Phenomenology (Philosophy 474): Heidegger’s “Being and Time”
(II) FIRST PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS: THE STRUCTURE OF THE ARGUMENT A good deal of the sense of a text lies in the way the argument unfolds. We must now see how the argument moves and we must test the claims made in its various propositions. This involves us in two correlated tasks: we must test the […]
Recall McTaggart’s distinction between the A-series of time and the
Recall McTaggart’s distinction between the A-series of time and the B-series of time: see Sorensen’s A Brief History of the Paradox, pp. 184-185 on McTaggart, and compare Sorensen’s observation on Augustine’s theory of time as subjective, pp. 173-176. Consider the case of your time travel as analyzed in Parts A and B. Where does the […]
Watching TV is or not a waste of time?
No TV Several years ago a group in Italy organized a national viewers’ strike to protest the poor quality of television programs. Italians were urged to watch no TV for an entire weekend, and museums, restaurants, bars, theaters, art galleries, and other businesses gave discounts to people who brought their remote controls with them. The […]
Explain what the images represent in relation to the culture and time
Identify and describe works of art based on their chronology and style, using standard categories and terminology. Soundbox of the lyre from ”King’s Grave” (p. 38, figure 2 10). Explain what the images represent in relation to the culture and time period. Rubric: Student meets criteria of essay questions 40% Student uses element and style […]
Theory of the time
Read the four suggest readings McTaggart, “Time” Prior, “The Notion of the Present” Smart, “The Space-Time World” Lewis, “The Paradoxes of Time Travel” then Describe the A-theory and B-theory of time, briefly stating some prima facie considerations in favor of each theory. Chose A-theory and defend the view you chose against what you take to […]
Chapter 9 Watching a Website Change over Time with the Internet
The Internet archive (www.archive.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) is a nonprofit organization that builds the Internet’s library, the “wayback machine.” Copies of websites are archived at intervals for researchers, historians, and scholars. In this e-project you will take a look at a website of your choice at different stages. (The […]
Artists who work in the same style (from the time period of the artist
Choose any artist that interests you. Below is an artist list but these are only suggestions; you do not have to choose an artist on this list. Please make sure you can find enough information about your artist to complete the paper. Please consider the following information. Each artist will have different information. These topics […]
