Information about how this class will transition to an online course starting March 19th

Term Paper Instructions

TUESDAYS

FRIDAYS

Jan 28

Syllabus

Jan 31

Alyssa Ney: Metaphysics, pp.1–29

Logic Slides

Feb 4

Ney, ch.1

Feb 7

Ney, ch.1 (continued)

Ontology Slides

Feb 11

Ney, ch.2

Abstract Entities Slides

Feb 14

Stuart Shapiro: Thinking about Mathematics, pp.16–20 + Ch.2

Feb 18

Shapiro, ch.3

Plato and Aristotle Slides

Feb 21

Shapiro, ch.4

Kant and Mill Slides

Feb 25

Shapiro, ch.5

Feb 28

No Class

March 3

Logicism continued

Logicism Slides

March 6

No Class

March 10

Shapiro, ch.8

Contemporary Mathematical Realism Slides

March 13

All Hunter Classes Cancelled

No Assignment Due

March 17

All Hunter Classes Cancelled

No Assignment Due

March 20

Shapiro, ch.9

NOTE: Beginning on this day, the class will be an online course. More information here.

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March 24

Ney, ch.3

Submit Assignment

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March 27

No Class at any CUNY Colleges

March 31

No Class at any CUNY Colleges

April 3

Ney, ch.4

Submit Assignment

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April 7

No "class" today (Hunter classes follow a Wednesday schedule)

April 10

No Class (Spring Break)

April 14

Ney, ch.5

Submit Assignment

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April 17

Ney, ch.10

American Anthropological Association: Statement on Race

Submit Assignment

Today's Lecture Page

April 21

Quayshawn Spencer: Racial Realism 1: Are Biological Races Real?

Quayshawn Spencer: Racial Realism 2: Are Folk Races Real?

Submit Assignment

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April 24

Barbara J. Fields: Ideology and Race in America

Submit Assignment

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April 28

Anne Fausto-Sterling: The Five Sexes

Marilynn Frye: Sexism

Hi-Phi Nation Podcast: Be A Man
(Note: this is a podcast episode that discusses the amazing book, War and Gender, by Joshua Goldstein. You can also find a pdf of the book here. Chapters 1 and 3 are likely to be of particular interest.)

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Submit Assignment

Submit Term Paper Abstract (due by midnight on April 28th)

May 1

Sally Haslanger: Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be?

Submit Assignment

Today's Lecture Page

May 5

Katharine Jenkins: Amelioration and Inclusion

Submit Assignment

Today's Lecture Page

May 8

Alex Byrne: Are Women Adult Human Females?

Submit Assignment

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May 12

There is no reading assignment for this day. Instead, your penultimate draft of your term paper is due on May 12th, and your comments on others' drafts are due on Sunday, May 17th.