ࡱ> hjg[@ Cbjbj44 +`ViVi;ddd8,D-6z"F5555555$7R95)))55J/J/J/)5J/)5J/J//:4,`5  031d,5 550-65R:.^:`5:`5L "J/$W& 554/Interpretation and Argument: Science, Technology, and Society 76-101 D, Fall, 2004: MWF, 9:30 to 10:20 AM Porter Hall, A-20 Instructor: Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D. English Department Email:  HYPERLINK "mailto:mdr2@andrew.cmu.edu" mdr2@andrew.cmu.edu;  HYPERLINK "mailto:Mdr2@cs.cmu.edu" mdr2@cs.cmu.edu Web Page:  HYPERLINK "http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mdr2/" http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mdr2/ Office: 1604 B Newell-Simon Hall Phone: 412-268-5922 Course Resources Page (for all online readings, syllabus, assignments, writing resources, etc.):  HYPERLINK "http://www2.cs.cmu.edu/~mdr2/classes/76_101_D_Fall_04/index.html" http://www2.cs.cmu.edu/~mdr2/classes/76_101_D_Fall_04/index.html (Or, go to  HYPERLINK "http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mdr2/classes/classresources.html" http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mdr2/classes/classresources.html and click on your course). Office Hours: By Appointment 76-101 D LIST OF TEXTS From Bookstore: Hacker, Diana, A Pocket Style Manual, 4th ed. (Boston: St. Martins Press, 2004). Hess, David J., Science Studies: An Advanced Introduction (New York: New York University Press, 1997). Essays (Those not provided by the Instructor will be in Science Studies or will be found on-line linked to the above web address). Arnold, Matthew, Literature and Science from The Nineteenth Century (1882). Aronowitz, Stanley, Science and Technology as Hegemony in Science as Power: Discourse and Ideology in Modern Society (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1988): 3-34. Barnes, Barry, The Problem of Knowledge, in Interests and the Growth of Knowledge (London, Henley and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977). Bloor, David, The Strong Programme in the Sociology of Knowledge in Knowledge and Social Imagery (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1991): 3-23. Bloor, David, Sources of Resistance to the Strong Programme in Knowledge and Social Imagery (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1991): 46-54. Brooke, John Hedley, Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press (1991): 1-81. Comte, Auguste, Chapter 1, Introduction to Cours de Philosophie Positive, in Auguste Comte and Positivism: The Essential Writings, Gertrude Lenzer, ed. (New York: Harper & Row, 1975): 71-86. Garland, Allen, E., Science Misapplied: the Eugenics Age Revisted, in Technology Review 99 (August 8, 1996). Gross, Paul R. and Norman Levitt, "Does it Matter?" from Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and its Quarrels with Science (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994): 234-257. Hubble, Edwin, "The Nature of Science" from The Nature of Science and Other Lectures (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977): 3-19. Huxley, Thomas, Science and Culture, from Collected Essays, 9 vols. (London: Methuen, 1893-1902). Levine, George, "What Is Science Studies for and Who Cares?" in Science Wars, Andrew Ross, ed. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1996): 123-38. Levine, George, ed., One Culture: Science and Literature, in One Culture: Essays in Science and Literature (Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987). Lewontin, Richard C., "A Reasonable Skepticism" from Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA (New York: HarperPerennial, 1991): 1-16. Namenwirth, Marion, "Science Seen Through a Feminist Prism" from Feminist Approaches to Science, Ruth Bleier, ed. (New York: Pergamon Press, 1986):18-41. Peacock, Thomas Love, "The Four Ages of Poetry" in Shelley and Peacock, A Defense of Poetry, The Four Ages of Poetry, John E. Jordon, ed. (New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1965). Shelley, Percy Bysshe, "A Defence of Poetry" in Shelley and Peacock, A Defense of Poetry, The Four Ages of Poetry, John E. Jordon, ed. (New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1965). Snow, C. P., The Two Cultures; and, A Second Look: An Expanded Version of The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (London: Cambridge U.P., 1969, 1986). Tyndall, John, "The Belfast Address," from Fragments of Science, vol. 2 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1900): 135-201. Zoline, Pamela, "The Heat Death of the Universe," in New Worlds, 1967. Film: Real Genius, Contact, Gattaca. Course Goals: 76-101 is structured by the following four overarching goals: To introduce students to fundamental practices of critical reading and academic argument. To have students become experts in terms of the course reading content, so that they can not only construct logical arguments within the context of the course, but also so that they become knowledgeable in the areas of study this course addresses. To help students understand and begin to meet the requirements of college-level argumentation and composition. Becoming a competent writer in this way requires that students be reflective and strategic with their composing processes, particularly with planning, writing, reading, detecting and diagnosing problems within their own work, and finally with revising their own texts. 76-101 D Course Description: We will concern ourselves this semester with a critical controversy that I feel is important, intellectually stimulating and ideologically charged, for both future science and non-science majors alike: what is at stake in doing, or not doing, science and technology? Questions we will ask include the following: What is science? What is the difference between science and technology, or is there none? How do and should we study science? Does the "who" of science, that is, who is doing science, have any effect on what science and technology "produces?" What is the relation of science and technology, and of these to art, culture, and the larger society? How does science and technology affect society, and vice versa? We will make initial incursions into each of these areas of inquiry in the ensuing weeks. The point of our readings will be to stimulate thought and discussion, as well as to provide a topic for your own writing. Our intention is not to solve any of these questions once and for all. We will, however, come to terms with many aspects of these critical debates, debates that have something of a direct bearing on your lives as students at a prestigious science and technology University, debates that you are in a unique position to explore in your own writing. This course will involve a great deal of reading, including several essays and some short fiction. Some of the essays are quite difficult. I've picked essays that represent a range of positions that I hope you will find both interesting and intellectually challenging. The course is divided somewhat arbitrarily; the first half of concerning itself with an "academic" question: what is the nature of science; the second half of the course comprising a "cultural study" of the relation of science and technology to society, religion, art, the humanities, politics, the economy, race, democracy, and more. Almost from the very beginning, however, we will find that these two inquiries are not mutually exclusive, but rather deeply related. It will be your task to decide the extent and nature of this relationship. Overview and Major Assignments The course employs essays, poetry, and film to develop students critical reading and writing practices. The major writing assignments are organized in a cumulative sequence of three essays: 1. Argument Summary, in which students are expected to explain in their own words another writers argument about a problem. 2. Issue Analysis, in which students synthesize and analyzeor tie together--a number of distinct sources into one coherent description of a problem. 3. Contribution, in which students enter into a specific debate, choosing and arguing for, their position. Course Policies Attendance: Since this is a small discussion class, attendance is mandatory. You are allowed three unexcused absences without penalty. After that, your grade will be lowered one letter grade for every day you've missed over three. Excused absence means that you have notified me in ADVANCE of the class that you cannot attend, and I have excused you in advance. Assignments: Assignments are due on the days that they are due, at class time. Exceptions are granted for extraordinary circumstances only, and must be cleared in advance. Essay assignments are docked a letter grade for each class day that they are late. Grading: Percentages break down as follows: Summary Essay: 20%; Issue Analysis Essay: 30%; Contribution Essay: 30%; participation: 20% (includes presentation and short assignments). The essays will receive a letter grade. You will asked to do a few daily assignments, also graded. These assignments are intended to allow you to practice the skills required by the graded assignments, and to give you some indication of your progress in the course. The grade is intended to serve as a rough guide to how well you seem to grasp the particular concept that you are practicing. Furthermore, these daily assignments are considered (along with participation in class discussion) en toto when assigning a grade at the end of the course. Communications: You can reach me via e-mail at  HYPERLINK "mailto:mdr2@andrew.cmu.edu" mdr2@andrew.cmu.edu,  HYPERLINK "mailto:mdr2@cs.cmu.edu" mdr2@cs.cmu.edu, by phone at 85922, at my office in 1604 B Newell-Simon Hall, or with a note in my mailbox in Baker 245. Do not wait until after you've missed class or an assignment to notify me of the same. Daily Schedule: August Week 1 M30 Introduction to professor, each other, and course; In-class diagnostic essay: "How does science & technology relate to culture?" (not graded). Assignment: read Zoline, "The Heat Death of the Universe and Chapter 1 of Science Studies. September W1 Discuss Zoline. Lecture: Intro to Science Studies. Assignment: read Aronowitz, Science and Technology as Hegemony. F3 Discuss Aronowitz. Intro. to IPS (Interpreting an author's argument, part 1). Assignment: read Hubble, The Nature of Science and Chapter 2 of Science Studies. Do IPS for Hubble. Week 2 M6 Labor Day: No Class W8 Discuss Hubble and IPS. Lecture: The Trouble with Hubble. Discuss Chapter 2 of Science Studies. Introduce second interpretive tool: AAGR. Assignment: Read Barnes, The Problem of Knowledge. Do AAGR for Barnes. F10 Discuss Barnes and AAGR. Introduce third interpretive tool: Main and Faulty Paths. Assignment: read Bloor, The Strong Programme in the Sociology of Knowledge and Chapter 4 of Science Studies. Week 3 M13 Discuss Bloor and Chapter 4 of Science Studies. Assignment: read Lewontin, A Reasonable Skepticism. Do Main and Faulty Paths for Lewontin. W15 Discuss Lewontin. Assignment: read Namenwirth, Science as Seen Through a Feminist Prismand chapter 5 of Science Studies. F17 Discuss Namenwirth and chapter 5. Hand out Summary Assignment. Assignment: read Gross and Levitt, Does It Matter? Week 4 M20 Discuss Gross and Levitt. Assignment: read Barton and Howard, The Essay. W22 Discuss The Essay and answer any questions about summary, format, writing, etc. F24 Due: First Draft of Summary Paper: Bring two copies, one for instructor and one for your peer-reviewer. Do Peer reviews in class. Read Chapter 6 of Science Studies Week 5 M27 Discuss Chapter 6. Introduce first Issue Analysis Tool: The Synthesis Grid. Discuss Ruse as a Issue Analysis Essay. Assignment: Do Synthesis Grid for Lewontin and three other authors we've read, and read Levine, What Is Science Studies for and Who Cares? W29 Discuss Levine. Introduce second Issue Analysis Tool: The Synthesis-Analysis Tree. October F1 Begin viewing Real Genius. Week 6 M4 Finish viewing Real Genius. Assignment: read Peacock, The Four Ages of Poetry. W6 Finish any remaining RG footage. Begin Science and Literature Segment. Discuss Peacock. Assignment: Read Shelley, "A Defence of Poetry" (pages to be announced) F8 Hand out Issue Analysis Assignment. Discuss Shelley. Assignment: Finish Summary Final Drafts for Monday October 11th. (Catch up on Shelley, if necessary). Week 7 M11 Due: Final Draft of Summary Assignment. Continue Discussing Shelley. Assignment: finish reading Shelley, A Defence. W13 Discuss Shelley. Assignment: read Thomas Huxley, Science and Culture. F15 Discuss Huxley. Assignment: read Matthew Arnold, Literature and Science. Week 8 M18 Discuss Arnold. Assignment: Due: First Draft of Issue Analysis Paper. Bring two copies, one for instructor and one for your peer-reviewer. Peer reviews done for homework, due on Wednesday the 20th. Assignments: Read C.P. Snow, The Two Cultures; and, A Second Look: an Expanded Version, chapters 1 and 2. W20 Due: Peer Reviews. Discuss Snow. Assignment: Read C.P. Snow, The Two Cultures, chapters 3 and 4. F22 Mid-Semester Break: No Class Week 9 M25 Discuss Snow. Assignment: Read John Brockman, Introduction, The Emerging Third Culture. W27 Discuss Brockman. Assignment: read George Levine, One Culture: Science and Literature. F29 Discuss Levine. Wrap up Literature and Science Segment. Assignment: read Comte, Introduction to Positive Philosophy. Assignment: read Bloor, Sources Of Resistance to the Strong Programme. Week 10 November M1 Begin Science and Religion Segment. Discuss Comte. Assignment: read Bloor, Sources Of Resistance to the Strong Programme. W3 Discuss Bloor. Assignment: Finish Issue Analysis Final Draft. F5 Begin viewing Contact. Assignment: read Tyndall, The Belfast Address, parts 1-5 (pp. 135-170). Week 11 M8 Continue viewing Contact footage. Discuss Contact and Tyndall. Assignment: read Tyndall, The Belfast Address, parts 6-9 (pp. 170-201). W10 Finish viewing Contact. Discuss Tyndall. Assignment: read John Hedley Brooke, Introduction to Science and Religion. Hand out Contribution and Presentation Assignments and discuss. F12 Due: Final Draft of Issue Analysis Paper. Discuss Brooke. Assignment: read Brooke, Chapter 1, Interaction Between Science and Religion. Week 12 M15 Discuss Brooke. Assignment: read Chapter 2, Science and Religion in the Scientific Revoloution. W17 Discuss Brooke. Assignment: First Draft of Contribution Paper. F19 Do Peer Reviews in class. Due: First Draft of Contribution Assignment. Bring one copy for your peer-reviewer. Assignment: read Brooke, Chapter 3, The Parallel Between Scientific and Religious Reform. Week 13 M22 Discuss Brooke. Wrap Up Science and Religion Segment. No Assignment for Thanksgiving break. W24 Thanksgiving Break: No Class F26 Thanksgiving Break: No Class Week 14 M29 Begin Bio-determinism segment. Begin viewing Gattaca. Assignment: read Gould American Polygeny and Craniometry before Darwin: Blacks and Indians as Separate, Inferior Species. December W1 Discuss Gould. Continue viewing Gattaca. Assignment: read Lewontin, Rose and Kamin, "IQ: The Rank Ordering of the World" December F3 Discuss Lewontin, Rose and Kamin. Continue viewing Gattaca. Assignment: read Allen,E. Garland, "Science Misapplied: the Eugenics Age Revisted. Week 15 M6 Discuss Garland. Begin Presentations. W8 Presentations F10 Presentations. Final Contribution Papers Due. 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