I have belatedly added my Fall syllabi to my teaching history page. They are as follows:
What is Life? (syllabus): This is a Shimer seminar on the history of biology and evolutionary thought. I have been expanding my teaching competence in the history of science over the last few years, and this is the second-to-last course I needed to complete Shimer’s entire Natural Sciences curriculum.
Logic and Critical Thinking (syllabus): For reasons I have discussed elsewhere, formal logic has become a staple course for this dyed-in-the-wool continentalist. After a few years, this has become fairly routine — but I chose to switch from Copi/Cohen to Hurley this year, as the former has too many misprints and poorly designed problem sets. Hurley is proving superior in most ways.
Star Trek and Social Justice (syllabus): This is a half-semester seminar offered for students in North Central College’s Honors Program. Last year I offered one on Watchmen (both the original comic and the HBO series), and it went so well that I decided it was time to put together something in my core area of pop cultural expertise. I opted to center the course on the first season of Discovery, which is unique in being a pretty self-contained serialized narrative and rewards analysis even more than most Star Trek does.
Adam Kotsko 