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Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar ( IDS 175)TRUTHCourse Schedule |
"I AM THATI AM" |
Week 1 (9/14): Combined Session: Introduction
- Combined Session: Introduction & Course Overview (Clow 23)
Flatland: Collect Writing Assignments / Group Discussion- Individual Section Meetings (final hour): Szydlik, 004 (Clow 109); Henson, 005 (Clow 23)
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Plato, The Republic
- Part VII: The Philosopher Ruler, Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 (pages 189-208, 226-248)
- Part VIII: Education of the Philosopher, Sections 1-3 (pages 249-67)
Week 2 (9/21): Literature and Philosophic Truth
- Quiz #1
- Plato, The Republic
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Study Questions (Plato) due 9/28
- Plato, The Republic
- Part III: Education: The First Stage, Section 1 (pages 67-93)
- Part X: Theory of Art (pages 335-353)
Week 3 (9/28): Literature and Philosophic Truth
- Plato, The Republic.
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Response Paper #1 due 10/5
- Ferdinand de Saussure, “Nature of the Linguistic Sign”; “Linguistic Value” (e-reserve).
- Friedrich Nietzsche, “On Truth and Lying in an Extra-Moral Sense” (e-reserve).
Week 4 (10/5): Language and Semantic Truth
- Quiz #2
- Saussure
- Nietzsche
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Study Questions (Saussure, Nietzsche) due 10/12
- Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying: An Observation” (online)
- Tim O’Brien, “How to Tell a True War Story” (e-reserve)
Week 5 (10/12): Fiction and “Story Truth”
- Wilde
- O’Brien
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Response Paper #2 due 10/19
- Study Questions (Wilde, O’Brien) due 10/19
- Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones.
- "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"
- "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote"
- "The Library of Babel"
- "The Garden of Forking Paths"
Week 6 (10/19): Possible Worlds and Ontological Truth
- Quiz #3
- Borges
- Begin Section Exam Review
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Response Paper #3 due 10/26
- View Stranger than Fiction
- Review for Exam
Week 7 (10/26): Fiction or Reality?
- Stranger than Fiction
- Section Exam
- Introduction to 2nd Session (final hour)
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Section 005: See Professor Szydlik's Page
- Section 004: Plato, The Republic
- Part VII: The Philosopher Ruler, Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 (pages 189-208, 226-248)
- Part VIII: Education of the Philosopher, Sections 1-3 (pages 249-67)
Week 8 (11/2): Literature and Philosophic Truth
- Quiz #1
- Plato, The Republic
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Study Questions (Plato) due 11/9
- Plato, The Republic
- Part III: Education: The First Stage, Section 1 (pages 67-93)
- Part X: Theory of Art (pages 335-353)
Week 9 (11/9): Literature and Philosophic Truth
- Plato, The Republic. (selected parts)
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Response Paper #1 due 11/16
- Ferdinand de Saussure, “Nature of the Linguistic Sign”; “Linguistic Value ” (e-reserve).
- Friedrich Nietzsche, “On Truth and Lying in an Extra-Moral Sense” (e-reserve).
Week 10 (11/16): Language and Semantic Truth
- Quiz #2
- Saussure
- Nietzsche
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Study Questions (Saussure, Nietzsche) due 11/23
- Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying: An Observation” (online)
- Tim O’Brien, “How to Tell a True War Story” (e-reserve)
Week 11 (11/23): Fiction and “Story Truth”
- Wilde
- O’Brien
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Response Paper #2 due 11/30
- Study Questions (Wilde, O’Brien) due 11/30
- Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones.
- "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"
- "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote"
- "The Library of Babel"
- "The Garden of Forking Paths"
Week 12 (11/30): Possible Worlds and Ontological Truth
- Quiz #3
- Borges
- Begin Section Exam Review
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Review for Exam
Week 13 (12/7): Section Exam; Final Project Preparation
- Section Exam
- Final Project Preparation
- Assignment for Next Week:
- Final Projects Due, 12/14
Week 14 (12/14): Combined Session: Final Projects & Course Review
- Combined Session: Final Projects
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