THE COURSE IN SONG, PLAY, POSTER OR OTHER PARODY

A Review of the First Half of the Semester

5 points if well received by your peers
3 points if not
0 points if you bail out completely!

It may include any or all of the topics we covered thus far:

• Branches of Philosophy related to Mind Studies (Metaphysics and Epistemology from Descartes to the present- see class notes).

• Brain Mapping

• Neuronal Activity

• Evolutionary Development of the Brain

• Workshops (memory, creativity, diet, intra-personal intelligence)

• Brain Gender

Steps:

• Divide into teams

• Develop a plan to incorporate major concepts from first half of  the semester in a fun, humorous and memorable way (song, skit, cartoon, etc.).

• Prepare the presentation of the song, skit, etc. It should be approximately 3-4 minutes.

Presentations are Monday, November 15.

Sample Parodies

Song Parodies http://www.manitowoc.uwc.edu/staff/awhite/phisong.htm#table

Philosophy in Comics http://members.aol.com/lshauser/phlcomix.html

Satirical Web Pages http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/philosophy/humor.html

Philosophy Humor http://www.workjoke.com/projoke70.htm

More Bits and Pieces of Philosophical Humor http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/phil-humor.html