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Through the Looking Glass
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Study Guide for Second Exam
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The second exam will cover major points from the first part of the course
as well as the most important points covered since the first exam.
In preparation for the exam, concentrate on reviewing the assigned reading
from Carroll and Cohen since the first exam.
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Major Topics
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Dodgson's Photography |
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Photography in the 19th Century |
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The Nature of Dodgson's Photographs |
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Biographical Material Pertaining to Dodgson's Photography |
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Other Aspects of Dodgson's Intellectual Life |
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Logic |
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Essays |
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Study Questions
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How highly do you think Dodgson's phographic efforts should
be regarded?
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Do you believe Dodgson's relationships with children to have
been as innocent as he represented them?
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In what ways does Dodgson's method of treating arguments
based on categorical propositions seem to be superior to Venn's?
In what ways is it not as good?
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What argument strategy (or strategies) does Dodgson use in
his essay on vivisection?
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In what ways do the manners and practices we see portrayed
in Mrs. Brown fit with the descriptions in Cohen of Victorian
society?
How do they fit with the portrait of society that we see in Carroll's
writing?
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