Friends' Papers

School Papers

Fall 2001

Great Books 191, in which I wrote about various topics pertinent to Classical Greek literature.

Philosophy 297, in which I wrote about, you guessed it, various philosophical topics.

Buddhism 230, in which I wrote a "sutra" as well as some commentary on its significance. (This is the .pdf file, so get your ass over to Adobe if you don't have the reader yet.)

Winter 2002

Great Books 192, in which I wrote about some more topics pertinent to Greek lit, as well as some stuff important to Roman and Renaissance lit. (I don't think these papers are as good as the ones I wrote last semester.)

Philosophy 345, in which I wrote about issues in the philosophy of language and mind.

Philosophy 437, in which I wrote a description of a concert, and a really pretentious-sounding piece on musical personae.

Fall 2002

Race and Ethnicity in Ancient Mesopotamia, in which everyone wrote long term papers (several of which are on this site).

Winter 2003

Philosophy 418, in which I wrote two papers on the philosophy of mathematics.

Fall 2003

Philosophy 492, in which I wrote a couple papers on the philosophies of Frege and Russell.

Women's Studies 270, in which I wrote some papers on topics related to women and the law.

Winter 2004

Philosophy 402, in which I wrote two papers about self and personal identity.

Race, Gender, and the Christian Right, in which I wrote a research paper on ex-gay ministries and a couple reading response papers that are good enough to share.

Fall 2004

Anthropology 368, in which I wrote a paper on the social behavior of Bonobos.

Philosophy 361, in which the good paper I wrote compared the ethical views of Aristotle and John Stewart Mill.

Winter 2005

Childbirth and Culture, in which I wrote about the cross-cultural analysis of childbirth.

Philosophy 389, in which I wrote papers on Descartes and Hume.