Dr. Henry Jakubowski
TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE
LAST UPDATE: 04/29/2004
| Day | Date | Topic | Lab | Reading for Class |
| 1 | 1/13 Tu2 |
Intro - Syllabus |
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| 2 | 1/15 Th4 |
TCM/West - Ulcers, Dichotomies and Preconceived Notions disease, illness; mindfulness; Gp Discussion: Kaptchuk/Ulcers |
. | Kaptchuk 1 (1-7; 20-39) |
| 3 | 1/19 M6 |
Continue Kaptchuk/Ulcers Discussion; Complete Kaptchuk/Ulcer handout Old vs New - W: Cut, Grow, Burn, Conceive; Video |
. | start reading Silver, 10 |
| 4 | 1/21 W2 | 4 elements/4 humors of Greeks; 5 Elements of Chinese | . | Silver
10;
Kaptchuk Appendix F |
| 5 | 1/23 F4 | Bacon,
Descarte, Popper - Scientific Method Homework: Discussion Questions |
. | Silver
2; Medawar (Library); Popper;
Hist. Science - West. |
| 6 | 1/27 Tu6 | Force/Motion/Gravity: East vs West | . | Silver 3, 4, 5, |
| 7 | 1/29 Th2 | Kuhn,
Popper revisited Homework: Discussion Questions |
Lab1 - Blue Bottle | Silver 10; Kuhn; |
| 8 | 2/2 M4 | China History | . | Condensed
Chinese History;
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| 9 | 2/4 W6 | Confucianism, Legalists Homework: Discussion Questions |
. | 7. Confucianism by Ronan and Needham; Confucianism by H. Smith; Excerpts from the Analects; Optional: Full ETEXT: Analects |
| 10 | 2/6 F2 | Taoism, Naturalist, Yin Yang Homework: Discussion Questions |
Lab2 - Phlogiston: | Chapt 8. Taoism by Ronan and Needham; Chapt 1. Kaptchuk (pg 7-19); optional for the truly interested: Tao Te Ching |
| 11 | 2/10 Tu4 | Buddhism,
Neoconfucianism Homework: Discussion Questions |
. | Needham 14 and 12 (227-249) (or web summary); |
| 12 | 2/12 Th6 | 5 Element, I Ching,
Systematic Correspond. Homework: Discussion Questions |
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2. Analogy; |
| 13 | 2/16 M2 | Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Science; Human Law | Lab3A - Transmutation; Silver 10 | email pdf |
| 14 | 2/18 W4 | Review; Presentations Assist. | . | - |
| 15 | 2/20 F6 | Test 1 | . | Study guide 1 |
| 16 | 2/24 Tu2 | TCM 2 - Texture; (late lab) | Lab3B - Transmutation; Silver 10 | Kaptchuk 2, 3 |
| 17 | 2/26 Th4 | TCM 3 - Organs; TCM 4 - Merdians; | . | Kaptchuk 3,4 |
| 18 | 3/8 M6 | TCM 5 - Organ Disharmony; TCM 6 - 4 Exams; | . | Kaptchuk 5,6 |
| 19 | 3/10 W2 | TCM -7: 8 Patterns; TCM 8 - Human Landscape; | Lab4- Molecular Modeling Organic Molecules; Silver 12,13 |
Kaptchuk 7, 8 |
| 20 | 3/12 F4 | TCM 9 - Web Has No Weaver History ; Thich Nhat Hanh meditation | . | Kaptchuk 9 |
| 21 | 3/16 Tu6 |
reflections on Thich Nhat Hanh meditation "To Taste a Hundred Herbs: Gods, Ancestors and Medicine in a Chinese Village". |
. | bring popcorn |
| 22 | 3/18 Th2 | History TCM 1: Overview | Lab5 - Molecular Modeling | Web: History of Medicine -East |
| 23 | 3/22 M4 | History TCM 2: Expressiveness of Human Body | . |
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| 24 | 3/24 W6 | Finish Expressiveness of Human Body Mindfulness and Emotional Regulation/Emotion Mind-Intellectual Mind-Wise Mind Birth Bio/His Med W |
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Silver 20, web |
| 25 | 3/26 F2 |
Biomolecular/Genomic
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Silver 24, 25: Gene Machine; Lords of Nature? |
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| 26 | 3/30 Tu4 | Mindfulness; "Cancer Hunter" |
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Bring drink Bring Popcorn |
| 27 | 4/1 Th6 | Medical Trials | . |
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| 28 | 4/5 M2 | Placebo | Lab7 - Solubility Hypothesis |
Notes on reading placebo
articles; 4. Placebo, MRI |
| 29 | 4/7 W4 | Placebo, emotions and health, memory suppression | Study Guide | |
| Easter Break, April 8-12 | ||||
| 30 | 4/14W6 |
Persuasion and Healing | . | Jerome, Julia Frank PPT |
| 31 | 4/16 F2 | Psychoneuroimmunology | Lab8 - Natural Products |
Psychoneuroimmuno 2 (just pg 1-5) |
| 32 | 4/20 Tu4 | Organs in TCM - Emotional Metaphor | . | Organs and Emotions; |
| 33 | 4/22 Th6 | Dialectic vs Syllogistic Logic | . | Syllogistic vs Dialectical Logic |
| 34 | 4/26 M2 | Synthesis: East and West | . |
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| 35 | 4/28 W4 | Why is China so Different: First Principles | . |
Enduring Culture with similar genes?; |
| 36 | 4/30 F6 |
Test 2 - 2 parts
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Test 2 Inclass Question List |