Week
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Class
meeting
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Topic
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Assignment
(Due)
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Tests,
Papers
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1
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Tues. Jan 10
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Prolog, A
Budget of Paradoxes
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Thurs. Jan 12
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Paradoxes: Their Diagnosis,
Treatment and Cure, The
Logic of Arguments
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0. Warm Up Exercise
(no submission)
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2
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Tues. Jan 17
|
Paradoxes: Their Diagnosis,
Treatment and Cure, The
Logic of Arguments
Zeno's Paradoxes of Motion
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1. Assessing Paradoxes
(Wed. Jan 18)
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Thurs. Jan 19
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Zeno's Paradoxes of Motion |
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3
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Tues. Jan 24
|
Supertasks
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2. Zeno's Paradoxes of
Motion
(Wed. Jan 25)
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Thurs. Jan 26
|
Reversed
Supertasks
|
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4
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Tues. Jan 31
|
Mechanical
Supertasks
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3.
Supertasks
(Wed. Feb 1)
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Thurs. Feb. 2
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Mechanical
Supertasks |
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Test 1
Test opens in Canvas at 3pm Thurs Feb
2 and closes at 6pm Fri Feb 3.
What is it on?
grades
|
5
|
Tues. Feb 7
|
Paradoxes
of the Infinitely Large
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4.
Mechanical Supertasks
(Wed. Feb 8)
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Thurs. Feb 9
|
Set,
Formally Speaking
Infinite Sets
|
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6
|
Tues. Feb 14
|
Infinite Sets
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5.
Paradoxes of the Infinitely Large
(Wed. Feb 15)
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Thurs. Feb 16
|
Infinite Sets
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Test 2
Test opens in Canvas at 3pm Thurs Feb
16 and closes at 6pm Fri Feb 17.
What is it on?
grades
|
7
|
Tues. Feb 21
|
Paradoxes
of Measure |
6. Infinite Sets
(Wed. Feb 22)
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Thurs. Feb 23
|
Additive Measures |
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8
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Tues. Feb 28
|
The Liar |
7.
Additive Measures
(Wed. Mar 1)
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Thurs. Mar 2
|
The Liar |
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Test 3
Test opens in Canvas at 3pm Thurs Mar
2 and closes at 6pm Fri Mar 3.
What is it on?
grades
|
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Tues. Mar 7, Wed. Mar 8,
Thurs. Mar 9
|
No classes. Spring break
|
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9
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Tues. Mar 14
|
The Paradoxes of Naive Set
Theory |
8. The Liar
(Wed. Mar 15)
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Thurs Mar. 16
|
The Paradoxes of Naive Set
Theory |
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10
|
Tues. Mar 21
|
Paradoxes
of Impossibility: Incommensurability |
9. The Paradoxes of Naive Set
Theory
(Wed. Mar 22)
|
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Thurs. Mar 23
|
Paradoxes
of Impossibility: Classic Geometric Constructions (treated
briefly) |
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Test 4
Test opens in Canvas at 3pm Thurs Mar
23 and closes at 6pm Fri Mar 24.
What is it on?
grades
|
11
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Tues. Mar 28
|
Paradoxes
of Impossibility: Computation
(Background: Algorithmic
complexity)
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10.
Incommensurability
(Wed. Mar 28)
|
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Thurs. Mar 30
|
Paradoxes
of Impossibility: Computation
|
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12
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Tues. Apr 4
|
Probability
Theory Refresher
Paradoxes
From Probability Theory: Exclusivity
Paradoxes
from Probability Theory: Independence
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11. Uncomputable Tasks
(Wed. Apr 5) |
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Thurs. Apr 6
|
Paradoxes
from Probability Theory: Independence
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Term paper preview due
Test 5
Test opens in Canvas at 3pm Thurs Apr.
6 and closes at 6pm Fri Apr 7.
What is it on?
grades
|
13
|
Tues. Apr 11
|
Paradoxes
From Probability Theory: Expectations |
12.
Probability
(Wed. Apr 12) |
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Thurs. Apr 13
|
Problems
for Probability: the Principle of Indifference
|
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14
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Tues. Apr 18
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Paradoxes
for Probability: Expectations |
13.
Probability: Paradoxes of Indifference
(Wed. Apr 19)
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Thurs. Apr 20
|
Some of:
The
Probabilistic Urn Supertask
The
Infinite Lottery: the Chances
How
to Build An Infinite Lottery Machine
|
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Test 6
Test opens in Canvas at 3pm Thurs Apr
20 and closes at 6pm Fri Apr 21.
What is it on?
grades |
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Fri. Apr 21, Last day undergraduate
classes
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Mon. Apr 24
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Term paper due |
