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Homework for Class 20
Finish your paper.
Read the poetry of John Keats in the coursepack.
Homework for Class 18
Recitations are on Friday.
Read the second third of Wuthering Heights.
Start working on Paper #3. It is due on Friday, Nov 21.
Homework for Class 16
Read the poetry of Lord Byron in the coursepack.
Finish writing Paper #2, due on Friday.
Recitation 2 has been moved to next Friday, Nov 14.
Homework for Class 14
Read the poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley in the coursepack.
Review the first half of Frankenstein.
Homework for Class 13
We are a day behind the syllabus, so read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
I pray that you have all already read Frankenstein, but be aware that veeeery long readings are coming soon to those who did not the summer reading.
Homework for Class 12 ~ Takehome Midterm Exam
Here's what you're going to do.
Step 1: Prepare for the Midterm with the Study Guide below. Do NOT look at the actual Midterm until you take it.
Step 2: Print out the Midterm Exam (attached below) and take it over the course of 1 hour, with parental proctoring.
Step 3: Bring your completed Midterm Exam to class on Friday and put it in my mailbox.
Step 4: Do NO other homework. Your instructor will cover Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Friday.
Homework for Class 10
Follow the syllabus for homework.
Homework for Class 8
Follow the syllabus for readings.
Read the paper prompt in the syllabus carefully and follow the directions. Per the prompt, it must be 4 paragraphs, 2 on Franklin and 2 on Paine, each showing a different influence from Locke or Hobbes on their thought. Since we did not cover Hobbes in as much detail as Locke, you do not need to refer to him if it is not helpful. Referring to Locke's ideas (which largely agree with Hobbes) is sufficient.
Homework for Class 4
Read the selections from both Rousseau and Bradford (handouts) with a critical eye and a closed mind.
Follow the syllabus for the composition. Your rhyme scheme can be either AABB, ABAB, or ABBA.
Homework for Class 3
Prepare for a possible quiz on the lectures and readings to date.
Lecture Notes: Overview of Epistemology
Aristotle's Epistemology: Knowledge generally starts with the senses (eyes, ears, nose, etc), which informs the imagination (in the brain), which in turn informs the memory (also in the brain) and the passions (hormones affecting the brain). Because these processes occur in material organs, they are powers of the MATERIAL SOUL (aka "animal soul" or "sensitive soul"). Humans also have the powers of intellect and will, which comprise the IMMATERIAL SOUL (aka "rational soul" or "intellectual soul").
Descartes' Epistemology (Rationalism): All certain knowledge stems from an initial moment of self-awareness ("I think, therefore I am"). From this, he argues that 1) God exists, 2) God is good, and 3) Sensation can be trusted. After sensation has been confirmed as trustworthy, knowledge can grow as a result of sensation and inherent knowledge.
Locke's Epistemology (Materialism): Man has no innate knowledge. All knowledge comes from the senses. Man has no intellect or will (therefore no immaterial soul, hence "materialism"). Here is the process of knowing, according to Locke:
At birth the mind is a blank slate (tabula rasa). The mind begins to gather data through the senses. These sense impressions (stamping into wax) are gathered in the memory with varying degrees of force. Once in the memory, the mind can associate sense impressions unconsciously, It also can reflect on them consciously. Through these processes, we create ideas.
Hobbes: "Life [in the state of nature] is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
Homework for Class 2
Read The Vanity of Human Wishes (handout), the selections from Paschal (handout), and complete the composition assignment in the syllabus. Time how long it takes you to complete the homework so we can make sure that the assignments take a reasonable amount of time.
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