HPS 2590 |
Einstein | Fall 2015 |
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John D. Norton, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Room 817L CL, 412 624 1051, jdnorton@pitt.edu
Place
Room G28 CL
Time:
Wednesday 3pm - 5:30pm
The seminar will be structured around presentations by seminar members, including me. They are based on weekly readings drawn from the topics and reading list.
In presenting a reading, you should presume that the seminar has read the text. You should spend a short amount of time reviewing the principal ideas of the reading. This is not intended to replace the seminar's reading of the text, but merely to identify what you have found of importance and interest in the text. Your goal is establish a common understanding of the text's content upon which subsequent discussion is based.
To be submitted on Friday December 18 in hard copy by noon in 1017CL; or
e-versions in email to me by 5pm.
My policy is NOT to issue incomplete grades, excepting in extraordinary
circumstances. I really do want your papers completed and submitted by
the end of term. I do not want them to linger on like an overdue dental
checkup, filling your lives with unnecessary worry and guilt.
In return for the rigidity of the deadline, the seminar will not meet in
the final week of term (Wednesday December 16) to give you extra time to
complete the paper.
The paper may be on any subject of relevance to the seminar.
To assist you in commencing work, I ask you submit a paper proposal by Wednesday November 18 in email to me, prior to the start of the seminar. The proposal need only be brief. It should contain a paragraph describing the topic to be investigated and give a brief indication of the sources you intend to use. Do talk to me about possible topics in advance!
... is expected. I look forward to seeing and hearing you each week in the seminar.