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University of MontanaScholarWorks at University of MontanaSyllabi Course Syllabi9-2002LS 195.84: Ways of KnowingRobert M. PackUniversity of Montana - MissoulaLet us know how access to this document benefits you.Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabiThis Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the Course Syllabi at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted forinclusion in Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contactscholarworks@mso.umt.edu.Recommended CitationPack, Robert M., "LS 195.84: Ways of Knowing" (2002). Syllabi. 3236.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi/3236Ways of KnowingLiberal Studies 195, sections 84 & 85 Autumn 2002 — TTh 11:10-12:30Prof. Robert Pack office: DHC 106 section 84, FA 211 hours: Tth 3:45-5:30 243-2567 (office) and by appointmentcnd3199@blackfoot.netProf. Lorina Quartarone section 85, LA 308 243-5637 (office); 251-0325 (home) quartaro@selway.umt.eduoffice: LA 425 hours: MWF 11:30-1:00 and by appointmentRequired texts:The Book o f  Job. S. Mitchell (transl.). HarperPerennial. 0-06-096959-8.The Bhagavad-Gita. B.S. Miller (transl.). Bantam Books. 0-553-21365-2.Homer. The Iliad. R. Fagles (transl.). Penguin.0-14-027536-3.Shakespeare. The Tempest. P. Holland (ed.). Penguin. 0-14-071485-5.Darwin. The Origin o f  Species (abridged). Norton. 0-393-09219-4.Freud. Civilization and Its Discontents. Norton. 0-303-30158-3.Kafka. The Penal Colony. Schocken Books. 0-80521057-1.Joyce. Dubliners. "The Dead." Random House. 0-394604644."Coursepack #1.""Coursepack #3."Course Objectives: to make an enquiry into the various sources, experiences, and types of human knowledge. In essence, we shall engage in a continuing exploration of the primary question "What do we know and how do we come to know what we think we know?" The emphases o f the course are engaging in close readings o f  the primary texts, interpreting, discussing, and writing about those texts.Please make note of the following important dates:Thursday, 19 September Paper 1 DueMonday, 23 September Last day to add/drop by Cyberbear (w/refund)Monday, 14 October Last day to add/drop by petition (w/o refund) Thursday, 17 OctoberTuesday, 5 November Monday, 11 November Wednesday-Friday, 27-29 November Thursday, 5 DecemberPaper 2 DueElection Day Holiday -  no classes Veteran's Day Holiday -  no classes Thanksgiving Break -  no classes Paper 3 Due (Final)Course Components: Paper 1 20%25%30%25%Paper 2 Paper 3Discussion ParticipationEssays: As you compose your essays, remember that we will grade you primarily on three components: 1) the quality of your direct response to the question/topic (no fluff, please!), 2) your use o f  directly pertinent quotations from the texts, and 3) evidence o f  thought. If at any time you receive a grade of 'C-' or lower on an essay, we require that you make an appointment to review it and discuss strategies for improvement.Notes & Notebooks: While we suggest that you take notes during class, we request that you do so sparingly (since note taking generally hinders discussion). It will be important to create a course binder in which to keep your essays and notes from our joint classes, discussions, and plenary lectures. You will find this notebook enormously helpful when you review readings and compose your essays.Attendance: Attendance is crucial. You will find our analyses of texts during class time of great importance, as they will provide material for your essays on each segment. It is also impossible to participate in discussions if  you are not present. We do take attendance at each meeting.Discussion Participation: Participation is also a significant factor in your course grade. After each meeting, we indicate in our rosters which students have contributed to the class discussion (contributing means raising a pertinent question, addressing a question raised (either by the instructors or classmates) during discussion, or directing the discussion toward & fruitful examination.. At the end of the semester, the final tally will reflect your level of discussion activity.Office Hours: Our office hours are listed on the first page o f this document. You should always feel at ease to visit our office hours and discuss any aspect o f the course you wish. It is important to us that you learn a great deal in this course and that you consider us resources in your education. If office hours should prove difficult times for you, please call to make an appointment."WAYS OF KNOWING" -  SYLLABUS ** nota bene: “Lectures” will meet in LA 308; “Discussions” will meet in FA 211 (Pack) or LA 308 (Quartarone)I. How to "know" God:A. The SourceReadings: Genesis 1-4 (handout); “Cosmic Timetable” (handout); Pack: poems about the Big Bang & excerpts from Heinz Pagel's The Cosmic Code (#1).T SEP 3 Lecture/Discussion: Drs. Pack & QuartaroneEvening lecture: 7pm in DHC lounge. Dr. Pack Th SEP 5 Discussion.B. Faith & RevelationReadings: Genesis 22 (Abraham & Isaac) & excerpts from Kierkegaard's "Fear & Trembling" (#1).T SEP 10 Lecture: Dr. PackReading: selections from the Book of John (#1)Th SEP 12 Lecture: Dr. BorgmanT SEP 17 DiscussionC. Seeking JusticeReading: The Book o f  Job (Mitchell translation)Th SEP 19 Lecture: Dr. Pack; Paper 1 DueT SEP 24 DiscussionD. HinduismReading: the Bhagavad-GitaTh SEP 26 Lecture: Dr. QuartaroneII. Nature & ScienceA. Rationalism & EmpiricismReadings: Selections from Pre-Socratic Philosophers (#3); Plato: "Allegory o f the Cave" (#1), "Diotima's ladder" (#3); selections from Aristotle (#1)T OCT 1 Lecture: Dr. QuartaroneTh OCT 3 DiscussionB. Historical PerspectiveReading: Selections from Thucydides (#3)T OCT 8 Lecture: Dr. DrakeC. Visions of NatureReadings: Mill: selections from "On Nature" (#3); N ota bene: all poetry readings appear in Packet #3. Wordsworth: "Tintem Abbey"; "The World is Too Much With Us"; Frost: "The Wood Pile"; "The Most o f  It"; Ovid: selections from Metamorphoses] Cox: excerpt from The Secular City Th OCT 10 Lecture: Dr. PackT OCT 15 DiscussionD. Theory of EvolutionReadings: Darwin: The Origin o f  Species', Dawkins: selections from "The Selfish Gene" (#3); Chaisson: selections from “Cosmic Evolution” (#3)Th OCT 17 Lecture: Dr. Pack; Paper 2 DueE. Evolution & MoralityReading: Shakespeare: The Tempest T OCT 22 Lecture: Dr. PackTh OCT 24 DiscussionIII. THE SELF AND SOCIETYA. Social Constraint versus InstinctReadings: Freud: Civilization and Its Discontents', Blake: "A Poison Tree"; Frost: "Home Burial"; Hardy: "Channel Firing"; Dickinson: "I started early, took my dog"; Nesse: excerpts from The Evolution o f  Psychodynamic Mechanisms (#3)T OCT 29 Lecture: Dr. PackTh OCT 31 Discussion (all meet in LA 308)T NOV 5 HolidayB. The Unconscious MindReadings: Kafka: Metamorphosis', Wordsworth: "One Summer Evening"; Thomas:" Fern Hill"; Jarrell: "The Truth"Th NOV 7 Lecture: Dr. PackT NOV 12 DiscussionC. The Birth of the IndividualReading: Homer: Iliad (Books 1-6, 9, 10, 14, 16, 18-22, 24); Auden: "The Shield of Achilles" (#3). Th NOV 14 Lecture: Dr. QuartaroneT NOV 19 Lecture/DiscussionTh NOV 21 DiscussionD. Possessions & ObligationsReading: selections from Marx (coursepacks #1 & 3)T NOV 26 Lecture: Dr. QuartaroneTh NOV 28 HolidayE. Language & MetaphorReadings: Pinker: selections from "The Language Instinct" (#3); Lakoff: "Metaphors We Live By" (selections,#3); William Carlos Williams: "The Sea-Elephant"T DEC 3 Lecture: Drs. Quartarone & PackW DEC 4 Plenary Lecture: Native American Reflections 7pmF. The Uses of ArtReadings: Yeats: "Lapis Lazuli"; Nemerov: "Walking the Dog"; Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn; Frost: The Need of Being Versed in Country Things; Stevens: Large Red Man ReadingTh DEC 5 Lecture: Dr. Pack; Paper 3 DueG. Men and WomenReadings: Diamond: excerpts from Why is Sex Fun? (#3); Joyce: TheDead\ Keats: "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"; Wordsworth: "Nutting"; Hardy: "The Well-Beloved"; Robinson: "Eros Turannos"; Frost: "Two Look at Two"; Ovid: "Teiresias" (#3); Weil: "The Iliad: A Poem o f Force" (#3); Cummings: if  everything happens T DEC 10 Lecture: Dr. PackTh DEC 12 Discussion (joint meeting)5

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