It's time to start deciding on mid-term collaborative report topics and 3-person reporting group. Reports will consist of an in-class presentation of about 10-15 minutes (each of you holding the floor for 3-5 minutes). One of you should sign up as an "Author" on our site to post a short summary of your group's topic and any relevant text/video/graphics you'd like to share.
Around Valentine's Day I'll ask you all to indicate who you're working with and on what, as well as your group's Author.
I'm open to your original topic ideas, but my suggestion if you need one is to select a chapter topic in Baggini and identify three related subtopics, one for each of you to focus on.
You can use the comments space here to solicit interested classmates who might want to join you in reporting on your topic of interest.
When you've identified your collaborators and topic, stake your claim in a comment below. We want to avoid redundancy, so make sure you're not claiming a topic that's already been taken.
These reports, which will be scheduled to begin later in February, are worth up to twenty (20) runs for each of you. Do your best, have fun, learn something, teach us something.
Atheist and agnostic seeking a third (preferably a theist to make a diverse trio).
ReplyDeleteMust be available to meet during the ninety minutes leading up to class time.
I can join in on that. My class before this one ends at 1245.
DeleteWho's in the group? All names, and when do you all want to meet first? Preferably not tomorrow, Thursday or next Tuesday works for me.
DeleteIt is myself and Alexandria. We should probably shoot for Thursday to meet so we can pick a topic and submit our choice by the weekend.
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ReplyDeleteSteven Sheffey
Jason Mendez
Jonathan McCaffrie
Focus:
Evolutionary theory and atheism
Subtopics:
Early evolutionary theory / Cultural impact
Advances in evolutionary theory
Other applications of evolutionary theory, such as cultural and memetic evolution.
Another subtopic:
DeleteImpact of evolutionary theory on atheist philosphy.
Group:
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Cullum
Lee Gish
Jesse Brandon
Topic:
Morality and Atheism
Subtopics:
Are atheists more moral than theists?
Origin of nonreligious morals
Impact of a lack of belief in a personal afterlife on morality
Our group will be myself (Benjamin Richards), Alexandria Roberts, and Caroline Duncan with myself acting as author.
ReplyDeleteOur topic will be concerned with the 'gift' of immortality. Specifically, as we have in our group a theist, an agnostic, and an atheist, we will be looking at how this gift is interpreted/accepted differently based on our contrasting viewpoints.
Group: Sean, Dilvin, Nick
ReplyDeleteTopic: Morality and personal choice Regarding Theism
Group: Andrew, Quentin
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DeleteGroup: Abigail Jones & Victor Smith
ReplyDeleteTopic: Cultural Impact of Irreligion
Our presentation will be a brief analyzation of our society in the absence of religion. Victor will be discussing the impacts already occurring in the American culture on the internet, in pop culture, and in consumerism, where I will be discussing the overall ideas of individuality, values, & morals & whether or not if they are directly affected by religion & what they would become in its absence.