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  1. Bonus Aristotle! A little bit about torture/slavery, and link to the “whole thing” September 30, 2010

    Posted in Class Reading Discussions, FWIW.

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  2. Elisabeth Alford’s “Thucydides and the Plague in Athens” September 28, 2010

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  3. A real place to discuss “‘Aristotle’s Pharmacy’: The Medical Rhetoric of a Clinical Protocol in the Drug Development Process” September 28, 2010

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  4. Chapter 8 from Crowley and Hawhee September 28, 2010

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  5. Talking and thinking about the first short essay project September 28, 2010

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  6. Marshall Myers, “The Use of Pathos in Charity Letters” September 26, 2010

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  7. Halloran’s “The Birth of Molecular Biology” September 26, 2010

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  8. Crowley and Hawhee, chapters 6 and 7 September 26, 2010

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  9. Another good week! Another face-to-face gathering! September 24, 2010

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  10. Walzer and Gross, “Positivists, Postmodernists, Aristotelians, and the Challenger Disaster” September 22, 2010

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  11. Crowley and Hawhee, chapters 4 and 5 September 21, 2010

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  12. And the surprise winner is 6/7pm Tuesday (tomorrow)! September 20, 2010

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  13. Last call for the doodle poll! September 20, 2010

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  14. Alex Reid, selection from “The Two Virtuals” September 19, 2010

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  15. Walter Ong’s “Writing is a Technology that Restructures Thought” September 19, 2010

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  16. The abbreviated version of Phaedrus September 17, 2010

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  17. A few announcements: participation (so far) & optional f2f get-together September 16, 2010

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  18. FWIW: Skeptics discount science by casting doubts on scientist expertise September 15, 2010

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  19. Kenneth Burke, Introduction from “Grammar of Motives” September 15, 2010

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  20. Discussion of Miller’s “Kairos in the Rhetoric of Science” September 15, 2010

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  21. Crowley and Hawhee, Chapters 2 and 3 September 15, 2010

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  22. Crowley and Hawhee, Preface and Chapter 1 September 12, 2010

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  23. Gorgias, “Encomium of Helen” September 12, 2010

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  24. Heading into the weekend: so far, so good September 10, 2010

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  25. On Dave Cormier, “Rhizomatic Education: Community as Curriculum” September 8, 2010

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