Unit One Science
Edward Jenner
Vaccination against Smallpox PDF
 
T May 19 13-40, 91 (or 1-12, 62-63 in PDF)
W May 20 Popper, Science: Conjectures and Refutations PDF
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Charles Darwin
Voyage of the Beagle
 
Th May 21 366-377; Autobiography 1
M May 25 NO CLASS
T May 26 Ch. 19, 268-290 (or Ch. 17 in online edition)
W May 27 58-64, 171-184 (or Ch. 2, 14-18 and Ch. 10, 148-167 in online edition); Autobiography 2
Th May 28 Excursion to Wagner Institute; Kafka, "A Report to an Academy"
M Jun 1 Wrap-up
 
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Homer
Iliad
 
T Jun 2 Books 1-4
W Jun 3 Books 5-6, 9, 12
Th Jun 4 Books 14, 16, 18, 19; Hedges, from War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (handout)
M Jun 8 Books 21-24; Coetzee, "The Lives of Animals" (handout)
 
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Unit Two Power
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
 
T Jun 9 Prince, chs. 1-9
W Jun 10 Prince, chs. 10-26
Th Jun 11 Prose, "Voting Democracy off the Island" (handout)
 
 
 
 
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Unit Three Money
Thomas More
Utopia
 
M Jun 15 Book 1
T Jun 16 Book 2, pp. 51-105
 
 
 
 
Ridley Scott
Blade Runner
 
W Jun 17 Blade Runner
Th Jun 18 Declaration of Independence; Joy, "Why The Future Doesn't Need Us" (handout)
 
 
 
 
Unit Four City/Environment
Frans de Waal
Primates and Philosophers (handout)
 
 
M Jun 22 De Waal, "Morally Evolved," 1-58 (handout)
T Jun 23 Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
W Jun 24 Diamond, "The Ends of the World as We Know Them" (handout)
 
 
Jane Jacobs
Death and Life of Great American Cities (handout or book)
 
Th Jun 25 Introduction and Ch. 2 (pp. 3-54)
M Jun 29 Chs. 3-4 (pp. 55-88)
 
 
 
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