Topic |
Reading |
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Week 1 |
Introduction |
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1/16 (Tues) |
Course Overview |
None |
1/18 (Thurs) |
Episode of "The Day the Universe Changed" |
None |
Week 2 |
Situating Evolution |
|
1/23 (Tues) |
Psychology and Evolution |
In NCE: |
1/25 (Thurs) |
Philosophy and Evolution |
In NCE: |
Week 3 |
Darwin & Darwinism |
|
1/30 (Tues) |
Evolution in Gestation: |
In NCE: |
2/1 (Thurs) |
Introducing C. Darwin |
In NCE: |
Week 4 |
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|
2/6 (Tues) |
Darwin breaks through |
In NCE: |
2/8 (Thurs) |
The Origin of Species |
In NCE: |
Week 5 |
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2/13 (Tues) |
The Descent of Man |
In NCE: |
2/15 (Thurs) |
Descending further... |
In NCE: |
Week 6 |
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|
2/20 (Tues) |
In Darwin's wake |
In NCE: |
2/22 (Thurs) |
Creationism + Classrooms → Courtrooms |
In NCE: |
Week 7 |
Ape Cognition |
|
2/27 (Tues) |
Bringing up Kanzi |
In AL&HM: |
3/1 (Thurs) |
Kanzi, the movie star |
None |
Week 8 |
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|
3/6 (Tues) |
Philosophy on the Planet of the Apes |
In AL&HM: |
3/8 (Thurs) |
Beyond Speciesism |
In AL&HM: |
Week 9 |
SPRING BREAK |
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3/13 (Tues) |
SPRING BREAK |
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3/15 (Thurs) |
SPRING BREAK |
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Week 10 |
The Missing Link: DEVELOPMENT!!! |
|
3/20 (Tues) |
Evolution ←and→Development:
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On Sakai: |
3/22 (Thurs) |
Some mechanics of heredity |
In TDG: |
Week 11 |
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3/27 (Tues) |
The importance of development |
In TDG: |
3/29 (Thurs) |
The new preformationism |
In TDG: |
Week 12 |
Intelligent Design |
|
4/3 (Tues) |
Creationism, Old School |
In NCE: |
4/5 (Thurs) |
Meet the New Boss |
In NCE: |
Week 13 |
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|
4/10 (Tues) |
Videos: From the front lines of the I.D. controversy |
On Sakai: |
4/12 (Thurs) |
Witness for the prosecution: Phillip Johnson |
On Sakai: |
Week 14 |
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4/17 (Tues) |
William Dembski |
On Sakai: |
4/19 (Thurs) |
Dawkins on probability and incremental evolution |
On Sakai: |
Week 15 |
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4/24 (Tues) |
Responding to The New Creationism |
In NCE: |
4/26 (Thurs) |
Continuing discussion |
None |
Week 16 |
Final Concerns |
|
5/1 (Tues) |
The broad implications: Why this all matters to non-biologists |
On Sakai: |
5/3 (Thurs) |
Final Wrap-up |
None |
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