CRTW 201
Calendar for Spring 2010
Dr. Fike
Key: PHF = Our Posthuman Future; N = Learning To Think Things Through; P = paper; Q = quadrant
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For Class |
Writing |
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Jan. 11 |
Introduction to the course Activity: Should WU have a football team? Question: What is CRTW 201 about? Handout: Dr. Bird's "How To Read Critically" (print and read; bring to next class) |
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Jan. 13 |
Turn in a signed copy of the Student Contract Read: “What Is Critical Thinking” (N 1-48): always bring your N book to class. |
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Jan. 18 |
MLK Day: No class |
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Jan. 20 |
Do this exercise on your own before class: Exercise (intellectual, psychological, and practical impediments to this course) Introduction to P1 Read: “The Elements of Reasoning” (N 49-88) Activity: Fitting the elements to the classical argument |
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Jan. 25 |
Paper 1 workshop (who will volunteer their papers for class discussion?) |
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Jan. 27 |
Paper 1 peer editing (you must bring a complete draft in order to participate); here is the handout |
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Feb. 1 |
SEEI exercise |
2:00 section: P1 due |
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Feb. 3 |
Introduction to P2; read “Standards of Critical Thinking” (N 89-138 & 139-74) Show and tell: bring in objects that will spark discussion; also bring an analysis of it by the elements. Show and Tell Exercise |
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Feb. 8 |
Activity: Fallacy exercise: Read and bring copies of http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/fallacies_list.html and http://www.winthrop.edu/wcenter/handoutsandlinks/fallacies.pdf Handout: "The mad, mad world of liberal logic" |
5:00 section: P1 due |
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Feb. 10 |
Urban myth exercise Read and bring: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blkidney.htm |
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Feb. 15 |
Paper 2 workshop (volunteers?) |
SEEI journal due |
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Feb. 17 |
Paper 2 peer editing (you must bring a complete draft in order to participate); here is the handout |
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Feb. 22 |
Who Killed the Electric Car? |
P2 due |
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Feb. 24 |
Who Killed the Electric Car? Continued + by the elements: handout |
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Mar. 1 |
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Mar. 3 |
What the Bleep? |
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Mar. 8 |
In-class self-assessment paper (you may use books and notes; bring a large bluebook) |
P3 |
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W |
Mar. 10 |
Introduction to P4 Read and bring Wolfe, “Sorry, but Your Soul Just Died”: http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/WolfeSoulDied.php Bring: "The Logic of an Article" and "Wolfe Exercise" Activate after class: "Wolfe by the Elements" |
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Mar. 15 |
Spring break |
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W |
Mar. 17 |
Spring break |
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M |
Mar. 22 |
Read: “A Tale of Two Dystopias” (PHF 3-17) Activity: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WuiaT0nX9ls&feature=related |
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Mar. 24 |
Read: “Sciences of the Brain” (PHF 18-40) Activity on multiple intelligences: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLLVYx0IPPU&feature=related |
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Mar. 29 |
Read: “Neuropharmacology and the Control of Behavior” (PHF 41-56) Activity: Matt Lauer's interview with Tom Cruise: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HwAaHbmF5S4; and Don McLean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM |
Q1 presentation |
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Mar. 31 |
Read: “The Prolongation of Life” (PHF 57-71) Activity: Jack Kevorkian, http://youtube.com/watch?v=rrHIS9gi1UQ |
Q2 presentation |
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Apr. 5 |
Read: “Genetic Engineering” (PHF 72-83) Activity: Craig Venter, http://youtube.com/watch?v=iQ1VNEgcWE8; Gattaca [youtube.com clip removed from internet] |
Q3 presentation |
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Apr. 7 |
Read: “Why We Should Worry” (PHF 84-102) Activity: David Reimer, http://youtube.com/watch?v=QeSvkE9ZtHk |
Q4 presentation |
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Apr. 12 |
Read PHF, chapters 7-9, if you want to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=CA&hl=en&v=0_zA5Tcfp9c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqSASu1Qqrg |
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Apr. 14 |
Lecture on Fukuyama Read PHF, chapters 10-12, if you want to; it couldn’t hurt to bring this handout. |
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Apr. 19 |
Paper 4 workshop |
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Apr. 21 |
Paper 4 peer editing; handout on peer editing |
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Apr. 26 |
Last day of class: Course evaluation. Turn in your previous three papers and my comments (or photocopies of these documents). This includes your midterm assessment (bluebook) essay. In class: Write a letter to future students of this course. |
P4 due |
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Final examination:
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