Grades:
The syllabus says:
Graded Elements of this Course
| Platonic dialogue alternative paths |
15% |
| Summary and presentation of articles |
25% |
| Argument Analyses |
40% |
| Final |
10% |
| Daily Comments |
10% |
MORE DETAILS:
Graded Elements of this Course
| Platonic dialogue alternative paths |
7.5% each: for the most part, you get
full credit if you fulfill the assignment's requirements to depart
from a specific point in a dialogue, to treat philosophical matters
of import, and to be coherent and good English. Also, it should be
about 3 pages (750 words), I think I said. I will be generous in my
interpretation of those things, but there are some obvious limits. |
| Summary and presentation of articles |
25%: the grade you receive on the
written summary is what counts for this. |
| Argument Analyses |
40%: I will grade three of these: the Phaedo one, the Republic tripartite soul one, and one of the others assigned of your choosing: each graded one will count for 10%, and simply doing the rest will count for 10%. In case you feel this hits you unfairly, I will allow you to resubmit the Republic analysis. Notice that it is now open for you to resubmit. Please let me know by email which other analysis I should grade. If you don't, I will use the Euthyphro grade in its place. |
| Final |
10% the final will be entirely remote. It will have a
time limit, so once you open it, you will have to finish it within
the time limit. Those with ACCESS issues, please email me or talk to
me about what will make this work for you: depending on what that
is, I cannot guarantee that you can do it remotely. |
| Daily Comments |
10%: I will count up how many days
there were available for comments, see who turned in the most
comments, subtract 3 from that (you are allowed to miss 3), and that
number will be the benchmark (i.e. whoever gets that number will get
all of the 10%, while those who fall short will get proportionately
less of the 10%. |
Anything I do not get graded by the last day of classes gets 100%.
This has been a strange semester, and I hope you can afford me some forgiveness for taking more time than usual to get grades back to you.