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CLASS #READINGSASSIGNMENTS
1Introduction: Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey."
2Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Writing assignment, 1 page, due in class: Write a 1-page descriptive summary of your favorite character in Alice.
3Genesis.

Aristotle. Selections from the Physics.

Writing assignment, 1 page, due in class: Summarize, using examples from contemporary times, Aristotle's 4 factors or causes.
4Voltaire. Candide.Writing assignment, 1 page, due in class: Write a summary of the philosophy of Pangloss, Martin, or the Eldoradians.
5Hume. Dialogues. (Parts 1-5)Writing assignment, 1 page, due in class: Write a summary of Cleanthes' great machine of the universe in Part 2 or Philo's example of the shipbuilder in Part 5.
6Hume. Dialogues. (Parts 7, 10-11)
7Paley. Natural Theology. Selections (Handout).Essay #1 due. (5-pages)
8Adam Smith. Wealth of Nations.
9Malthus. An Essay on the Principle of Population.
10Malthus. Principles of Population.Essay #2 due. (5-pages)
11Darwin. On the Origin of Species.
12Darwin. Origin...(Continued)Essay #2 returned. 
13Darwin. Origin...(Continued)

Descent of Man...(Selections)

14Butler. Erewhon.Revised Essay #2 due.
15Butler. Erewhon. (Continued)
16Butler. Erewhon. (Continued)
17Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
18Huxley. Evolution and Ethics.Essay #3 due.
19Hardy. Tess of the D'Ubervilles.
20Hardy. Tess... (Continued)
21Hardy. Tess... (Continued)
22H. G. Wells. The Time Machine.Essay #4 due. (5 pages)
23Turing, Searle, Dennett. Essays on computers.Essay #4 returned.
24Turing, et al., (Continued)
25Wiener. God and Golem, Inc. (Selections)Revised Essay #4 due.




 
 


 



 








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