honors review @ interamerican tomorrow wednesday

Mario and Ivette will have a review session tomorrow from 2:30-4pm. Room 1218.

Thanks!

honors classes! yonah elorza has a review tomorrow wednesday 3-4:30pm

yonah elorza, is hosting a study session tomorrow wednesday from 3 to 4:30pm in the Idea Center, building 2, 3rd floor. 
(all invited)

thanks!

send those drafts to me!! (HONORS CLASSES)

draft's length: 1,200 words minimum. 
double-spaced, 
Times New Roman p. 12
follow MLA protocols (in-text citations and bibliography)
send it in Word file, please, no Google docs, my computer doesn't read that.
IN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL PLEASE STATE DAY (MWF) AND TIME OF CLASS (10am) SEND TO 
atriff@mdc.edu

The paper must show a heading like this:

__________________________________________
Philosophy Paper First Draft
Phi 2010 T 5:40pm
Doe, John

Title (bold, no italics)

(as per our conversation this morning at Phi 2010 Honors 11am class)

in two volumes,  by Rowe and McCleary (I'm almost done the first).

on homomorphisms,

proof's heading?

the abel prize (i.e., nobel for mathematics) goes to....

Professor Andrew Wiles from Oxford. Conratulations!

He solved one of math's toughest problems, so called, Fermat's last theorem.

SUMMER AB first draft submissions: bring your draft to class for an in-class-revision!

david chalmers explain consciousness (TED talk)

check this out, professor chalmers has some interesting points. 

first draft submissions HONORS CLASSES (send via email)

it's time for your first draft submissions. 

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO AVOID MISTAKES

the draft contains:

1- BODY, which is an improved, revised version of the discussion you already submitted with  your thesis  (T)and the counter (C), and the back-and-forth. 

2- CONCLUSION: Close the paper with a conclusion-paragraph: "I hope I have shown that..." or "In conclusion... "

3- BIBLIOGRAPHY: A one (separate) page (following MLA conventions).

draft's length: 1,200 words minimum. 
double-spaced, 
Times New Roman p. 12
follow MLA protocols (in text citations and bibliography)
send it in Word file, please, no Google docs, my computer doesn't read that.
IN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL PLEASE STATE DAY AND TIME OF CLASS
SEND TO 
atriff@mdc.edu

The paper must show a heading like this:

__________________________________________
Philosophy Paper First Draft
Phi 2010 T 5:40pm
Doe, John

Title (bold, no italics)

trans and detrans-ition

that trans de-transition is proof that trans is not an arrival. 

this morning I made the point that transitioning is neither ... nor, which is not necessarily rooted in physical traits. the neither ... nor may explain trans' dysphoria (though dysphoria and trans are neither necessary nor sufficient for one another).

After transitioning, some people find that their dysphoria isn't fixed or solved, even if they reliably pass as their desired gender. This was true for both Cass and Jackie, the 25-year-old living outside Seattle. It was also true for Ryan, a detransitioned man who found another, more unexpected way to deal with his dysphoria.

here is my own take at miami.bourbaki. 

homework chapter 3 (consequentialism & egoism)

1. explain the difference between act and rule utilitarianism (target your answer in following the example of the terminally ill woman on p. 156).
2. jeremy bentham and john stuart mill have different views on the nature of happiness. explain.
3. read the death penalty example on page 160 between retentionists and abolitionists. the discussion pivots on utilitarianism.
4. answer questions 1-5 from section 3.3 p. 169

Review for midterm: tomorrow Wednesday at 12pm, Room 2221

Gabriela Franco and Jaime Alvarez Duque (from T,R 9:50am class) are offering a study session tomorrow Wednesday at 12:00 PM. Room 2221. 

 Thanks!

Review this Wednesday from 8-10am @ Honors College Lounge

Aidin Alejo and Laura Campos are having a study session this Wednesday from 8 am to 10 am @ the Honors College lounge in Wolfson Campus.

Thanks!

Review: Today, 2pm. Interamerican Campus

Ivette Prieto-Castro y Mario Alvarez ((Phi 2010 Interamerican Campus) offer a review at Interamerican Campus at 2pm @ the Honors Lounge. 

Thanks!

Reviews for midterm: Monday 12:30-:1:30pm at Wolfson

This is Nicole Zambrano & Katerina Golubev  from Phi 2010 T,R class at 11:15. We are available on Monday from 12:30 to 1:30 pm, and again on Wednesday after 3:00 pm.

Location: Seating area behind building 1, by the fountain, would be okay since the library is still closed. 

Thanks!

student assistants, all phi 2010 classes, spring 2019

phi 2010 Honors 10am
Kristen Marie Medina
Diego Arturo Torres
Arianna Cruz

phi 2010 Honors 11am
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phi 2010 IAC
Thalia Rivero
Omar Sierra

phi 2010 T, 5:40 pm
Julissa Fuste
Alejandra Romero
Dylan Morrison
Kalani Duran

to all my student assistants: this is the time to coordinate a group-review, or personal review to help your classmates!!

send me an email and I'll send a blast to students and post it here.

thanks for your leadership. 

after reading your second assignment I find the following........

1. a good deal of preparation goes into the first two paragraphs. you need to find THE BEST TWO ARGUMENTS you can find, for your thesis and for your counter. not just something you heard or pops into your head. you need THE BEST ARGUMENTS. once you have them present them in the best possible language.

SO, YOU NEED MORE RESEARCH!

some of you write in this sort of "casual talk," which doesn't apply here. these points must be presented not necessarily in a technical jargon, but neither casually. apply journalistic standard here. you say it in a way that is accessible but INFORMED. write in a way that shows that YOU KNOW YOUR TOPIC UPSIDE DOWN. what that mean is that YOU NEED MORE RESEARCH. go back to those points and make them really good.

2. remember that each point has two parts: the first sentence states the point. look at this example from a "government surveillance advocate": 

In times of heightened public security, moderate government surveillance is beneficial. Public opinion polls conducted in European cities, during the spike in terrorist chats, show that surveillance can actually detect and neutralize potential harm and save people from harm.     

or this,

The legalization of marijuana is a good economy policy.Under the rule of law, legalization will create jobs and economic opportunities in the formal economy -instead of thriving in the illicit market.

the first sentence (yellow) presents, the second, (orange) explains.

3. do not add points in the subsequent paragraphs that you HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED. this shows lack of coherence.

4. Start each paragraph by stating who talks: Use always the prefix "advocates" or "critics." So, you have "government surveillance advocates," "factory farm advocates," "#metoo advocates," "A.I. advocates," "global warming advocates," etc, and the same with critics. don't mind the cacophony. this paper has many different points and the reader has to make sense of them.

5. DO NOT SHOW BIAS AGAINST YOUR COUNTER. generally your counter's paragraph is less elaborated and properly thought than your thesis. this is not good. they only have three paragraphs. MAKE THEM LOOK GOOD.