PHIL 421/422
Seminar in Philosophy: Plato: Gorgias
and Republic
Spring 2010 Prof. Cherubin
On this page you will find links to several kinds of materials
pertaining
to our course. If you would like to suggest further links, please
contact
me at rcherubi (at) gmu.edu.
Prof.
Cherubin's
main page
Syllabus (revised 2/15/10 in accordance
with University snow day make-up schedule)
Reading
assignments (both required reading and supplementary reading;
updated
weekly)
Writing assignments
Want to look up Greek words? Perseus
has
an online version of the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon.
From the main page, click on "Tools" and then on "Dictionary Entry
Lookup." (Note: Perseus has been experiencing server difficulties. If
it is really slow or gives you lots of error messages, try it again at
less-busy times, such as midnight to 6 AM Eastern Time. Alternatively,
try connecting through one of the mirror sites listed on the left side
of the Perseus homepage. Another alternative: with some
browsers and operating systems, it is faster if you click on the
"Perseus 4.0" link.)
Guides for Writing in Philosophy
Beginning
the research and writing process - an excellent presentation by a
previous Philosophy
Writing Fellow, Angela Panayotopulos (presented in class 2/25/08)
Writing Guide for
Philosophy, by Philosophy Writing Fellows in collaboration with
Prof. Cherubin, with contributions by additional members of the
Philosophy Department, and with support from the Writing Across the
Curriculum Program.
Criteria
for good writing in philosophy (developed by the GMU Philosophy
Department with support from the Writing Center)
"Statements,
Arguments, Validity, Soundness, and Informal Fallacies" (compiled
by Prof. Roger Paden, Philosophy Department, GMU)
Examples
of Plagiarism vs. Examples of Legitimate Use of Material Written by
Others
A
nicely detailed and well-explained page on plagiarism from Indiana
University
Hermeneutical
Principles: Interpreting ancient Greek philosophy