A solid grasp of the following terms, views, and arguments
will prepare you for the final exam. Also, take a look at the paper
prompts (on
)
--many of the exam questions will be modeled after them. Keep in mind
that the exam will be in short answer/essay format, and that you will
have some choice--e.g., you will need to answer 7 out of 10 short
answer questions, etc. Please email or come see me in my office hours
if you have any questions. The exam is
Terms
you should know:
Deductive arguments
Inductive arguments
Valid/Invalid
Soundness
Cogency
A priori
A posteriori
Essential Properties
Non-essential properties
The Other
The One
Equality vs. Sameness (a la
Harrison
Bergeron)
Slave Morality
Pornography (attempted definition(s)--in particular, Longino's.)
Silencing
Views and Arguments you
should know
Nietzsche's view in
On the Genealogy
of Morals
Existentialism
"Essence precedes existence"
"Existence precedes essence"
Simone de Beauvoir's position in
The
Second Sex
Radical Feminism
Marxist Feminism
Black Feminism
Events in "A Class Divided"
Third World Feminism
Lederer's Arguments against Playboy
Two arguments against pornography
One argument for pornography
Longino's argument against pornography
Longino's support for premise 2
NOMAS' Statement of Principles
Suzanne Pharr's analysis of sexism (in
Homophobia)
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