Teaching Assistants:
Jav Cardoza-Kon
(jcardoza@ucsc.edu)
James Sutter
(jsutter@ucsc.edu)
Participation in discussion sections (good participation will be possible grounds for raising course grade, especially if it is on a borderline).
“Metaphysics exercises” (kind of a short take-home multiple
choice quiz), due most class days (all exercises together are worth
35% of the final grade; graded heavily on a curve). These will be
made available on-line via the “Tests & Quizzes” tool on
ecommons. Since I'm not yet sure
how many of these there will be, they are not yet listed on the
syllabus: stay tuned via the on-line syllabus and/or eCommons to see
when they are due.
Two short papers (2-3 pages), due Tues., Apr. 22
and Thurs., May 15
(worth 15% each of the final grade).
One longer
paper
(6-8
pages) (worth 35% of the final grade). The paper is due
Tues., Jun. 10, but you must hand in an introductory
paragraph and brief outline (approximately one sentence per paragraph
of the proposed complete paper) at some time on or before
Tues., Jun. 3. Your TA will send this back to you as soon
as possible with suggested changes, which you should take into
account. This preliminary assignment will not be separately graded,
but if you do not hand it in at all or if it is wholly unsatisfactory,
your grade on the final paper will be reduced by one half step
(e.g. A to A-).
All paper assignments are available on-line, and there are links to
them from this syllabus as well as from my main
course page. I will discuss the assignments in class when the
due date draws near. You can find answers to some commonly asked
questions about my assignments and grading in this FAQ.
Papers are to be handed in, as attachments, via the “Assignments”
tool on ecommons. Please submit in
MSWord format (.doc or .docx), or in a format easily
convertible to MSWord (e.g., plain text or RTF). The system will
accept late submissions, but late papers may not receive full credit.
The system is not set up to allow resubmissions: once you press
the “submit” button, it will not let you change your response. If,
however, you mistakenly submit something and want to change it, please
contact me and I can make an exception.
As noted above, the ME's will be accessed and submitted
on-line via ecommons. (The system
will accept late submissions, but credit -- possibly reduced -- will
only be given up until the time that the correct answers are
announced, either in section or on-line.)
All assignments are due by mindight on the due date.
Locke, An Essay concerning Human Understanding
(Penguin, 1998) (ISBN: 0140434828).
An older edition is available on Google
Books. In addition, there is a
LibriVox recording
of Books I and II.
Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human
Knowledge (Hacket, 1993) (ISBN: 0872202291).
The text is available on Google Books, among other places, and there is also a LibriVox recording.
Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (2d ed.,
Hackett, 1993) (ISBN: 0872202291).
The text, together with that of the other Eqnuiry, is available on
Google,
and there is also a LibriVox
recording.
Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Hackett,
1983) (ISBN: 0915145456).
The text, together with that of the other Eqnuiry, is available on
Google,
and there is also a LibriVox recording.
Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature (Oxford, 2000) (ISBN:
0198751729).
The readings are all from Book I, contained in Volume I of the text
available on Google
Books
and
LibriVox
The above texts should be available at the Literary Guillotine, and they will also be put on reserve at McHenry. Readings not from texts on the above list, if any, will be available on ecommons.