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For the Week of 10/15/08 |
Assignment 7
First Exam and Atomism
For Wednesday:
We will have a short
exam on Wednesday the 15th.
This should take only about 40 or 50 minutes.
It will have some
multiple choice, perhaps some fill-in-the-blank, maybe a picture analysis,
maybe some number stuff, and a short essay. You may bring in a cheet-sheet©,
an 8.5Óx11Ó sheet of paper, with anything you want on it. I suggest the standard who, what, when,
where,É some maps and diagrams of ideas we have covered, some cosmology, some
physiology, some harmony, a timeline, etcÉ. It will cover everything up to and including Assignment 6.
I have added some
materials for review in the Assignment pages, so check them for additions. IÕll post them near the bottom where I
usually have links back to the syllabus and date when I posted them. All review
materials are now up. Be sure to
refresh these pages so that you see the additionsÉ or just empty the cashe of
your browser (I think that will workÉ???).
For
Thursday:
Read: Meinel_Atomism17thC-1.8MB.pdf
[This will not be on the exam.]
Write an essay on Meinel and connect
it to Galileo and other things we have studied so far.
Here are citations and
additional materials for a souped up essay.
Kargon, Robert. "Walter
Charleton, Robert Boyle, and the Acceptance of Epicurean Atomism." Isis 55, no. 2 (1964): pp. 184-192. Kargon_CharletonBoyle-atomism-284KB.pdf
Kargon, Robert. "Thomas
Hariot, the Northumberland Circle and Early Atomism in England." Journal of the History of Ideas 27, no.
1 (1966): pp. 128-136. Kargon-Thomas_Hariot-atomism-312KB.pdf
LŸthy, Christoph. "The
Fourfold Democritus on the Stage of Early Modern Science." Isis 91, no. 3 (2000): pp. 443-479. Luthy_Democritus-11MB.pdf
LŸthy, Christoph, and Leen
Spruit. "The Doctrine, Life, and Roman Trial of the Frisian Philosopher
Henricus De Veno (1574?-1613)." Renaissance
Quarterly 56, no. 4 (2003): 1112-1151. Luthy_DeVeno-4MB.pdf
Michael, Emily. "John
Wyclif on Body and Mind." Journal of
the History of Ideas 64, no. 3 (2003): 343-360. Michael_WyclifMindAndBody-2.1MB.pdf
Meinel, Christoph. "Early
Seventeenth-Century Atomism: Theory, Epistemology, and the Insufficiency of
Experiment." Isis 79, no. 1
(1988): pp. 68-103. See above for
link.
Back to Syllabus [SciRev Fall
2008]
Me – scirevf08@mifami.org
Optional News of Interest:
Perhaps the scene of the crime
is not worth venerating and it is actually seductive moral poison:
Frenkel
– ÒWarring monks threaten destruction of the Church of the Holy
SepulchreÓ – 10/15/08
Exam Review materials:
These are my lecture notes. They are chaotic, so donÕt despair. You might be better off using your own
notes.
Meinel-Atoms-Review-Notes-154KB.pdf
Posted: 12/6/08 3:50
PM