Er war dick. Week 1
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Week 1 Er war dick. Naturwissenschafen Geisteswissenschaften hermeneutics console war bathroom restroom powder room lavatory WC toilet ladies’ room men’s room loo s****er John potty Weltanschauung Worldview exegesis eisegesis experience expectation epistemology? LAN Weltanschauung worldview experience expectation one & the many epistemology under-stand “natural disaster” Augustine: De Libero Arbitrio translation metaphor transfer boot know thyself Week 2 percept concept word cf. Plato’s form or idea CAT metaphor translation (transfer) Butler, Brenna Casteel, Taylor Cherozzi, Brandon Foltz, James Frazier, Erica Gaughan, Patrick Gilson, Darcie encyclopedia love sports war McDonald’s music family Glass, Tim Glennon, Joseph Jackovic, Justin Jennings, Judy Keyser, Bri Kiernan, Matthew Kraus, Zach Masotto, Emily Redick, Gustav Schreiber, Cody history sanitation horses Amish Disney World soccer Pittsburgh Pirates government justice honor Newman Utilitarian edu (Locke) all knowledge = self-knowledge liberal arts education? open-minded active Plato shadow & substance truth = goodness = beauty see = know = understand light Enlightenment form/idea = material/stuff soul & body substance & accident open-minded active belief / opinion & knowledge perception & reality Week 3 Shapiro 1. What’s ‘liberal’ about it? (Discuss in the light of Plato’s metaphor of imprisonment and enlightenment/freedom.) 2. What do we mean by ‘arts’? (This will be interesting in the light of Newman’s convictions about utility v. self-rewarding joy.) 3. What does ‘education’ mean? Meaning of the word? Your idea of education? Your evaluation of the education you’ve received thus far (e.g., birth–12th grade)? (Discuss in the light of the Socratic method of e-ducating by leading out of the students that which the students already possess as opposed to ‘leading them out’ by pouring knowledge into them. See Plato.) 4. Were your high schools effective in preparing you for liberal arts education? If so, how? If not, how? 5. Would you not prefer a place where you can learn practical skills or ‘art’ of a particular kind (e.g., vocational school or trade school, technical school or institute [e.g., MIT], music conservatory, welding school)? Why or why not? Miner emic etic Genesis etiology eisegesis Week 4 silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence silence nice http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nice?s=t Week 5 Week 6 science scientia = knowledge natural sciences scientific method vs. (?) human sciences rel v. sci ? religion? (faith?) science? human sciences v. natural sciences? (understand v. explain)? (true v. factual)? rel: true dinosaurs? rel = what sci = how know (cf. wissen/kennen; savoir/connaître) see understand comprehend apprehend perceive fides quaerens intellectum Genesis etiology eisegesis The next sentence is false. The previous sentence true. Week 7 nature Latin: natura Greek: physis human nature / human being cf. beaver nature / beaver being essence Week 8 Week 9 Kennedy: individualism objectivism (Ayn Rand) collectivism communitarianism Communism Marxism Socialism Fascism Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 eisegesis v exegesis providence provision provide predestination fatalism Was eigentlich geschehen ist? Week 13 Malthus environmentalism exemptionalism linear vs. geometric/exponential (cf. compound interest) Week 14 •Bring a written list of 1) the most influential readings, 2) the least significant readings, and 3) the most challenging experiences during the semester. Be able to expound your lists for peer responses. 1) Newman Plato Csikzentmihalyi King Kennedy Rachels Miner Luke Bohannan Atkins-McGrath Scudder Dawkins Plato Miner Rachels Scudder 2) Greene Gioia Copland Levitt & Donahue v Mueller Copland Levitt & Donahue v Mueller Levitt & Donahue v Mueller Menkiti Fisher Andersen Andersen Copland Copland Gioia Gioia Cox If you would take your seats, . . . If I don’t see you, have a happy Thanksgiving! Please check your personal belongings . . . ====================================== ====================================== ====================================== Arab: religion clothing physical appearance geography culture & values language ethnicity cf. Muslim Feminism Women’s voice Dehumanization Gender differential Subordination Violence Expression/speech Civil rights Individualism Censorship Morality Legislation Religion? Mutual coercion Culture Sexual (r)evolution http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=eat+n+park&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=680 Nagarjuna (Mulamadh Dao-De-Jing (Tao-Te-Ching) Psalm 19.1-7 thing in se Ding an sich objective reality Genesis etiology eisegesis Gioia percept concept word cf. Plato’s form or idea CAT Menkiti communitarianism individualism human being human becoming What is “African culture”? Miner emic etic Newman general impressions: too ideal, not practical contextually read, good ideas all knowledge = self-knowledge liberal arts education? open-minded active Plato form/idea = material/stuff substance & accident truth = goodness = beauty see = know = understand light Enlightenment open-minded active belief / opinion & knowledge perception & reality Plato & Csik: know yourself Psyche = soul dualism Shapiro 1. What’s ‘liberal’ about it? (Discuss in the light of Plato’s metaphor of imprisonment and enlightenment/freedom.) 2. What do we mean by ‘arts’? (This will be interesting in the light of Newman’s convictions about utility v. self-rewarding joy.) 3. What does ‘education’ mean? Meaning of the word? Your idea of education? Your evaluation of the education you’ve received thus far (e.g., birth–12th grade)? (Discuss in the light of the Socratic method of e-ducating by leading out of the students that which the students already possess as opposed to ‘leading them out’ by pouring knowledge into them. See Plato.) 4. Were your high schools effective in preparing you for liberal arts education? If so, how? If not, how? 5. Would you not prefer a place where you can learn practical skills or ‘art’ of a particular kind (e.g., vocational school or trade school, technical school or institute [e.g., MIT], music conservatory, welding school)? Why or why not?
