and contribute to success on the tests. Make sure your
journal papers are of the required length, demonstrate thoughtful effort, and
are submitted in a timely fashion. Also, make sure that you engage in
comment-and-response dialogue over the various paper submissions.
RequiredText: 20th Century Philosophy, Baird & Kaufman, eds.
Course
Requirements:
40%
Electronic Discussion Forum Journal: You will be writing a 1 ½ - 2 page
commentary on the assigned reading for each class meeting. These journal entries
must be posted (emailed to the class listserv address – see above) PRIOR TO
the class meeting at which the reading (on which the paper is based) will be
discussed. You must keep a hard copy of all your submissions and organize them
for collection and review on two occasions, on the day of the First Exam and on
the day of the Final Exam. Add a cover page containing a table of contents and a
paragraph or two assessing the overall quality of your journal/discussion list
contribution, giving primary consideration to such factors as number of
postings, timeliness of postings, length of papers, and quality of the writings
themselves. Assign a rating to your assessment, based on a ten-point
scale.
You
will also need to bring your individual papers to class meetings, as you will be
called on to make brief presentations of your analyses to the class. In
addition to submitting papers, you are expected to read papers submitted by your
classmates. You may demonstrate that you are doing so by commenting on
these papers by email response to the listserv.
Your
paper may be either (1) a report in your own words of
what the author is saying in the selection, ending with 1-2 paragraphs of
personal comment or criticism, or (2) an analysis based on your own formulation
of an issue addressed in or posed by the reading. In a given paper, stay
on the track you begin on; do not mix up the methods. Also, stay focused
and do not ramble over multiple issues or topics. If you choose the second
method, you must “close your eyes” to the editor’s introduction and
summary; a repetition of what the editor has written is, in this context,
tantamount to plagiarism. As you engage what are challenging and difficult
readings, keep in mind that Understanding is the objective and not criticism for
criticism's sake.
Paper Formatting and Submitting:
Type your paper in Word, in 12 point font, with one inch margins all around and
normal double-spacing throughout. Use the first line or two to identify
yourself, your class section, the author’s name, and whether the paper is type
(1) Report with Comments, or (2) Open Response. For
example: Janke/Heidegger/OR. In writing your paper, do not beat around the
bush with introductory material. Immediately and concisely state the issue
or question you are addressing and go directly to your analysis. Copy and
paste the Word document into an email addressed to your class listserv, making
sure to identify yourself and the paper topic in the subject box of the email.
Do not send your paper as an email
attachment!
GRADING
40%
Electronic Discussion Forum Journal (15% First exam collection / 25% Final exam
collection)
60%
Three (3) in class exams (one of which is the final)
Schedule
of
Important
Dates:
First Exam and Journal Collection: 10/4
Second Exam:
Final Exam and Journal Collection:
Week
1
Introduction
Husserl, Phenomenology
Week
2
Husserl, Crisis
Husserl, Crisis
Week
3
NO CLASS TUESDAY 9/4
Heidegger, Being and Time
Week
4
Heidegger, Being and Time
Heidegger, Being and Time
Week
5
Heidegger, Intro to Metaphysics
Gadamer, Truth and Method
Week
6
Gadamer, Truth and Method
Gadamer, Truth and Method
Week
7
Review
Exam
Week
8
Sartre, Being and Nothingness
Sartre, Being and Nothingness
Week 9
Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humaninsm; de Beauvoir, Second Sex
de Beauvoir, Second Sex
Week
10
Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception
Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception
Week
11
Merleau-Ponty, HANDOUT
Merleau-Ponty, HANDOUT
Week
12
Review
Exam
Week
13
Dewey
Dewey
Week
14
Wittgenstein, Tractatus
Quine, Two Dogmas of Empiricism
Week
15
Quine, Two Dogmas
Davidson, Method of Truth
Week
16
Davidson, Method of Truth
Review
***FINAL
EXAM and JOURNAL COLLECTION: TBA***