English 302:N07 Schedule
Week 1 (Aug 30-Sept 1):Course Introduction.
National Academy of Sciences: Evolution and the Nature of Science (289).
Darwin,The Origin of the Species: Introduction, Chapters 3 and 4.
Initial Position Essay due Sept 6.
Week 3 (Sept 13-15): Darwin, The Origin of the Species: Chapters 6 , 9, and 14
Week 4 (Sept 20-22): : Darwin, The Origin of the Species:
Chapter 14;
The Descent of Man: Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2.
Summary, quotation, and paraphrase.
Summary Assignment due Sept 22.
Week 5 (Sept 27-29): Darwin's Influence on Science
Richard Dawkins: "Explaining the Very Improbable" (301)
Peter Bowler: "The Evolutionary Synthesis" (319)
Steven Jay Gould: "[On Punctuated Equilibrium]" (344)
Niles Eldredge: "The Great Stasis Debate" (349)
First Research Assignment due Sept 27
Week 6 (Oct 4-6): Darwin's Influence on Science (continued)
Adam Kuper: "The Chosen Primate" (326)
Ian Tattersall: "Out of Africa Again . . . and Again?" (335)
Steven Jay Gould: "The Human Difference" (342)
David Hull: "Cladistic Analysis" (361)
Kevin Padian and Luis Chiappe: "[Cladistics in Action: The Origin of Birds
and Their Flight]" (363)
Richard Hofstedter "The Vogue of Spencer" (389)
Andrew Carnegie "The Gospel of Wealth" (396)
Martin Nowak, et al "The Arithmetics of Mutual Help" (403)
First Essay due Oct 13
Week 8 (Oct 18-20):
Edward O. Wilson: "Sociobiology: The New Synthesis" (409)
Stephen J Gould "Biological Potentiality vs Biological Determinism" (415)
Nancy M Tanner "On Becoming Human" (427)
Evelleen Richards "Darwin and the Descent of Women" (436)
Week 9 (Oct 25-27): Philosophy and Ethics
Steven Pinker "How the Mind Works" (465)
Steve Jones "The Set Within the Skull" (477)
Daniel Dennett: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" (489)
Week 10 (Nov 1-3): Philosophy and Ethics
(continued
Michael Ruse: "Darwinian Epistemology" (493)
Michael Ruse and Edward O Wilson: "The Evolution of Ethics" (507)
Frans
de Waal: "Good Natured" (511)
Matt Ridley: "The Origins of Virtue" (517)
Week 11 (Nov 8-10): Evolution and Religion
Mainstream Religious Support (527)
Eugenie Scott: "Antievolution and Creationism in the US" (534)
Richard
Dawkins: "[The Argument from Personal Incredulity]" (577)
Second Essay due Nov 10
Week 12 (Nov 15-17): Evolution and Religion
(continued)
Institute for Creation Research: "Tenets of Creationism" (555)
Henry Morris: "Scientific Creationism" (557)
Thomas Wheeler: "Review of Morris" (564)
Second Research Assignment due Nov 17
Week 13 (Nov 22): Intelligent Design
Philip E Johnson: "Darwin on Trial" (581)
Eugenie Scott: "Review of Johnson" (686)
Michael Behe: "Darwin's Black Box" (592)
Robert Dorit: "Review of Behe" (601)
Research Proposal due Nov 22
Week 14 (Nov 29-Dec 1): Conclusions
Michael Ruse: "Darwin's New Critics on Trial" (605)
National Academy of Sciences "FAQ about Evolution and the Nature of Science" (617)
Synthesis and support
Citations and citation styles
Annotated Bibliography due Dec 1
Week 15 (Dec 6-8): Research Projects
Draft of Research Essay due Dec 6: Peer Review
Research Essays due Dec 8
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