Analytic
Philosophy
Spring 2010
Dr. H. E. Baber
Learning outcomes: Students will be able to give an account of the main
problems
in central areas of philosophy considered in the analytic tradition,
to understand the fundamental concepts that figure in the discussion of these
problems, and to assess arguments critically and formulate their own arguments.
Office Founders
165c
Telephone (619)
260-2749 [USD]; (619) 805-6838 [mobile]
Email baber@sandiego.edu
Class Website http://home.sandiego.edu/~baber/analytic/
Message Board http://analyticphilosophy.blogspot.com/
Turnitin.com Info Turnitin.com class ID: 3079678; enrollment password: analytic
Office Hours Thu
Thu 1:15 – 3:45 pm; and by appointment.
Class Meetings Tue
Thu 4:00
– 5:20 pm Serra 212
Readings There
are no hard-copy textbooks for this class! All readings, handouts and
powerpoints are linked to the class website.
Grade Your
grade for the semester will be based upon two tests and a term paper. In
addition, you must submit a written
proposal for your term paper to be discussed in class and approved by your instructor.
Test I Thu
Mar 4 30%
of final grade
Test II Thu
Apr 29 30%
of final grade
Proposal due
Thu Apr 27 must be approved
Presentations May
4 – May 11 required
Term
Paper due
Tue May 20 40%
of final grade
USD subscribes to Turnitin.com, a web-based
application that compares the content of submitted papers to the Turnitin.com
database and checks for textual similarities. All required papers for this
course will be subject to submission to Turnitin.com for textual similarity
review and to verify originality. All submitted papers will be included as
source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose
of detecting textual similarities and verifying originality. Each student is
responsible for submitting his or her papers in such a way that no identifying
information about the student is included. A student may not have anyone else
submit papers on the studentŐs behalf to Turnitin.com. A student may request in
writing that his or her papers not be submitted to Turnitin.com. However, if a
student chooses this option, the student may be required to provide
documentation in a form required by the faculty member to substantiate that the
papers are the studentŐs original work.