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500 Years Coalition Documents
No full textDocuments related to the founding of the 500 Years Coaltion, intended to raise awareness around the 500th anniversary of Colombus arrival in the Americas, including a petition to register the group with Dean Smith, a handwritten advertisement, and article by the OA
2007 IC Newsletter
No full textFall 2007 IC newsletter with information on upcoming events, brief articles, and contact informatio
Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry
No full textAn introduction to the structure and reactivity of inorganic molecules and materials
Speech Synthesis and Recognition
No full textAn introduction to the methodologies used in the automated recognition and synthesis of human speech, focusing on Hidden Markov Models in recognition and unit selection in synthesis. Students will get hands-on experience with implementing the various components of these systems to better understand the techniques, challenges, and open areas of research
Modern Mediterranean History
No full textA crossroads of ideas & commerce, of empires & peoples, the Mediterranean has featured prominently in key moments of world history. This course studies its role in the twentieth century and the ways its countries and peoples experienced colonial privilege; the end of WWI; Italian fascism; the Spanish civil war; WWII German occupation & local resistance; the Cold War; anti-Colonial Struggle; the rise of Islamism & the women’s movement. This course models ways historians study societies “from below” focusing on ordinary people and their responses to modernity and considering the placement of texts in their proper contexts, the interplay of systemic and situational influences on events, the role of the individual in history, the dynamics of non-western societies and gender roles in traditional environments. This course fulfills the requirements for a History major and a Social Science Division credit
Algebra II
No full textThe three main players in the field of abstract algebra are groups, rings,and fields. Having studied groups in depth last semester, this course opens with an introduction to rings and fields, and then proceeds to put groups and fields together in Galois theory. We will also look at linear algebra from a more abstract perspective in the study of modules. The latter part of the course revisits groups and takes an in-depth look at the structure of finite groups as well as group representations. Consult the course schedule for a more detailed outline of which topics we will cover in which order
Motivating Risk, Effort, and Creativity: Effects of Financial Losses and Gains
No full textEntrepreneurship has been found to play an important role in facilitating economic development and an acceptance of risks, a strong work ethic, and creativity have all been found to be traits of successful entrepreneurs. This thesis aims to quantitatively study the motivations behind these behaviors and contribute to the economics of decision-making. Past research has found that the motivation of avoiding a financial loss is stronger than the motivation of acquiring a financial gain of the same value when considering effort levels and risk acceptance. This study aims to test these findings and explore whether the same is true relating to creative performance. To study these research questions, an experimental approach is used where three tasks (a real-effort task, a certainty equivalents task, and an unusual-uses task) are studied under different financial circumstances (avoiding a loss, acquiring a gain, and no change in reference wealth). While few results are significant, there is evidence that suggests losses can be motivating to creative performance. While interesting, I suggest interpreting results with caution due to too few observations (26 Haverford College students) as a result of limited resources. It is suggested that this topic be explored furthered as the results may have implications relating to motivation for both entrepreneurs and managers
Introduction to Music Theory
No full textThis course is an intensive introduction to the notational and theoretical materials of music, complemented by work in sight-singing, keyboard harmony, and dictation. This course is best suited for students with some musical background, and little to no music theory experience; however, no prior musical background is required. Students who wish to explore the art of musical composition will find this course especially useful, as will those who wish to strengthen their aural skills. Students having completed this course will be prepared to enter Music 203, the first semester of the theory sequence for music majors
Between Being and the Gods: Heidegger and the Art of Thinking
No full textHeidegger famously argued that, “to think is to confine yourself to a single thought.” Reading key essays from Heidegger’s ‘middle period’ (1930’s-40’s) in chronological order, our objective is to become familiar with that “single thought” Heidegger confined himself to, as well as to follow the development of this thought over the years, from one essay to the next. Closely studying Heidegger should prove enriching both to our personal development as thinkers, and \ud
to our understanding of 20th century Continental philosophy. Heidegger prided himself of being a teacher, by which he meant the art of teaching how to think rather than expounding particular philosophical doctrines.Heidegger’s contention is perhaps best validated by the fact that an extraordinarily large number \ud
of his students (Arendt, Strauss, Marcuse, Levinas, Agamben, to name a few) went on to become prominent thinkers in their own right, developing philosophies as different from each other’s as they are from Heidegger’s. With this in mind, we will pay close attention to the pedagogical manner \ud
and intent of Heidegger’s essays, i.e., their endeavor to teach us how to be attentive and original in our own thinking rather than follow his.The themes covered by the six essays we’ll read are: Metaphysics, Truth, Art,Technology, Humanism, and Thinking. We will accompany our readings by discussing the ways in which these essays helped set the ground and agenda for subsequent discussions about these themes and for central currents in Continental philosophy, including French existentialism, post-structuralism, and deconstruction
Happiness, Virtue, and the Good Life
No full textHappiness is something that we all want, but what exactly is it? Clearly pleasure plays an important part in a happy life. Is the happy life identical with a life of pleasure? If not, what part does pleasure play? Perhaps happiness is or involves having excellent states of character and mind. If so, which states are the excellent ones, and how are they related? Can these states ever conflict? For instance, can those concerned with moral value make demands that are incompatible with the demands of those concerned with individual well-being? Perhaps happiness also involves having a meaningful life. What, if anything, makes a life meaningful? Readings from classic and contemporary sources, including Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Kant, Mill, Nagel, and Wolf