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Writing Papers: essential advice on how to pass the class


Highlights and Lowlights from the third paper.

Highlights and Lowlights from the second set of papers now ready.

Highlights and Lowlights from the first set of papers for this semester are ready.


Highlights and Lowlights from last semester's papers are still available.

Some Useful Links:

"Why did George Orwell call his novel 'Nineteen-eighty four'.?"
'Jack of Kent' offers an alternative to the usual theory. Interesting reading for any of you pursuing links between Nineteen Eighty Four and Catholicism.

Politics and the English Language by George Orwell. Classic essay in which he argues that clear writing is the ally of clear political thinking.
Or is it a classic?
The All-Spin Zone: Stanley Fish criticizes Orwell on 'Politics and the English Language'
Another Spin of the Wheel: Stanley Fish defends and refines his critique of Orwell

Language As Our Means of Communication by Michael Dummett: does not discuss statements about time, but provides a good starting point for understanding Dummett's thoughts on realism and anti-realism. Scroll down past the Italian version of the article to find the English version.

The following guides are written to accompany the handouts that are available in the folder in the library:

A Guide to 'The Reality of the Past'  by Michael Dummett
A Guide to "The Last Intellectual in Europe: Orwell on Cruelty." by Richard Rorty
A Guide to 'The Blue Book" by Ludwig Wittgenstein
A Guide to "Rational Animals" by Donald Davidson

The Brother Karamazov page at Dartmouth College. Excellent site to find out more about Dostoyevsky and The Brothers Karamazov.


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