Capstone - Selfhood and Self-Knowledge (capstone seminar Spring 2022)
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Capstone - Selfhood and Self-Knowledge (capstone seminar Spring 2022)

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May 1, 2022 3:37 PM
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Instructor: Prof. Hagop Sarkissian

Email: hagop.sarkissian@baruch.cuny.edu

Classroom: VC 5-298

Class Times: MW 12:50p - 2:05p

Office: VC 5-298

Office hours: Weds 9:30-11:00am or other times by appointment.

Format: This is a seminar. Participation is expected, and a significant portion of your grade will be based on participation. We will be working through the material together in a joint effort to explore the main concepts at play. In other words, this is not a normal lecture-based course that I have taught repeatedly in the past. It is an opportunity for me to do research with you. Please see below for further information.

Some course information that you are less likely to use throughout the semester are included here. Scroll down for stuff you’re more likely to use throughout, including a section on Assessments and Grading and the Reading List.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION
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LEARNING GOALS
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CLASS POLICIES
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STUDENT COUNSELING
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ACCESSIBILITY
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PLAGIARISM

ASSESSMENTS AND GRADING

I need to assess how you’re doing in the course. I will do so through the following methods. Click on toggle at the left to expand.

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Reading Quizzes = (10%)
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Participating in Class Discussions = 10%
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Weekly comment on Notion = 10%
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Presenting (2x) = 20%
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Abstracts for final paper = 20%
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Final paper = 30%

READINGS

This is a zero textbook course (ZTC). All readings and other content will be hosted on this website.

The schedule below should be self-explanatory, but if it isn’t:

  • The first column provides the course meeting date.
  • The second column provides the general topic. Click the topic to get to the readings page for that session. You’ll find the readings there.

PHI 4900 Reading Schedule

Date
Topic (Click to view readings)
Readings
January 31, 2022

Syllabus review; brainstorming in class (no readings)

February 2, 2022

The Great Learning; Ivanhoe “Introduction”

February 7, 2022

Selected passages from the Analects; Puett and Gross-Loh (2016)

February 9, 2022

Selected passages from the Analects; Sarkissian (2010)

February 14, 2022

Selected passages from the Analects; Chan (2000)

February 16, 2022

Tan (2003)

February 21, 2022

! NO MEETING !

February 23, 2022

Dare (2020)

February 28, 2022

Qi (2011)

March 2, 2022

CLASS EXERCISES

March 7, 2022

Zhuangzi Chapter 1

March 9, 2022

Zhuangzi Chapter 2

March 14, 2022

Zhuangzi Chapter 3-4

March 16, 2022

Zhuangzi Chapter 5-7

March 21, 2022

Csikszentmihalyi “Flow”

March 23, 2022

Siddhartha 1-4

March 28, 2022

Siddhartha 5-8

March 30, 2022

Siddhartha 9-12

April 4, 2022

Strohminger, N., Knobe, J., & Newman, G. (2017)

April 6, 2022

Leuenberger, M. (2021).

April 11, 2022

Stichter, M. (2021).

April 13, 2022

CLASS EXERCISES

April 18, 2022 → April 20, 2022

SPRING BREAK

April 25, 2022

Kraut (2018)

April 27, 2022

Tiberius and Smartwood (2011)

May 2, 2022

Santos et al (2017); Grossmann et al (2019)

May 4, 2022

Sarkissian (forthcoming)

May 9, 2022

NO READINGS; PRESENTATIONS

May 11, 2022

NO READINGS; PRESENTATIONS

May 16, 2022

NO READINGS; PRESENTATIONS