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.